Hand #23  –  Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert min-raises from middle position to 200,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #24  –  Justin Bonomo min-raises from the button to 200,000, and Greg Lehn calls from the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of , Lehn checks, Bonomo bets 100,000, and Lehn folds. Bonomo takes the pot.

Hand #25  –  Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert min-raises UTG+1 to 200,000, Justin Bonomo calls from the cutoff, and Ray Qartomy calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Qartomy checks, and Guilabert bets 325,000. Bonomo folds, and Qartomy calls.

Both players check the on the turn and the on the river, and Qartomy shows to win the pot with a pair of nines.

Hand #26  –  Panagiotis Nifakos raises from middle position to 225,000, and Mukul Pahuja calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Pahuja bets 285,000, and Nifakos folds. Pahuja takes the pot.

Hand #27  –  Justin Bonomo min-raises from middle position to 200,000, Blair Hinkle reraises from the hijack to 450,000, and Bonomo calls. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Bonomo checks, Hinkle bets 525,000, and Bonomo calls.

Both players check the on the turn and the on the river. Bonomo shows to win the pot with trip jacks, and Hinkle mucks.

The level comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break.

Hand #22  –  Blair Hinkle raises under the gun to 210,000, Panagiotis Nifakos moves all in for 1,225,000, and Hinkle calls with . Nifakos turns over , and he’ll need it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket nines hold up for Nifakos to win the pot and double up in chips.

Panagiotis Nifakos  –  2,685,000  (26 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  23,150,000  (231 bb)

Hand #18  –  Griffin Arnold raises under the gun to 300,000, Ray Qartomy reraises from the button to 1,100,000, and Arnold folds. Qartomy takes the pot.

Hand #19  –  Everyone folds to Mukul Pahuja, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #20  –  Blair Hinkle raises from middle position to 225,000, and Ray Qartomy calls from the hijack. The flop comes , Hinkle bets 300,000, and Qartomy folds. Hinkle takes the pot.

Hand #21  –  Justin Bonomo min-raises under the gun to 200,000, Griffin Arnold calls from the button, and Panagiotis Nifakos calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Nifakos checks, Bonomo bets 350,000, and Arnold min-raises to 700,000.

Bonomo moves all in, and Nifakos and Arnold both fold. Justin Bonomo takes the pot.

Justin Bonomo  –  9,980,000  (99 bb)
Griffin Arnold  –  1,500,000  (15 bb)

Hand #11  –  Ray Qartomy min-raises from the hijack to 200,000, and Derrick Cutler calls from the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of , and Cutler shows to win the pot with a pair of nines.

Hand #12  –  Blair Hinkle raises UTG+1 to 210,000, and Panagiotis Nifakos calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Nifakos bets 300,000, and Hinkle calls. The river is the , Nifakos bets 500,000, Hinkle raises to 1,300,000, and Nifakos folds. Hinkle takes the pot.

Blair Hinkle  –  24,400,000  (244 bb)
Panagiotis Nifakos  –  1,520,000  (15 bb)

Hand #13  –  Blair Hinkle raises under the gun to 235,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #14  –  Ray Qartomy min-raises from middle position to 200,000, Derrick Cutler reraises from the cutoff to 565,000, and Qartomy calls. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Qartomy bets 500,000, and Cutler calls.

The river is the , Qartomy bets 700,000, and Cutler folds. Qartomy takes the pot.

Ray Qartomy  –  13,000,000  (130 bb)
Derrick Cutler  –  3,050,000  (30 bb)

Hand #15  –  Justin Bonomo min-raises from the button to 200,000, and Blair Hinkle calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Hinkle bets 225,000, Bonomo raises to 650,000, and Hinkle folds. Bonomo takes the pot.

Hand #16  –  Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert min-raises UTG+1 to 200,000, and Blair Hinkle calls from the button. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Guilabert bets 200,000, and Hinkle folds. Guilabert takes the pot.

Hand #17  –  Everyone folds to Mukul Pahuja, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #9  –  Ray Qartomy min-raises from the button to 200,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #10  –  Ray Qartomy min-raises from the cutoff to 200,000, Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert moves all in from the small blind for 1,595,000, and Qartomy calls with . Guilabert turns over , and he’s a dominant favorite to double up here.

The board comes , and Guilabert wins the pot with a pair of aces to double up in chips.

Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert  –  3,400,000  (34 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  11,900,000  (119 bb)

Hand #8  –  Larry Klur (pictured) raises from middle position to 225,000, Blair Hinkle raises to 550,000 from the cutoff, and Klur calls. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Klur bets 375,000, and Hinkle calls.

The river card is the , Klur checks, and Hinkle bets 1,200,000. Klur stands up and says, “Okay, I’ll take $116,000. I’m all in.”

Hinkle snap-calls with for a rivered set of kings, and Klur lets out a short wail, shows , and says to Hinkle, “That’s the second time you rivered me. Good luck, you’re going to take it down.”

Blair Hinkle  –  23,350,000  (233 bb)
Larry Klur  –  Out in 10th Place  ($116,350)

The remaining nine players are guaranteed at least $174,525.

Hand #7  –  Larry Klur raises from middle position to 250,000, and Ray Qartomy calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Qartomy checks, and Klur moves all in for 2,975,000. Qartomy tanks, and Klur says, “I’ll explain it after the hand. Whether you do call or don’t call. It will be self-explanatory.”

Qartomy tanks for another minute and says, “It doesn’t make sense.” Qartomy folds, and Klur takes the pot.

Klur says, “Because I hit top pair, there was a flush draw out there, and I didn’t want you sucking out on me.”

Hand #6  –  Samuel Guilabert moves all in from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #5  –  Mukul Pahuja raises from middle position to 210,000, and Blair Hinkle calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Hinkle checks, Pahuja bets 225,000, and Hinkle check-raises to about 475,000. Pahuja folds, and Hinkle takes the pot.

Hand #4  –  Larry Klur raises from the button to 225,000, and Justin Bonomo calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Bonomo checks, Klur bets 225,000, and Bonomo folds. Klur takes the pot.

Hand #3  –  Ray Qartomy min-raises from middle position to 200,000, Larry Klur moves all in from the small blind for 2,410,000, and Qartomy folds. Klur takes the pot.

Hand #2  –  Samuel Guilabert moves all in from the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #1  –  Blair Hinkle raises from middle position to 225,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Justin Bonomo min-raises under the gun to 200,000, Blair Hinkle reraises from the button to 450,000, and Jeremy Kottler (pictured) moves all in from the big blind for about 1.4 million. Bonomo folds, and Hinkle calls.

Kottler turns over A-K, and he’s in a race situation against Hinkle’s .

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Hinkle to win the pot, eliminating Kottler in 11th place.

Blair Hinkle  –  18,500,000  (185 bb)
Jeremy Kottler  –  Out in 11th Place  ($116,350)

Ray Qartomy min-raises from the cutoff to 200,000, Krystal Seiling (pictured) reraises from the button to 600,000, and Qartomy calls.

The flop comes , Qartomy checks, Seiling moves all in for 1,350,000, and Qartomy snap-calls with for an ace-high flush. Seiling turns over for a pair of queens, and she’ll need to catch a runner-runner full house or quads to stay alive.

The turn is the , the river is the , and Qartomy wins the pot with his spade flush to eliminate Krystal Seiling in 12th place.

Ray Qartomy  –  14,100,000  (141 bb)
Krystal Seiling  –  Out in 12th Place ($116,350)