2011 champion McLean Karr (right) was eliminated by Layne Flack (left)
Phil Hellmuth (left) was eliminated by Vivek Rajkumar (right)
Daniel Negreanu (left) was eliminated by Andrew Weisner (right)
Dwyte Pilgrim (left) was eliminated by Richard Woodall (right)
Gavin Smith (right)
Nam Le (right)