From under the gun, Liam O'Rourke raised to 4,500. Cale Callaway called from middle position, the small blind called and Grant Levy called from the big blind. With four players in action, the flop came down .
After the small blind and Levy checked, O'Rourke checked. Callaway fired 6,500 and the small blind folded. Levy put in a raise to 15,800. O'Rourke, the preflop aggressor, folded and action fell back on Callaway. He moved all in for 69,200. After several long minutes in the tank, Levy folded and dropped back to 218,000 in chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu moved all in preflop and In Wook Choi beat him into the pot. Negreanu held the against Choi's . Negreanu was all in for 47,100.
The flop came down and Choi hit a set. Negreanu wasn't dead yet as he still had a straight draw to broadway.
The turn completed that straight draw with the and the river was the . Without a board pair on the river, Negreanu was able to double up to just under 100,000. Choi was left with 90,000. Welcome back, Daniel.
After a player in early position raised to 7,000, action folded to Brendon Rubie in the small blind. He three-bet to 15,000 and the original raiser snap-called after Yann Pauchon folded from the big blind.
Out of position, Rubie saw the flop come down and checked to his opponent. The player checked behind quickly.
The turn card was the and paired the board. Rubie bet 14,000 and his opponent tossed in the call right away, not giving much thought to things.
The river was the , another repeat card. With the board now having two pair, nines and fours, on it, Rubie asked his opponent how much he had left. The player had about 50,000 or so behind and pushed his chips out in plain view for Rubie to see. Rubie thought for another minute and then fired 37,500. His opponent then went into the tank. Eventually, the player made the call.
Rubie tabled the for a full house, nines full of fours. His opponent tabled the , but realized that wasn't good soon after he did it. The dealer mucked the jacks and Rubie scored a nice pot to move just under 200,000 in chips.
A short-stacked Aaron Benton limped in under the gun only to have Jesse McKenzie bump it next to act to 5,500.
Benton made the call, and when the flop landed , he pushed all in for roughly his last 24,000. McKenzie made the call to put the reigning champion at risk.
Benton:
McKenzie:
With Benton needing a deuce to stay alive, the on the turn, followed by the on the river ensured he wouldn't be able to become the first back-to-back PokerStars APPT Champion as he was forced to exit the tournament while McKenzie climbed to 165,000 in chips.
"So I guess that's my name on top of the leaderboard then!"
Catching the action on the flop of in a raised pot, the preflop raiser checked to Aleks Brkovic who opted to fire out a bet of 6,000.
His opponent clicked it back to 12,000 and Brkovic responded with a raise to 30,000. His opponent pushed all in for roughly 120,000 and Brkovic instantly snapped-it-off.
Brkovic:
Opponent:
With Brkovic having his opponent drawing virtually dead to a chop, the and on the turn and river saw Brkovic bust another player while soaring to the chip lead with 326,000 in chips.
to put Amourette in an unbeatable position, and when the turn and river landed the 
and 
, Amourette eliminated another player.
to ensure Kinkade collected the pot to move to 125,000 in chips.
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to see O'Rourke send another player packing while climbing to 160,000 in chips.
against Choi's 
and Choi hit a set. Negreanu wasn't dead yet as he still had a straight draw to broadway.
. Without a board pair on the river, Negreanu was able to double up to just under 100,000. Choi was left with 90,000. Welcome back, Daniel.
and checked to his opponent. The player checked behind quickly.
and paired the board. Rubie bet 14,000 and his opponent tossed in the call right away, not giving much thought to things.
, but realized that wasn't good soon after he did it. The dealer mucked the jacks and Rubie scored a nice pot to move just under 200,000 in chips.
, he pushed all in for roughly his last 24,000. McKenzie made the call to put the reigning champion at risk.
on the turn, followed by the 
on the turn and river saw Brkovic bust another player while soaring to the chip lead with 326,000 in chips.
