After Chris Davis limped in middle position, Samantha Skelly moved all in for 145,000 to his left. Davis called to put her at risk.

Samantha Skelly:
Chris Davis:

The board came , bringing Davis a winning pair of aces on the turn to eliminate Skelly.

Chris Davis (CA)	1,300,000	-150,000
Samantha Skelly	0	-150,000

Ronald Kaepernick raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and was called by Merrill Eversman in the small blind.

On the flop, Eversman jammed for about 300,000 and was snap-called.

Merrill Eversman:
Ronald Kaepernick:

The board completed with the and , ending Eversman's day in 17th place.

Ronald Kaepernick	1,300,000	385,000
Merrill Eversman	0	-580,000

In a raised pot on a flop of , Miguel Medrano checked his big blind and faced a 180,000 chip all-in bet from Andrew Ferguson.

Medrano said he couldn't fold his hand and called.

Andrew Ferguson:
Miguel Medrano:

Ferguson's set of aces would have to fade Medrano's flush draw.

The board completed , keeping Ferguson ahead for a double-up.

Andrew Ferguson	550,000	433,000
Miguel Medrano	320,000	-130,000

After Pieter Arundel was left short by Chris Davis, he was all in for just under 100,000 a hand later under the gun when he was called by Ronald Kaepernick.

Pieter Arundel:
Ronald Kaepernick:

The board came , giving Kaepernick a winning two pair to eliminate Arundel.

Ronald Kaepernick	600,000	294,000
Chris Davis	430,000	430,000
Pieter Arundel	0	0

After a raise to 90,000 by Richard Ellis in late position, Chris Davis moved all in for about 400,000 effective from the small blind. Ellis called.

Richard Ellis:
Chris Davis:

The board came bringing Davis a winning pair of queens on the turn to eliminate Ellis.

Chris Davis (CA)	1,350,000	663,000
Richard Ellis	0	-553,000

A huge hand has led to the demise of chip leader Billy Hayes and rocketed John Purdy into the chip lead.

Hayes raised the small blind and was called by Purdy in the big blind.

On the flop, things got wild.

Hayes led for 95,000 and Purdy raised to 225,000. Hayes then moved all in for 700,000 effective and Purdy called, setting up the biggest pot of the tournament.

John Purdy:
Billy Hayes:

Hayes aggression with bottom pair had run into Purdy's middle pair and flush draw.

After the fell on the turn, Hayes was drawing dead.

Shortly after, Hayes would be eliminated when his ran into kings to end his day in shockingly early fashion.

John Purdy	1,600,000	1,600,000
Billy Hayes	0	0

After a raise to 60,000 by Gregg Bloom in the cutoff, Raymond Lizzol moved all in for 110,000 on the button. Bloom called to put him at risk.

Raymond Lizzol:
Gregg Bloom:

The board incredibly came for a full house, but that extra six belonged to Bloom for the better full house and the elimination.

Meanwhile, Will Unruh has also been eliminated, leaving just 18 players remaining.

Gregg Bloom	1,120,000	180,000
Raymond Lizzol	0	-250,000
Will Unruh	0	-300,000

28 - Charles Olson
29 - Billy Hayes
30 - Steven Witzke
31 - Steven Hibbs
32 - Adam Rodriguez (pictured)
33 - Joy Martinek
34 - David Edwards
35 - Eric Wilson
36 - Matthew Lemmel
37 - Kenneth Goff
38 - Nicholas Pacheco
39 - Frazier Tedford
40 - Justin Angelo
41 - Lawrence Campagno
42 - Paul Hair
43 - Rock Shepherd

Steven Witzke	0	-198,000
Steven Hibbs	0	-480,000
Adam Rodriguez	0	0
Joy Martinek	0	-260,000
David Edwards	0	-235,000
Eric Wilson	0	0
Matthew Lemmel	0	-100,000
Kenneth Goff	0	-302,000
Nicholas Pacheco	0	-272,000
Frazier Tedford	0	-235,000
Justin Angelo	0	0
Lawrence Campagno	0	0
Paul Hair	0	0
Rock Shepherd	0	0
Billy Hayes	0	-790,000
Charles Olson	0	-725,000
Matthew McGuire	0	0

Eric Wilson was all in from the big blind vs Antwan Tate and Miguel Medrano in early position.

On the flop, Tate bet 100,000 and Medrano folded.

Eric Wilson:
Antwan Tate:

The board completed , giving Tate the nut flush to take the pot and score the last in a string on rapid eliminations.

Miguel Medrano	450,000	40,000
Antwan Tate	410,000	43,000
Eric Wilson	0	-115,000

In a raised pot on a flop of , Miguel Medrano checked his big blind and faced a 180,000 chip all-in bet from Andrew Ferguson.

Medrano said he couldn't fold his hand and called.

Andrew Ferguson:
Miguel Medrano:

Ferguson's set of aces would have to fade Medrano's flush draw.

The board completed , keeping Ferguson ahead for a double-up.

Andrew Ferguson	550,000	433,000
Miguel Medrano	320,000	-130,000

Bodies are flying out the door already with several short stacks busting, along with one of the larger stacks in a major clash that's seen Paul Chamberlain take the chip lead.

Chamberlain and Paul Hair exchanged raises in early position until Hair's 325,000 chips were in the middle with pocket kings versus Chamberlain's pocket aces.

The aces held and Chamberlain had won a massive battle of Pauls to quickly launch his stack toward a million.

Paul Chamberlain	910,000	375,000
Paul Hair	0	-325,000
Lawrence Campagno	0	-250,000
Rock Shepherd	0	-40,000
Justin Angelo	0	-50,000