In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "rumpthumper" opened to 150,000 on the button and "poflatland" defended their big blind. The two players saw a flop of and "poflatland" check-raised a continuation-bet from "rumpthumper" to make it 352,000 to go.

"rumpthumper" came over the top, three-bet jamming for 1.92 million and "poflatland" called all in for less.

"poflatland":
"rumpthumper":

A pair of queens came on the turn and river to leave "poflatland" with the second-best hand, resulting in their elimination in third place to earn them $339. They also knocked out 11 players, which is the most of anybody in the tournament to add another $55 to their overall prize.

Meanwhile, the heads-up match between "SenorAlto" and "rumpthumper" began with the former holding roughly a four-to-three chip lead. However, the early moments of the match quickly saw "rumpthumper" turn the tides, amassing a stack of 4.38 million already as "SenorAlto" now has 2.54 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	4,383,904 2,150,742	2,150,742
SenorAlto	2,546,096 -1,280,000	-1,280,000
poflatland	Busted