Juego con responsabilidad.
The final ten players will play either until the end of this level or until we have eliminated one player and reached the final nine. After that the players will be on a 60-minute dinner break.
With the elimination of Sherif El Messiri, the final ten players have moved to the Thunder-Dome to play until we lost one more and leave the remaining nine players at an elusive WSOP final table.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Hall | USA | 800,000 |
| 2 | Matthew Carmody | USA | 1,520,000 |
| 3 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 1,800,000 |
| 4 | Nachman Berlin | USA | 1,200,000 |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 1,320,000 |
| 6 | Ray Foley | USA | 410,000 |
| 7 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 1,200,000 |
| 8 | Scott Sitron | USA | 490,000 |
| 9 | Phillip Meulyzer | Belgium | 700,000 |
| 10 | Jacob Naquin | USA | 3,350,000 |
Nivel: 24
Ciegas: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Nachman Berlin raised to 45,000 from the button and Andre Akkari made the call from the small blind. Sherif El Messiri moved all in from the big blind for 89,000 more. Berlin folded and Akkari made the call.
Akkari: 
Messiri: 
The board fell 
and Messiri was sent to the rail, collecting $38,839.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Jacob Naquin opened to 46,000 only to have Matthew Carmody move all in from the small blind. Naquin made the call as the cards were placed on their backs.
Naquin: 
Carmody: 
The flop of 
kept Carmody in the lead until the 
landed on the turn. Still needing any ten, eight or five to stay alive, Carmody would see the 
slapped on the river to ensure his double to 1,500,000 as Naquin dived down to 3,450,000 in chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
3,450,000
825,000
|
825,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Players around the table are proclaiming Sherif El Messiri as a man who never loses a preflop all in and that theory was proved correct yet again when he pushed in with 
and was called by Zachary Hall's 
. The board fell 
and he was able to double up and stay alive once again.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Phillip Meulyzer opened the cutoff to 45,000 only to have PokerStars Team Brazil Pro Andre Akkari three-bet the small blind to 110,000.
"You're too good Andre!" stated Meulyzer as he slid his cards at the muck.
The quiet Akkari shook his head left-to-right and said, "No I'm not!" as he mucked his hand and gathered the pot.
Sherif El Messiri raised all in from the button for 62,000 and was called by Phillip Meulyzer from the big blind. Messiri held 
while Meulyzer flipped up 
.
The flop brought good news for Meulyzer, coming 
. The on the turn left Messeri with just three outs to the river, but he managed to hit the and double up.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
With the action folding to Phillip Meulyzer in the small blind, he moved all in and Jason Newburger called all in for roughly 170,000.
Meulyzer:
Newburger: 
The board was spread 
to see Meulyzer spike a pair on the turn to end Newburger's tournament in 12th place.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
910,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Nachman Berlin entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 45,000 only to have Adam Heger move all in for slightly less then 80,000 from the cutoff. Berlin made the call.
Berlin:
Heger:
The board of 
would see Heger spike, but be unable to outdraw Berlin as he turned two-pair to claim the pot and move to nearly 1,200,000 while Heger would have to be content with a $30,431 payday for his 13th place.
