An Li opened the action for 30,000 and Philip Sternheimer called out of the big blind. The flop came and Sternheimer opened for a pot-sized bet which was enough to set Li all in. Li made the call and the two turned their hands over:
Sternheimer: for two pair, aces and threes
Li: for a pair of aces
The turn was the changing nothing as Sternheimer's kicker was better than Li's. The river was the and Li would be eliminated in 14th place for $12,254.
Michael Bruyere opened for 25,000 and J.R. Flournoy reraised the pot barely having Bruyere covered. The latter made the call and the two were dueling essentially for their tournament lives.
Bruyere held and Flournoy and the flop came giving Bruyer the nut low draw and not much else while Flournoy had top two pair and the nut flush draw. The turn was the giving Bruyer a pair of aces and now Flournoy had aces and tens with the flush draw. The river was the and Bruyere thought he had moved into the lead with aces and jacks and won the pot before realizing that it was a diamond to give Flournoy the flush. Bruyere was eliminated in 16th place which was good for $9,953.
Jyri Merivirta opened the action with a raise to 25,000. It was folded to Philip Sternheimer who made a pot-sized raise. This was enough to set Merivirta all in. He made the call and the two players revealed their hands:
Merivirta:
Sternheimer:
The flop came giving both players a pair of deuces. The turn was the giving both two pair, aces and deuces, with Sternheimer's king kicker giving him the better two pair. The river paired that king kicker with the to give Sternheimer, aces and kings, good enough to knock out Merivirta in 17th place.
An Li opened to 23,000 and Cody Crawford raised pot. Action folded back around to Li, who himself raised pot, Crawford announced pot again, putting himself all in and at risk, and Li made the call.
Crawford:
Li:
The dealer delivered a board and with no low pot possibilities, Crawford's ace-king high was best and scooped the massive double up.
Right after Tim Burt was eliminated in 19th place and before the two table redraw could take place, Bradley Ruben was eliminated in 18th place at the hands of Dylan Wilkerson and Jared Koppel.
Wilkerson would take the high end of the pot with a set of sixes and Koppel would take the low end with the nut low.
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and Sternheimer opened for a pot-sized bet which was enough to set Li all in. Li made the call and the two turned their hands over:
for two pair, aces and threes
for a pair of aces
changing nothing as Sternheimer's kicker was better than Li's. The river was the 
and Li would be eliminated in 14th place for $12,254.
board and Clements won both the high and low hands, scooping the pot, and busting Paluf.
and Flournoy 
and the flop came 
and Bruyere thought he had moved into the lead with aces and jacks and won the pot before realizing that it was a diamond to give Flournoy the flush. Bruyere was eliminated in 16th place which was good for $9,953.
