Steve Brecher got the last of his chips in against Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier before the flop. Brecher was at risk for about 125,000.
Brecher: 
Mercier: 
The board fell 
, keeping Mercier's kings in the lead. Brecher made his exit from the table and Mercier, who has been grinding a shorter stack for most of the day, is now above the average stack with 360,000.
There was already more than 100,000 in the pot preflop when Chance Kornuth checked to [Removed:551] on 
. [Removed:552] bet 72,000, and Kornuth called. Both players checked the 
turn and 
river.
"Two pair," Kornuth confidently announced, flipping 
.
[Removed:552] stared at it for about 10 seconds before mucking.
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With 45,000 in the pot and a board of 
, Ronaldo bet 22,000 after his opponent, Diego Gomez, checked to him. Gomez called and the two would see the 
be dealt on the turn.
Gomez checked again, and Ronaldo made another bet, this time for 24,000. Gomez thought for a bit, looked back at his cards, and with the television cameras watched his every move gave the hand to the soccer legend when he pushed his cards to the dealer.
Following a flop of 
, Konstantinos Pantaridis got his stack of 146,500 into the middle with 
. Eugenio Pacelli Mattar held 
and Pavel Veksler had them both covered with .
The 
turn kept Pantaridis in the lead, but the 
river gave Mattar an ace-high flush to more than double up and eliminate Pantaridis.
Ronaldo has moved back over 100,000 in chips after three-betting Josue Sauvageau's 11,000-chip open to 25,000. Ronaldo was in the big blind, and Sauvageau folded to give the Brazilian football legend the pot.
Liv Boeree opened with a raise to 11,000 from middle position, then action folded to Diego Gomez on the button, and he reraised to 24,500. After the two blinds folded, Boeree reraised to 42,000. Gomez called.
On the flop, Boeree checked, and Gomez bet 40,500. Boeree folded fairly quickly, and Gomez picked up the pot.
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From under the gun, Edward Sorensen opened the pot with a raise to 12,000. Next up, Ronaldo made the call, and then action folded to Adam Reynolds on the button. He reraised and made it 31,000 to go. Play folded back to Sorensen, and he folded. Ronaldo called, though, and the flop came out 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the to pair the board, and Ronaldo checked again. Reynolds bet 30,500, and Ronaldo gave it up.
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