On a hand that took both players into the break, Nick Maimone just doubled up through former WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Merson.

Jean-Pascal Savard opened the action with a preflop raise before Maimone shoved from the small blind. Merson called after being in a tank for a few minutes and was ahead with and Savard folded.

Maimone had , but would win the pot after the board ran out .