Three-handed on a flop of 3♥4♠Q♦, Peng Yang bet 12,500 from the hijack and Yury Bochkarev called in early position, while Graydon Kowal folded the button.
The turn was the 5♥ and Yang bet another 30,500. Bochkarev again called and the 8♣ fell on the river.
Yang then bet 110,000 and Bochkarev took about a minute before folding.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Heads-up on a flop of A♣3♥9♦, Ali El-Siblani bet 56,000 from the big blind and Fabio Peluso called on the button.
The turn came the 5♣ and El-Siblani pushed all in for around 80,000. Peluso snap-called and showed 3♠3♣, while El-Siblani could only show top pair with Ax6x.
The river was the 7♥ and Peluso scooped the massive pot to send El-Siblani to the rail and boost his stack past 500,000.
Action folded to Tony Aziz in the small blind who raised to 5,000. Stanislav Tishkevich then moved all in for around 30,000 in the big blind and Aziz called.
Stanislav Tishkevich: 6♦6♥
Tony Aziz: J♦10♠
Tishkevich remained in front on the 8♥4♠3♥ flop, but Aziz hit the 10♦ turn to make a pair and jump into the lead. The river was the 9♠ and Aziz sent Tishkevich to the rail.
Christophe Panetti raised to 6,000 on the button, then called when small blind Yury Bochkarev three-bet to 16,000.
The flop came A♥5♥3♦ and Bochkarev led out for 7,000. Panetti called and the 6♣ fell on the turn.
Bochkarev then bet 11,000 and Panetti called again. The river was the 9♠ and Bochkarev slowed down and checked.
Panetti fired out 41,000 and Bochkarev quickly called. Panetti then turned over 8♦7♦ for a running straight and Bochkarev mucked.
"You're a rock star," tablemate Graydon Kowal told him after the hand. Panetti folded the cutoff the next hand.
"The way you're running any two cards," Kowal added.
Around 60,000 was in the pot as Artem Sadovskii and Yingrui Ge went to the river on a board of 7♥6♥4♠A♥6♣. Sadovskii then bet 46,000 from the small blind.
Ge came back with an all-in shove for 187,000, sending Sadovskii deep into the tank. The clock was eventually called and the countdown had just begun when Sadovskii called.
Ge turned over K♦K♠ for a rivered set and Sadovskii shook his head and mucked his cards. The rest of the table pointed out he had to show and the dealer retrieved A♠7♠ while Ge raked in the massive pot.
Nan Zhu got his last 175,000 in the middle from the hijack and was up against Daniel Henriques in middle position.
Nan Zhu: A♦A♠
Daniel Henriques: K♠K♣
Zhu had woken up with aces and was a big favorite to earn the double up as the board ran out J♦J♥4♣2♦4♠, forcing Henriques to hand over the pot with with his beaten kings.
Tony Aziz raised to 5,000 in early position and received two callers before Wael Sarkis three-bet to 20,000 on the button. Only Aziz called.
The flop came J♦2♦8♦ and Sarkis continued for 25,000. Aziz called and the 7♥ turn was checked through.
The river was the 7♣ and Sarkis bet another 60,000. Aziz tanked into the break before calling as Sarkis showed A♦A♣. Aziz mucked A♠J♠ and Sarkis raked in the big pot.
Players are headed on the last 15-minute break of the day.
There is one more level left to play before players bag up their chips for Day 2.
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