Heads up on a flop of 9♠8♥6♦, Artyom Smatyan bet 55,000 from the hijack and Ezequiel Kleinman called in middle position.
The turn was the 7♠ and Kleinman led out for 25,000. Smatyan called and the 3♥ fell on the river. Kleinman then bet another 50,000.
Smatyan took a few minutes but eventually called. Kleinman showed 5♦4♦ for a straight and Smatyan mucked.
Mark Burford was in the hijack with a raise of 130,000 in front of him before Stanislav Zegal reraised to 230,000 in the small blind. Burford then moved all in for 470,000 and Zegal snap-called.
Mark Burford: K♥K♦ 
Stanislav Zegal: A♣A♠
Burford found himself on the wrong end of the ultimate cooler as Zegal turned over a pair of aces. The board ran out 9♦3♣5♦8♣Q♠ and Burford was sent to the rail while the defending champion raked in the big pot.
Brian Kim and Jianwei Lin checked through to the turn on a board of Q♣3♣10♠J♦. Lin then bet 50,000 from the button and Kim called in the hijack.
The river was the 9♠ and Lin moved all in for 101,000. Kim snap-called with K♠J♣ for a rivered straight, and Lin tossed 2♥2♣ into the muck as he made his way to the exit.
Yang Wang opened to 14,000 from early position before Jovan Kenjic three-bet to 48,000 from the cutoff. With the action back on Wang, he jammed for 485,000 effective as the covering stack and Kenjic reluctantly called it off.
Jovan Kenjic: Q♦Q♣
Yang Wang: K♦K♣
It was a brutal cooler with Wang having the best of it and even had Kenjic's suits covered. The board ran out 5♠2♦2♣J♦A♥ as Kenjic hit the rail.
Kevin Garosshen bet 18,000 from under the gun on a flop of 8♦3♣10♣ and Tom Fuchs raised to 65,000 in the small blind. Garosshen called and the 2♣ fell on the turn.
Fuchs then bet another 65,000 and Garosshen again called. Fuchs slowed down and checked the Q♣ river, and Garosshen checked behind.
Fuchs turned over 10♥8♥ for two pair and Garosshen mucked.
Paulius Vaitiekunas played a heads-up pot against Chance Kornuth and got to the river with the board reading 9♥6♠Q♠4♦K♥.
Vaitiekunas checked and Kornuth carved out a bet of 44,000 that he threw out after some juking and staring.
Vaitiekunas check-jammed all in for around 250,000 and Kornuth called. Vaitiekunas showed 9♠7♠ for a pair of nines and missed flush draw as Kornuth tabled A♦K♦ to win the pot with a rivered pair of kings, eliminating Vaitiekunas .
Ilia Arkhipov raised to 10,000 under the gun and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 35,000 on the button. Arkhipov then four-bet to 120,000 and Kornuth folded.
The next hand, Kornuth had a raise of 77,000 in front of him in the cutoff and Arkhipov reraised to 160,000 in the big blind. Kornuth then moved all in for 355,000 and Arkhipov quickly called.
Chance Kornuth: A♣J♥
Ilia Arkhipov: A♠K♦
Kornuth found himself dominated and at risk as the flop came Q♠8♣10♠. Arkhipov hit top pair on the K♠ turn, but the same card improved Kornuth to a straight and the 5♣ river sealed his fortunate double up.
Two players saw the 10♣2♥4♠ flop and Brian Kim checked it over from middle position to Thiago Crema in the hijack who fired 10,000 into the pot of about 40,000. Kim took a few moments before putting in a check-raise to 43,000 and Crema called.
The A♥ hit the turn, and Kim didn't slow down, tossing 110,000 across the line. Crema called once again.
The 4♣ paired the board on the river and Brian slid 375,000 across the line, putting Crema to the test for his last 373,000. Crema made the call to see Kim's full house as he tabled 2♦2♣. However, it was no good as Crema rolled 10♥10♦ for tens full of fours to score a massive double.
Geoffrey Hum bet 12,000 from under the gun on a flop of A♦10♦5♣ and Deer Kim called on the button. Thiago Crema then raised to 50,000 in the big blind and only Kim called.
The turn was the 9♦ and Crema continued for 55,000. Kim again called and the 10♣ fell on the river. Crema then bet 250,000 and Kim attempted to raise to 400,000 but was forced to make it 500,000. Crema had a little less behind and called all in.
Both players ended up turning over ace-ten and chopped the pot with identical full houses.
The action was picked up on the turn in a hand between Felipe Boianovsky from under the gun and Vinay Boob in the cutoff with about 110,000 in the middle.
With the board reading 10♣8♦6♠Q♣, Boianovsky checked to Boob, who bet 52,000. Boianovsky responded with a check-raise all in for 402,000 effective as the covering stack and Boob called.
Vinay Boob: Q♠Q♥
Felipe Boianovsky: 10♥9♥
Boob held top set while Boianovsky had middle pair and a double-gutter. Boob filled up on the 10♠ river to secure the double.
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