The action folded all the way to Cliton Taliwanth in the small blind and he moved all-in with his monster stack. Ryan James in the big blind called for 545,000 in the last hand before the break.
Ryan James: K♥8♦ 
Cliton Taliwanth: A♠J♥
Neither player hit anything on the 7♦7♣6♠6♥4♠ board and that spelled the end for James in 19th place, while the half an hour rush of Taliwanth continued.
Jonathan Hyman raised to 175,000 with 20,000 behind holding the A♣2♣ and was called by Cliton Taliwanth with the 10♥10♣ as well as Xianbin Li in the big blind, who had the K♠8♦.
On the 5♥4♥3♦ flop, Taliwanth bet to force out Li. The 3♥ turn and 3♣ river brought a runner-runner full house to knock out Hyman in 20th place for $2,500.
Both Costa Giannakopoulos and Aidan Jacobs had chipped up on table two while Alfred Magani lost a chunk of his stack. Magani then three-bet Arnas Grygalis who called to see a flop of A♠9♣2♦7♥ turn. Magani check-raised from 95,000 6o 230,000 and Grygalis called.
On the 10♦ river, Grygalis moved all-in once checked to and Magani snap-called. Grygalis tabled the 2♣2♥ for bottom set and Magani's A♥J♣ for the top pair saw his stack nosedive into the danger zone.
He was then all-in for fewer than five blinds with A♣J♦ versus A♦8♦ and doubled on the A♠Q♠J♥9♠2♠ runout.
Jonathan Hyman raised to 40,000 with the K♠Q♥ and Cliton Taliwanth three-bet big to 150,000 with the A♠K♥ in the cutoff. The action folded back to Hyman who 250,000 and Talkiwanth just flat-called.
On the A♥6♦4♠ flop, Hyman bet 80,000 and Taliwanth flat-called with his top pair and top kicker.
That led them to the 8♦ turn on which Hyman loaded up another bet of 350,000 with his king-queen high, Taliwanth came along once more.
The A♣ on the river finally slowed down Hyman who checked. Taliwanth bet 750,000 and Hyman went deep into the tank before he eventually flicked in a calling chip to see his stack reduced to fumes.
In three-way action to the Q♠4♠3♣ flop, Cliton Taliwanth in the big blind checked with the 4♦3♦. Tome Dinh bet 50,000 with A♠A♦ in the cutoff and Xianbin Li called on the button with the 7♠7♣ on the button.
The 5♥ came on the turn and it checked to Li who bet 150,000. Taliwanth check-raised to 450,000 and Dinh used a time bank before he moved all-in. Li folded and Taliwanth called with his two pair.
The river was the 9♣ and that put a major dent into the stack of Dinh.
On a flop of A♦K♦2♣, Reagan Naidoo checked and Panayiotis Giannakopoulos bet 40,000. Naidoo check-raised to 150,000 and forced a fold.
One table over, Aidan Jacobs bet the A♣10♥6♣3♥6♥ river for 100,000. Steven Radloff used one time bank and folded, Jacobs won the pot and retained his lead on the outer tables.
Down to the last 200,000 in chips, Maria Cardoso pushed all-in via three-bet shove from the big blind and was called by Ryan James.
Maria Cardoso: A♠9♠
Ryan James: A♣4♣
Both had suited aces and the 6♣6♦4♠10♣3♥ runout ended Cardoso's tournament in 21st place for $2,500.
Patrice Ah-Nien had been very quiet after taking a big hit yesterday and sits at around half of the average stack. He defended in the blinds alongside Arnas Grygalis and they checked the Q♥7♣5♣ flop to Alfred Magani. The latter bet 20,000 and then folded to Ah-Nien's check-raise, who flashed the Q♣.
Shemir Kamoula opted to open shove for 555,000 from an early position and Steven Radloff called out of the small blind.
Shemir Kamoula: 10♥10♠
Steven Radloff: A♦Q♥
The over cards took the lead with the Q♣6♦4♦ flop and Radloff remained ahead on the 8♥ turn as well as the 7♦ river. Kamoula departed in 22nd place for $2,500.
On the river of a K♠9♣3♣A♣J♥ board, Benjamin Lingenfelder Jr checked and Panayiotis Giannakopoulos bet 165,000. His opponent check-raised to 350,000 and Giannakopoulos quickly called.
"Flush," both players announced and Lingenfelder Jr showed the 10♣7♣, which Giannakopoulos had beat with the J♣8♣.
"That's what I was afraid of," the former said and Giannakopoulos replied "I was so scared of the queen".
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