David Shepherd raised to 25,000 in the hijack, and Brandin Power called in the cutoff. Mariano Lisojo came along in the big blind, and the flop was fanned out.

Lisojo checked to Shepherd, who moved all in. Power quickly shoved his larger stack, putting the decision on Lisojo for all of his chips. After taking some time, Lisojo folded while showing .

David Shepherd:
Brandin Power:

Power held the same hand as Lisojo, good enough to win the hand after the turn and river. That left Shepherd exiting the tournament, and the rest of the field was in the money.

Brandin Power	827,000	255,000
Mariano Lisojo	357,000	357,000
David Shepherd	0	-90,000

With hand-for-hand play continuing, David Shepherd checked the flop in the big blind. Christopher White checked back on the button, and the turn hit the felt.

Shepherd led out for 33,000, and White did not take long to announce all in. That put pressure on Shepherd as the shorter stack, and he opted to let his hand go.

Christopher White	278,000	106,000
David Shepherd	90,000	-84,000

With 18 players remaining, the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand until one more elimination is recorded.

Christopher White opened to 25,000 from under the gun, and Brandin Power made the call on the button.

White continued for 45,000 on the flop, and Power immediately announced all in.

That sent White into the tank, and the clock was eventually called. White opted to lay his hand down, and the tournament was now on the direct bubble.

Brandin Power	572,000	252,000
Christopher White	172,000	-116,000

The final 19 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

Play will continue until just 17 are left to bag up for Day 2.

David Shepherd moved all in for 87,000 from under the gun, and Mark Yehle took a look at his cards before sliding in the call for his last 82,000.

Mark Yehle:
David Shepherd:

Shepherd caught his ace on the runout, cracking kings to send Yehle to the rail near the bubble.

David Shepherd	174,000	102,000
Mark Yehle	0

After being down to just 3,000 chips a short time earlier, David Shepherd was all in for a third time and at risk against Bill Acerra.

David Shepherd:
Bill Acerra:

Acerra picked up more outs on the flop, and completed his wheel on the turn. Shepherd found the help he needed on the river, making a flush to stay alive once again.

David Shepherd	72,000	72,000
Bill Acerra	60,000	-64,000

Frederick Ziegler opened to 24,000 on the button and Lisa Koch defended her big blind.

The flop saw both players check to the turn, where another pair of checks followed.

Koch tapped the table once more on the river, tossing her cards into the muck as soon as Ziegler announced a bet of 34,000.

Lisa Koch	340,000	75,000
Frederick Ziegler	142,000

Vincent Loria opened to 19,000 from under the gun, making the quick call after Stephanie Derosa moved all in for her last 23,000 in the cutoff.

Stephanie Derosa:
Vincent Loria:

Loria was the only one to connect with the flop, locking up the hand on the turn. The river was no help for Derosa, who saw her chips head across the table.

Vincent Loria	355,000	40,000
Stephanie Derosa	0	-27,000

Brandin Power opened to 20,000 from under the gun, and Vincent Loria moved all in from middle position. Christopher Jimenez then shoved his smaller stack from the small blind.

Power got out of the way, and the cards were turned up.

Christopher Jimenez:
Vincent Loria:

Jimenez nodded as he saw Loria's pocket aces, leaving him in bad shape to survive. The runout left Loria in front, and Jimenez hit the rail.

Brandin Power	320,000	-26,000
Vincent Loria	315,000	85,000
Christopher Jimenez	0	-28,000