Anton Astapau raised to 4,800 and Christoph Vogelsang called, creating heads up action on . Astapau bet 7,500 and Vogelsang called, after which the turn brought the .
Astapau bet 21,000 on the turn and Vogelsang called again.
On the river the hit and Astapau bet 35,500, and this time, after tanking for a while, Vogelsang folded.
Sam Greenwood bet 11,500 on the paired board with two players to act behind him. Antonio Esfandiari raised to 27,400, Bryn Kenney folded, and then action fell back on Greenwood. After a little bit of time, Greenwood reraised to 80,000, and then it was Esfandiari's turn to go into the tank. Eventually, Greenwood requested a clock on Esfandiari, to which Esfandiari only wasted about 10 seconds before he folded.
After Isaac Haxton check-called a bet on the turn of a board reading from Bill Perkins, the dealer finished off the board with the . Haxton bet enough to put Perkins all in, and Perkins made the call.
Haxton tabled the for a turned queen-high straight. Perkins went to muck, but because it was an all-in showdown, his was turned over. With that, he was eliminated for a second time, and Haxton improved to 355,000 in chips.
Antonio Esfandiari bet 7,300 on the board into his opponent, Timothy Adams. Adams called, and the river was the to pair the board on the end. Esfandiari checked, and Adams bet 20,500. Esfandiari mulled it over long and hard before he tossed in one green T25,000 chips to make the call.
Adams tabled the for jack high. Esfandiari turned up the winner with the for ace high.
Isaac Baron busted in unknown action just before the break, and JC Alvarado followed him out the door straight away in Level 5.
It happened when Cary Katz opened for 5,100, Paul Newey called, and Antonio Esfandiari popped it to 17,000. Alvarado moved in for his last 28,000, Katz made it 80,000, and both Newey and Esfandiari got out of the way.
Katz:
Alvarado:
Alvarado was behind and need of a jack, but it didn't come as the board ran out a useless .
Meanwhile, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu jumped into action at the start of Level 5.