Shepsky Finishes 10th to Set Final Table, Hayes Out in 9th, Cohen Out 8th
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Souther Folds Flop to Shepsky - 5:21 PM
From early position, Will "Monkey" Souther raised to 150,000. Matthew Shepsky made the call from the button and the flop came down 
. After the flop, Souther checked to his opponent. Shepsky fired 180,000 with about 550,000 behind. Souther folded and Shepsky picked up the pot to move over 900,000. Souther dropped back to 2.5 million.
Cohen Shoves - 5:23 PM
After William Reynolds raised from middle position to 110,000, Daniel Cohen reraised all in from the small blind. His all-in bet was worth 1.03 million and that was enough to get a fold from Reynolds.
Souther Forced to Fold River to Choi - 5:31 PM
From the cutoff seat, Will "Monkey" Souther raised to 125,000. Edwin Choi was in the next seat and flat-called while everyone else folded. The two players took the flop of 
and both checked.
The turn added the 
to the board and Souther was first to act. He reached into his stack and fired out 200,000. Choi made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Souther though for a second before checking. Choi fired out 350,000 and Souther went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Souther folded his hand and Choi won the pot. Neither player showed.
"What You Chewin'?" - 5:38 PM
Kurt Jewell just stepped away from the table to put a new hunk of tobacco in between his gums. When he came back, Bryan Devonshire was grinning at him.
"What you chewin', Kurt?"
"Grizzly," Jewell responded.
"What flavor?"
"Wintergreen."
"That's my backup," Devonshire said, digging through his pockets, after which he produced a tin of his own tobacco.
Souther's Easy Three-Bet - 5:43 PM
From middle position, William Reynolds opened to 115,000. Action passed around to the big blind where Will Souther announced, "I'm gonna raise." After just a minute of fumbling with his chips, Reynolds simply surrendered saying, "You win."
Bryan Devonshire was busy staring at Souther's enormous card capper. "You should get an excessive card protector penalty," he said as Souther stacked up.
Matthew Shepsky Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,598) - 5:47 PM
Matthew Shepsky opened to 115,000 from middle position, and he found action in one place as Edwin Choi came along from the big blind.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of 
, and Choi took the lead with a bet of 135,000. Shepsky had 730,000 chips left, and he made a raise to 330,000 straight. Choi called.
The turn brought the 
and a check from Choi, and Shepsky moved all in for exactly 400,000. Choi snap-called, turning up 
for the straight. It was a bad turn for Shepsky, and he showed that his 
was going to need the board to pair to stay alive.
River: 
. That fails to hit Shepsky, and he has been eliminated in 10th place as the final table bubble boy.
The final nine players have been granted a ten-minute break with 31 minutes left in the level.
The Final Table! - 6:00 PM
The last nine players are back in their seats, and the final table is underway. Here's the way the chip counts look right now:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Kurt Jewell | 6,800,000 |
| Edwin Choi | 2,600,000 |
| Will Souther | 2,000,000 |
| Jared Kenworthy | 1,600,000 |
| Nick Jivkov | 1,350,000 |
| Daniel Cohen | 1,100,000 |
| William Reynolds | 1,000,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 775,000 |
| Casey Hayes | 655,000 |
Casey Hayes Eliminated in 9th Place ($23,120) - 6:14 PM
Edwin Choi limped in from under the gun and then Casey Hayes moved all in for 540,000 from the next seat. Everyone folded back to Choi and he took about a half of a minute before making the call.
Choi: 
Hayes: 
The board ran out 
for a rather sweat-less elimination of Hayes in ninth place. He took home over $23,000 for his finish and now only eight remain.
Reynolds/Jewell I - 6:22 PM
William Reynolds raised from the button, and Kyle Jewell called from the big blind to see a heads-up flop. It came 
, and Jewell check-called a bet. He checked again on the turn, and Reynolds fired another 180,000 at the pot. Jewell called again, and the 
filled out the board.
"I folded a full house," Bryan Devonshire said from across the table. Reynolds bet it all this time, shoving in for more than 600,000. That finally got Jewell to release his cards into the muck.
Reynolds/Jewell II - 6:26 PM
On the very next hand, William Reynolds made his 110,000-chip raise from the cutoff seat, and this time Kyle Jewell three-bet to 280,000 from the small blind. Reynolds called, and it was heads up between the two again.
The flop brought 
, and Jewell led out with a small bet of 140,000 chips. Reynolds called, and Jewell checked the on fourth street. Reynolds fired a small bet of his own, 170,000. Jewell called, and both men checked the 
river. Jewell showed up 
, and Reynolds couldn't beat it, mucking his way down to 1.035 million.
Daniel Cohen Eliminated in 8th Place ($29,087) - 6:35 PM
From the cutoff seat, Jared Kenworthy came in with an over-raise to 300,000. Two seats over, small blind Daniel Cohen quickly announced an all in for just over 1.1 million. When it came back to Kenworthy, he instantly called.
Showdown
Kenworthy:
Cohen: 
"Well, there's a cooler. I guess I'm gone," Cohen said ho-hum. The flop didn't bring any immediate help, either, coming . The turn made things interesting though, and Cohen asked, "At least make it a red card." The river was the wrong color though, and the black 
is the last card Cohen will see today. He's out in 8th place, and the remaining 7 players are off for a 10-minute break.
End of Level Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Kurt Jewell | 5,920,000 |
| Edwin Choi | 2,925,000 |
| Jared Kenworthy | 2,710,000 |
| Will Souther | 2,110,000 |
| Nick Jivkov | 1,335,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 1,140,000 |
| William Reynolds | 920,000 |