Ethan Yau opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Jim Collopy three-bet jammed for around 500,000 on the button. Yau called.
Jim Collopy: J♠J♥ 
Ethan Yau: A♦8♦
Collopy was in good shape to double after the 2♦5♣10♠ flop, but the A♠ turn put Yau in front as the 7♠ river confirmed Collopy's elimination in 12th place.
Brandon Hamlet had just doubled up an opponent to be left with crumbs before Adam Hendrix raised to 80,000 in the hijack. Hamlet called off in the small blind with less and Rodger Johnson called in the big blind.
Johnson check-called a bet of 55,000 on the flop of K♥7♣5♦ and a bet of 85,000 on the 7♠ turn. Johnson then check-folded as Foxen sized up to 200,000 on the J♣ river.
Foxen showed K♠J♥ to crush Hamlet's A♥8♠ as he was sent to the rail in 13th place.
Sam Laskowitz opened from the cutoff and Alex Foxen three-bet to 215,000 in the small blind for most of his stack. Laskowitz called.
The flop of 9♥6♥10♦ checked through and Foxen checked again on the 9♠ turn. Laskowitz bet to put him all in and Foxen called with his crumbs.
Alex Foxen: A♥8♣
Sam Laskowitz: 8♦8♠
Foxen couldn't pull ahead of eights as the 4♣ bricked off to mark his elimination in 14th place.
Level: 17
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Players have been sent on a 12-minute break.
Andrew Lichtenberger was all in for his 200,000 or so against Ethan Yau.
Andrew Lichtenberger: A♥6♣
Ethan Yau: 9♥9♠
"LuckyChewy" couldn't get lucky as the board ran out 7♥8♠Q♦J♣J♥ to mark his elimination in the last hand before break.
Peter Mugar open-jammed for around 400,000 on the button and Michael Berk called in the big blind.
Peter Mugar: Ax7x
Michael Berk: A♣8♠
Mugar was dominated and couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out A♦J♥6♣9♦8♦ to mark the Event #2 runner-up's elimination. Great job!
Yang Zhou opened in middle position and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 200,000 from the next seat. Sam Laskowitz then min-clicked to 300,000 from the button and Zhou folded before Lichtenberger four-bet jammed. Laskowitz called off with a stack of 1,100,000.
Sam Laskowitz: 10♠10♥
Andrew Lichtenberger: A♦K♥
The board ran out 7♠5♠8♠6♠7♣ as Laskowitz made a flush to double up. At the same time, Justin Saliba was eliminated in 17th place at the next table.
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