In a preflop raising war, Tai Truong had the best of it with A♣A♥ against the A♠K♥ of Andrew Kyriakou. There was no upset on the 10♥7♥5♠2♦9♥ board and Truong took a chunk of Kyriakou's seven-figure stack.
Naz Sibaei raised to 40,000 and then called a three-bet to 130,000 by Joshua Abady as they he3aded to the Q♥4♠2♣ flop. Abady's continuation bet was raised and he jammed, Sibaei instantly called.
Naz Sibaei: 4♥4♦ 
Joshua Abady: K♠K♦
The 6♥ turn and 9♦ river changed nothing and Sibaei doubled for massive 830,000 to leave Abady on around six blinds.
Those went in soon after against Bobby Zhang as follows.
Joshua Abady: A♠Q♥
Bobby Zhang: A♣K♥
The kicker played on the J♦10♦5♣6♣2♠ runout to send Abady to the payout desk next.
The stack of Michael Tomeny was counted while his cards and the board were showing, and Adrian Di Girolamo on the other side of the table was shell-shock. Tomeny's Q♠Q♥ had hit a four card flush on the K♠7♣4♠6♠3♠ runout and that cracked the aces of Di Girolamo as confirmed by other players at the table.
"Sorry, that's twice in the tournament now," Tomeny said when his 682,000 was confirmed to have covered.
On his way out, Di Girolamo replied "you got my number".
Stephen Cole moved all in for 198,000 in middle position, and was at risk when Katy Lo shoved from the small blind.
Stephen Cole: 5♣5♦
Katy Lo: A♣J♥
Cole was flipping for his tournament life, and saw a clean runout of 7♦8♣Q♠2♥9♥ to secure the double through Lo.
Jeison Berdugo raised it up and Minh-Hai "Henry" Tran three-bet with few chips behind. Berdugo pushed all-in and Tran called.
Minh-Hai Tran: A♣J♦
Jeison Berdugo: 6♣6♦
The A♦Q♠6♠5♦2♣ runout gave Berdugo a set on the flop for the knockout.
Andrew Kyriakou raised to 40,000 and then called the shove by Weng Wong for 175,000, which Kyriakou called.
Weng Wong: 9♣9♦
Andrew Kyriakou: J♠9♠
Wong only needed to fear the three remaining jacks after the 8♥6♦3♣A♥ turn, but one of them came on the J♣ river.
Adrian Di Girolamo opened to 50,000 on the button, and Hongbo Ju slid in calling chips from the big blind. Ju saw the 7♦K♣8♥ flop and checked, with Di Girolamo checking behind.
Another check from Ju followed the Q♠ turn, where Di Girolamo bet 50,000. That produced a fold from Ju, and Di Girolamo raked in the pot.
On a heads-up turn of K♥Q♣3♦9♣, Hun Wei Lee had a bet of 115,000 paid off and then used a time bank on the 3♥ river before he made it 275,000 to go. His opponent likewise needed a time bank before he called and then mucked after he was shown the J♠10♦ for the king-high straight.
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