Stan Parkes had flopped a top pair with on a flop, but so did Walter Asatoorian, who had . The rest of the board did not help parkes, and he finished 21st.
Shortly after, Shawn Kirbyson’s short stack went in with the monster . Amirpasha Emami was sitting in the big blind, and made the mathematical call with . Emami was fortunate enough to hit big on the board, and made the knock out. Kirbyson takes the 20th place.
Scott Glendenning and Jason Mandanici-Turcot followed, allowing the final 2 tables to form with 17 players.