The cutoff limped before the player on the button jammed for 750,000. In the big blind, Matthew Iles rejammed and the cutoff got out of the way.
Button: A♣J♥
Matthew Iles: A♥K♣
The A♠K♦9♥ flop gave Iles top two pair and left his opponent drawing extremely thin. The 7♥ turn sealed his fate, and the Q♠ river was a mere formality as Iles collected the pot.
"Timing is everything," he joked with a tablemate as he rebuilds his stack.
Joseph Gay three-bet to 400,000 in the cutoff before Toby Gafner four-bet to 975,000 under the gun. Gay called to see the 6♣3♥2♥ flop, where Gafner moved all in. Gay snap-folded.
Gay shoved for 725,000 from the hijack the next hand, and Gafner called in the big blind.
Joseph Gay: K♦8♣ 
Toby Gafner: 8♠7♣
Both players hit top pair on the 8♥4♠2♣6♦3♥ board, and Gay remained in the lead with his king-kicker to double up. He and Will Failla then got into a debate about whether he should've folded on the previous hand after committing so much of his stack.
Jacob Reid jammed for his remaining 1,325,000 from early position and Robert Thomas called in the big blind.
Jacob Reid: K♣Q♥
Robert Thomas: Q♦J♦
Reid was in good shape to double with the dominating hand until the J♥7♦5♥ flop gave his opponent top pair. The 7♣ turn left Reid with just the three outs, which did not arrive on the A♦ river as Thomas took the remainder of his stack.
Ken Neri raised to 250,000 in the hijack and the button called before Michael "KC" Mann three-bet to 700,000 in the big blind. Neri then moved all in for 3,000,000 and the button folded, while Mann snap-called.
Ken Neri: A♥Q♠
Michael Mann: K♦K♥
Neri had run into Mann's kings and was looking for an ace to stay alive, but he couldn't connect with the 3♠9♥6♠2♠3♣ board and was sent to the rail.
John Malvasio opened to 275,000 from early position and a player flatted in middle position. In the small blind, Kenneth Neri jammed for 1,050,000, Neri rejammed, and the middle position player tank-folded what he later said was nines with 3,800,000 behind.
Kenneth Neri: A♠10♦
John Malvasio: A♥4♥
Malvasio took the lead on the 4♦3♦2♦ flop while Neri picked up a flush draw. The Q♦ turn completed the flush, and Malvasio was drawing dead to the 3♣ river as Neri collected the double.
A player in early position bet 500,000 on a flop of 2♦7♦2♣ and Zong Yang Zhang then moved all in from the small blind. The early-position player called for 2,000,000.
All-In Player: 9♠9♣
Zong Yang Zhang: Q♦6♦
Zhang was chasing a flush draw against his opponent's two nines, and the board ran out 2♥2♠. The table then pointed out that the at-risk player's nines were counterfeit, and Zhang took the pot with his queen-high to send his opponent to the rail.
"Come on, that's ridiculous," the early-position player said on his way to the exit.
"You can't keep those chips. You have to give them away," tablemate John Malczan joked with Zhang.
A player in middle position moved all in for 1,200,000, Rajath Tangam reshoved in the hijack, and the rest of the table got out of the way.
All-In Player: A♥J♥
Rajath Tangam: J♠J♣
The at-risk player was looking for an ace to survive, but no help arrived on the Q♣2♥9♠Q♦2♠ board as Tangam's jacks stayed in the lead to earn him the knockout.
Level: 25
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
The remaining 63 players are taking another 15-minute break.
Play resumes in Level 25 with blinds of 60,000/120,000 and an average stack of 3,505,000 (29 bb).
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