A player in early position raised to 2,500 and was called by Tristan Jappa in the big blind.
The two players saw a 8♥8♣3♦ flop and checked through.
The turn brought the 5♣ and Jappa led for 4,000, with the early position player making the call.
The river was the J♣ and Jappa bet once more, this time for 3,000, and after some deliberation, his opponent made the laydown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
The cards were face-up in an all-in hand between Jason Aken in middle position and Craig Welko in the big blind, with Welko the player at risk.
Welko: K♥Q♥ 
Aken: A♠J♦
Welko hit the flop, but Aken hit the turn and held through a final runout of Q♣8♣7♥A♦6♦, eliminating Welko just before the close of registration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
Busted |
Craig Welko raised to 2,500 from the button and Blake Harris moved all-in for 16,200 from the small blind, with Welko making the quick call.
Harris: 3♥3♣
Welko: A♥Q♥
The final board rand out K♥K♦K♠8♣8♠ giving both players kings-full and half the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
17,400
17,400
|
17,400 |
A player in middle position raised to 3,100 and Mark Lafata called from late position.
The flop came A♥A♦4♠ and checked through.
The turn was the 8♠ and the middle position player bet 4,000, with Lafata raising to 10,000.
After some time in the tank and a thorough evaluation of Lafata's tells, the middle position player let it go and Lafata scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
With around 5,500 in the middle and a turn board reading 10♠2♥6♥5♣, defending RGPS St. Louis Main Event champ Keith Heine put out a bet of 2,500 and was called by his opponent in the big blind.
The river fell the J♣ and this time Heine bet 4,500 after being checked to and got the quick fold to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Kenny Allen raised from middle position and was three-bet to 5,000 from Eric Serrano in late position, with Allen coming along.
The two players saw a 7♠5♥3♦ flop and Allen check-called a bet of 4,000 from Serrano.
The turn brought the 6♥ and Allen check-called once more, this time for 8,000.
The A♠ fell on the river and Serrano snap-jammed all-in after Allen checked, with Allen making the call after a few moments of deliberation.
Allen: A♣2♣
Serrano: Q♠J♥
Allen missed his straight but was able to catch an ace on the river to take the pot from Serrano and secure the full double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
|
|
15,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
A player in late position raised to 1,600 and was called by a player on the button.
Cory Bogert then three-bet to 6,500 and was called by both players.
The flop came 10♦4♦2♠ and Bogert continued for 7,500, getting two quick folds.
Bogert crosses the 100K mark in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
In a hand recapped to PokerNews by Jason Mendoza, Yang Xu raised to 2,200 from middle position and Mendoza called from the small blind.
The two players saw a Jx9x3x flop and Mendoza check-called a bet of 4,300 from Xu.
The turn came a 7x and Mendoza checked. Xu moved all-in for around 23,000 and after some time in the tank, Mendoza made the call and was at risk.
Mendoza: KxJx
Xu: QxJx
Mendoza had Xu pipped on the kicker and would hold through the 4x on the river to secure the double-up.
Mendoza jokingly noted that his wife said he's the highest-ranked GPI player in the field and wanted that mentioned in the hand recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
700
25,300
|
25,300 |
The cards were on their backs and K.L. Cleeton was all-in and at risk from the big blind against Eric Serrano from early position.
Cleeton: A♠K♣
Serrano: Q♠Q♣
Cleeton couldn't spike his outs to score the double-up on the final runout of 10♣8♥3♥4♦J♦, securing the elimination for Serrano and sending Cleeton back to the registration table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
Busted |
Players are on their first break of the day and will return to Level 5 with blinds 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante.
