Jason McPherson, who entered the day with the smallest stack in the room, was all in and at risk with on a board of . Eli Elezra had him at risk with , and the aces held up when the bricked off on the river.

McPherson, who said before the day that the largest tournament he had ever played in prior to this one was a $500 buy-in, more than doubled up to 170,000 chips, while Elezra dropped 530,000.