Ali Karimov and Angel Lopez got their chips into the middle preflop for the following showdown.
Ali Karimov: 10♣10♥ 
Angel Lopez: A♦K♣
The J♣5♠2♣9♠Q♠ runout kept the pocket pair in the lead all the way and Lopez was left with fewer than half the starting stack.
A short stack was all-in for the last 4,900 and earned three callers, who then ended up checking down the entire board of K♦9♠8♣3♦8♥.
The short stack and another player tabled ace-queen and ace-jack respectively, while Keith Stahl showed his 7♠7♣.
That was good enough to win the pot, as David Olshan only had 2♦2♥ for an inferior pocket pair.
James Postiglione and Srikanth Goud were eliminated in the same hand and the former was left flabbergasted on a board of K♦8♠3♠10♣K♥.
His 8♠8♥ had flopped a set of eights but it was no good in the end with Stephen Lateano claiming the double knockout holding the K♣3♣ for kings full of treys.
In the meanwhile, it comes as little surprise that Bin Weng has already built a big stack on the same table.
After an open and call in front of him, Daniel Lim squeezed to 3,300 on the button, and only the original opener called while the cutoff folded.
On the K♣9♦5♥ flop, Lim's opponent check-called a bet of 3,000.
When checked to on the 6♣ turn, Lim took some time before he fired 6,000, and his opponent quickly folded as Lim continues to accumulate chips in the early levels.
Elsewhere, Eric Yanovsky has taken his seat on the heels of getting second in the WSOP-C Las Vegas $1,700 Main Event.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Teddy Way opened to 800 under the gun and was called by Nicholas Barone in the hijack and Mike Dentale in the big blind.
The 10♠6♥6♣ flop checked through to the Q♠ turn which saw Way bet 1,200 and only Barone called, with Dentale folding.
On the 4♠ river, Way announced a bet of 4,100, and Barone quickly called. However, he got the bad news as Way tabled K♠9♠ for the runner-runner flush to collect the pot.
Barone still holds a comfortable stack of around 90,000 as he looks to make another deep run this series.
New Jersey's Alexander Guerriero bet the river of a A♥4♠3♠8♠J♣ river for 6,100 when the big blind had checked to him. His opponent gave it some thought and folded for Guerriero to claim the pot and reach six figures.
On a heads-up turn of Q♣7♣4♥Q♦, Xiang Zou bet 2,200 when the action checked to him and he was called before the 8♠ river was checked. His table neighbour showed the 10♠10♦ and Zou mucked the 7♣.
Despite losing this pot, Zou has already jumped to three and a half times the starting stack.
Michael Bohmerwald opened to 1,000 from middle position and was called by Abraham Gordon on his left before the hijack three-bet to 4,500. The big blind cold-called before Bohmerwald jammed for 21,100. Gordon quickly folded, the hijack tank-folded, and the big blind quickly folded as Bohmerwald picked up many chips without showdown.
Two hands later, Bohmerwald opened to 1,000 under the gun before Gordon three-bet to 3,000 next-to-act. The same player from before cold-called on the button, and Bohmerwald called.
On the 10♥8♠5♣ flop, Bohmerwald check-called a bet of 4,000 from Gordon, while the button got out of the way.
Both the 6♣ turn and Q♥ river checked through as Gordon announced jacks, tabling J♥J♦, and Bohmerwald flashed nines as he mucked.
Gordon chopped this event with Olivier Busquet last year, while Bohmerwald has also notched many good results at the Borgata.
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