Andrew Lichtenberger raised from early-middle position to 11,500 and action folded around to Gary Friedlander on the button. He reraised to 36,000. Everyone folded back over to Lichtenberger and he took his time with his decision. A few moments after asking the dealer to bring in the 11,500 from each player, Lichtenberger moved all in. Friedlander made the call, but was in bad shape.
Lichtenberger held the cream of the crop with the . Friedlander held the .
The board ran out and that was all she wrote for Friedlander. He was the first player eliminated in the money and took home $12,556 for his efforts. Lichtenberger moved back to the top of the leaderboard just behind Brock Parker with over 400,000 chips.