Jeremy Halaska raised to 11,000 in the hijack before Sam Laskowitz three-bet to 31,000 on the button. Halaska then moved all in for 96,000, and Laskowitz called.
Jeremy Halaska: A♣A♦ 
Sam Laskowitz: J♦J♠
Laskowitz threw his jacks across the table once Halaska turned over two aces. The board ran out Q♥4♦K♣3♥2♣ and Halaska doubled up.
Jen Shahade bet 5,000 from the cutoff on a flop of Q♣Q♦9♥ and Paulina Loeliger raised to 15,000 in the big blind. Shahade called.
Loeliger checked the 8♠ turn and Shahade bet 20,000. Loeliger called to the 5♦ river, where she bet 24,000. Shahade called and turned over A♠Q♥ for trips, while Loeliger mucked Q♠10♠ and Shahade took the pot with her ace-kicker.
Clemen Deng opened to 6,500 in the hijack and Kristen Foxen three-bet to 30,000 out of the small blind. Deng called and the dealer fanned the flop of 8♣5♦4♦. Foxen continued with a bet of 22,000 and Deng called.
The turn was the A♣ and Foxen checked this time. Deng counted out a bet of 50,000 and Foxen check-raised all in. Deng instantly called off his stack of 135,500 and the cards were on their backs.
Clemen Deng: A♠8♠
Kristen Foxen: A♦K♥
Foxen turned a pair of aces but it also gave Deng two pair to hold a commanding lead. The river was the 9♣ and Deng held on for a big double up.
Arlie Shaban moved all in for 32,500 in the hijack and Kenny Hallaert called in the cutoff to put his fellow Team PokerStars Pro at risk.
Arlie Shaban: A♥Q♣
Kenny Hallaert: 9♣9♥
Shaban was racing for his tournament life but quickly pulled ahead on the A♣A♠K♠ flop with trips. "Would be very painful now," he said going to the turn, which was the A♦ to give him quads.
"Give him a nine," Shaban added as the 3♦ completed the board on the river, securing his double up.
Just as players were heading off on the dinner break, Bin Weng and Chance Kornuth went to the turn on a board of J♦5♣A♣J♠. Kornuth then bet 21,500 from the hijack, and Weng came back with a raise to 63,500 in the cutoff.
Kornuth called and the K♣ fell on the river. He checked to Weng, who this time checked back. Kornuth showed A♥Q♥ for two pair, and Weng mucked.
Heads-up on a flop of K♠6♦5♦ in a blind versus blind battle, Ankit Ahuja bet 10,000 and Jonathan Wang called.
Both players checked the 8♠ turn before Wang led out for 40,000 on the 3♥ river. Ahuja called, and Wang showed K♥Q♣ for top pair to win the pot.
At the same time at another table, Joshua Stewart got in his last 50,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 9♦3♠7♦, while Han Feng put him at risk in the big blind.
Joshua Stewart: Q♣Q♥
Han Feng: 9♠7♠
Stewart showed two queens, but Feng had flopped two pair to take the lead. The rest of the board ran out K♣4♠ and Stewart was sent to the rail.
Patrick Leonard and Leon Sturm built a pot of around 60,000 as they went heads-up to the 8♥3♣6♦ flop. Leonard then bet 17,500 from the hijack, and Sturm called in middle position.
Both players checked the A♠ turn. Sturm then took a few minutes before sliding forward around 70,000 on the Q♦ river, leaving one 500 chip behind, and Leonard snap-called.
Sturm showed J♥J♠, but Leonard had A♣K♦ for top pair to win the pot.
Matthew Sabia raised to 5,000 under the gun and Nick Yunis called in middle position. Daniel Maor then three-bet to 30,000 on the button, and both opponents called.
The flop came J♠6♦2♠ and Sabia led out for 10,000. Yunis then raised to 27,000 and Maor tossed in his last 500 chip, while Sabia quickly got out of the way.
Daniel Maor: A♦J♣
Nick Yunis: Q♦Q♠
Maor had flopped top pair, but he needed to improve against Yunis' two queens. The 8♣ turn was no help, while the river was the 2♦ and Maor was sent to the rail.
Matthew Yankowski moved all in for 19,000 from the small blind and John Wasnock called under the gun.
Matthew Yankowski: J♣J♥
John Wasnock: A♥Q♠
Yankowski remained in the lead with his jacks through the turn on a board of 10♠8♠2♥3♦, but Wasnock hit the A♣ on the river to win the pot and send Yankowski to the rail.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs raised to 4,500 under the gun and Michael Berk called on the button, as did Martin Zamani in the small blind.
Zavorotnijs bet another 4,500 on the K♦A♣J♣ flop, and only Berk called. Both players then checked the 8♥ turn.
The river was the A♦ and Zavorotnijs bet 16,000. Berk tanked for a few minutes until calling, and Zavorotnijs showed 3♦3♥. Berk turned over K♣J♠ for aces and kings and he took the pot.
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