After a series of preflop raises, Govert Metaal was all in for around 120,000 and covered by Kyle Julius.
Metaal: 
Julius: 
Metaal was in a dominating and even more so when the flop fell 
. The 
turn left Julius drawing dead and the 
was put out on the river for good measure. With that, Metaal doubled to 240,000 while Julius was left with just 20,000.
Faraz Jaka raised to 6,500 from the hijack, Max Lykov raised to 16,000, Anthony Gregg four-bet to 33,300, and Jaka moved all in. After Lykov folded, Gregg called all in for around 106,000.
Jaka: 
Gregg: 
Gregg was racing for his tournament life but came in second place as the board ran out 
. Gregg was eliminated from the tournament while Jaka increased his stack to around 345,000.
Gustavo Kein raised to 10,000 from middle position and was met with a reraise to 42,000 from Freddy Deeb in the hijack. Action folded to PokerStars Team Pro (Argentina) Leo Fernandez in the small blind and he shoved all in for 210,900. Surprisingly, Hafiz Khan called all in for around 160,000 right behind in the big blind. Both Kein and Deeb got out of the way as the hands were turned up:
Khan: 
Fernandez: 
Khan was in big trouble and needed some help. The 
flop did not provide it and neither did the 
. Khan needed a queen on the river to stay alive, but instead it was the 
. Khan was eliminated from the $25k High Roller event here at the PCA while Fernandez chipped up to 410,000.
Tom Marchese was in middle position when he threw in a standard raise. Nick Mitchell then moved all in from the hijack followed by Anthony Spinella in the big blind. When action was back on Marchese, who had both players covered, he made the call.
Marchese: 
Mitchell:
Spinella:
Marchese held the best hand and was looking to dodge an ace and seven. He did just that on the 
flop; however, Mitchell picked up a bunch of outs to a straight. The turn was a safe card for Marchese and it was down to the river. The dealer burned and put up the ! Marchese's queens held and he managed to eliminate two opponents while increasing his own stack to around 460,000.
Short-stacked Kyle Julius was all in preflop with the and called by the 
of Philipp Gruissem. The board ran out 
and Julius was sent packing. Meanwhile, Gruissem is up to 390,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
Shandar de Vries was all in preflop for 112,800 and called by the superior stack of Faraz Jaka.
De Vries: 
Jaka:
Jaka was in a dominating position and stayed there through the 
flop and 
turn. De Vries was standing and ready to leave if he didn't catch a king on the river. Surprise, surprise . . . the river was the 
and de Vries doubled to 230,000. Jaka took a big hit and is down to around 145,000.
On a flop of 
, Surinder Sunar called all in for around 20,000 against Will Molson. Sunar was actually ahead with his but needed to dodge a heart or jack to survive. He did so on the turn, but was cut down when the spiked on the river and gave Molson a flush.
Sunar was eliminated on the hand while Molson climbed back up to 220,000.
Action folded to Rob Akery in the small blind and he raised to 8,000. Faraz Jaka responded by making it 27,000 from the big blind. Akery opted for a four-bet to around 110,000, Jaka moved all in for a total of 130,000, and Akery called.
Jaka:
Akery: 
Unfortunately for Jaka, he couldn't hit the board, lost the 270,000 pot, and was eliminated from the tournament. Likewise, PokerStars Team Pro (USA) Vanessa Rousso was unable to make a comeback from here short stack and was recently eliminated.
After a recent pass, we've noticed that Team PokerStars Pro (USA) Jason Mercier is sitting with a stack of 710,000. From what we gathered, Erik Seidel, who had invested 155,000 of his 345,000, six-bet folded after Mercier's seven-bet shove. Mercier is the clear chip leader.
