Pratik Ghatge completed the small blind and Dieke Meyer in the big blind opted to check. The flop came 
, Ghatge bet 2,200 and Meyer called.
The turn brought them the 
. This time Ghatge bet 5,500 and Meyer folded.
On a 
flop Cary Katz bet and Kayhan Molaci called. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river brought the 
and Katz bet 15,000. Molaci moved all in and Katz snap-called.
Molaci showed 
for top pair, but Katz had rivered a flush with 
to eliminate his opponent and boost his stack.
Kun Tong moved all in from under the gun for his last 12,200. It folded around to Tony Dunst on the button who called. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned over.
Kun Tong: 
Tony Dunst: 
The board ran out 
and Tong doubled up.
Edmund Oberti moved all in for 3,400 total from the under-the-gun position and was called by Alexandre Reard from the big blind.
Edmund Oberti: 
Alexandre Reard: 
The board ran out 
, meaning Oberti hit trips and doubled up.
Nível: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
When the first hand of hand-for-hand play begun, Robert Flowers held the grand total of 500 in chips. Paying 200 for his ante, he folded and waited for the bubble to burst around him.
In the very next hand, with 100 in front of him after paying his ante, he elected to fold to an all-in.
Then, with Flowers all in blind for his last 100 chips, [Removed:532] raised after him and Lukas Moravec called. Moravec check-folded on an 
flop and both Flowers and [Removed:550]'s cards were turned over.
Robert Flowers: 
[Removed:532]:
The turn was the 
and the river the and Flowers was eliminated after having made the money by the skin of his teeth.
With the flop reading 
, Noah Vaillancourt check-called an all-in from Mohsin Charania.
Noah Vaillancourt: 
Mohsin Charania:
The turn was the and the river the , giving Charania top set and eliminating Vaillancourt.
The bubble has burst! The remaining players are all guaranteed $2,254.
There were four all-ins total during the first hand of the hand-for-hand play. Here the three that resulted in double-ups:
Hand #1
James Reutgen:
Michael Falk: 
The board ran out 
— a double-up for Reutgen.
Hand #2
Marcos Fernandez: 
Jarod Einsohn:
The board ran out 
— a double-up for Fernandez.
Hand #3
Ivan Luca:
Jean-Pascal Savard: 
The board ran out 
— a double-up for Luca.
With the elimination of Warne Young, 238 players are left in the field today. As 237 players will get paid, this means hand-for-hand play is about to begin.
With the player in the big blind having not taken his seat just yet, Kelly Minkin raised to 2,700 from the hijack. Ian Steinman called on the button.
Minkin bet 3,700 on a 
flop and Steinman called. The turn was the 
and Minkin bet 8,000. Steinman called again.
Both players checked the river. "Two pair," announced Minkin. Steinman showed and was surprised to be shown the of his opponent.
Play is still four eliminations away from the money.
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