Ian Auvil limped in the cutoff with , which led to a limp from Ronald Kaepernick in the small blind with , and a check from Paul Chamberlain in the big blind with .

The flop came , and after Kaepernick checked, Chamberlain bet 220,000.

Auvil called with his open-ended straight draw and Kaepernick folded.

On the turn, Chamberlain bet again, this time to the tune of 320,000. Auvil thought briefly, then showed his hand and folded.

As the livestream announcers begged for Chamberlain to show the bluff, Chamberlain did just that, drawing an eruption from the booth and a head shake from Auvil as the pot was pushed away from him.

Paul Chamberlain	2,700,000	1,200,000
Ian Auvil	2,200,000	-900,000
Ronald Kaepernick	1,300,000	-600,000

Gregg Bloom raised to 225,000 in the hijack with and was met with an all-in bet of 765,000 from John Purdy, holding .

Bloom thought briefly and then called.

The flop came , bringing Purdy a full house. The turn was then , changing nothing, but the on the river drilled Bloom, giving him a better full house to take the pot and the chip lead while sending Purdy to the rail in 6th place.

Gregg Bloom	4,800,000	2,300,000
John Purdy	0	-1,500,000

After John Purdy jammed his last 645,000 in the hijack with , Ian Auvil did likewise in the cutoff with the chip lead and .

The board ran out , bringing Purdy a double-up with a set of fives.

Ian Auvil	3,100,000	-900,000
John Purdy	1,500,000	500,000

Miguel Medrano raised to 240,000 in the small blind with , but Ronald Kaepernick woke up with in the big blind.

Kaepernick took a moment and then moved all in for 1,600,000.

Medrano was forced to fold and send the pot to Kaepernick.

Ronald Kaepernick	1,900,000	200,000
Miguel Medrano	1,500,000	-100,000

After Gregg Bloom limped in the small blind, David Phillips checked his .

The action flop came , and action did indeed come with Bloom holding two pair and Phillips with top pair.

After Bloom checked, Phillips bet 125,000 and got check-raised by Bloom to 300,000. Phillips then moved all in for 925,000 and after a bit of thought, Bloom called.

The turn and river brought Phillips no help and his top pair went down in flames to eliminate him in 7th place.

Gregg Bloom	2,200,000	875,000
David Phillips	0	-755,000

Folded to Miguel Medrano in the small blind, he raised to 1,000,000 with , leaving himself 660,000 behind.

Ronald Kaepernick was in the big blind with and 1,900,000 chips, which could have meant potential disaster for Medrano.

After a minute or so of thought, Kaepernick opted to fold to send the pot to Medrano.

Ronald Kaepernick	1,900,000	100,000
Miguel Medrano	1,700,000	-100,000

The remaining seven players have gone on a short five-minute break.

After a now short-stacked Chris Davis moved all in for 480,000 from middle position, Miguel Medrano moved in as well for 1,200,000 with .

The rest of the table folded and the chip leader at the start of the final table was at risk.

The board came , bringing no help to Davis, who was eliminated in 8th place.

Miguel Medrano	1,800,000	400,000
Chris Davis (CA)	0	-390,000