Robert Cheung opened to 42,000 in early position, Brad Johnson called on the button, and Pavan Bhatia three-bet to 144,000 from the big blind. Cheung folded, Johnson called, and the dealer fanned 
.
Bhatia open-shipped for 264,000, and Johnson shrugged before calling.
Bhatia: 
Johnson: 
The turn and river bricked 
, 
respectively, and Bhatia doubled to 860,000 chips. Johnson was left with 440,000.
Kasra Khodayarkhani and Tripp Kirk were heads up on a flop of 
. Khodayarkhani fired 36,000, Kirk raised to 95,000, and Khodayarkhani put in a third bet, re-raising to 151,000.
Kirk tanked for a bit, then folded his hand.
"Twenty dollars to show," he told Khodayarkhani before the Texan could muck his hand.
Khodayarkhani obliged, tabling 
for the stone nuts, and Kirk shipped him a Jefferson.
Shahiriar Assareh led out for 75,000 on a board of 
, and Joseph Hebert raised to 225,000. Assareh called, showing 
, but his pair of nines was no good against Hebert's 
for trip threes.
Hebert is now up to 1.2 million, while Assareh was crippled down to 230,000.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | Tzu Yen |
| 58 | 2 | Luke Graham |
| 58 | 3 | Shahiriar Assareh |
| 58 | 4 | AJ Atiqi |
| 58 | 5 | Robert Panitch |
| 58 | 6 | Brad Johnson |
| 58 | 7 | Pavan Bhatia |
| 58 | 8 | Joseph Hebert |
| 58 | 9 | Robert Cheung |
| 60 | 1 | Ben Reason |
| 60 | 2 | Kasra Khodayarkhani |
| 60 | 3 | Parwez Nawabi |
| 60 | 4 | Tripp Kirk |
| 60 | 5 | Corrie Wunstel |
| 60 | 6 | Daniel Weinman |
| 60 | 7 | Dan Schmiech |
| 60 | 8 | Ben Mintz |
| 60 | 9 | Rogen Chhabra |
Abraham Abud was all in preflop for his last 110,000 or so holding 
and in great shape to double against the 
of AJ Atiqi.
The 
flop seemed safe enough for Abud, though Atiqi picked up a gutshot straight draw. The 
turn was of no consequence, but the 
river was as it gave Atiqi the said straight and the win.
Abud was eliminated in 19th place, which means it's time for the two-table redraw.
Benjamin Reason opened for a standard raise in middle position, and 2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Nick Jivkov three-bet jammed for 330,000 from the small blind. Reason tank-called.
Reason:
Jivkov: 
Kevin Saul tried to will an ace or a jack from the deck for his good friend Jivkov, but Reason held as the board rolled out 
. Jivkov hit the rail in 20th place, earning $9,681, while Reason now has around 770,000 chips.
Level: 26
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Sean Winter was all in and at risk for 300,000 or so on a flop of holding 
. His flush draw was live, but Joseph Hebert held a pair and two diamonds with 
.
Both the turn () and the river (
) were black bricks, and Winter hit the rail in 21st place.
Robert Cheung opened to 38,000 from under the gun, Claudia Crawford three-bet shoved for 167,000 from the hijack seat, and the action folded back to Cheung who waited for a second or two before calling.
Crawford:
Cheung: 
The board ran out 
, and Crawford was eliminated in 22nd place.
"That's the hand you call with," he told her, referring to an earlier hand. "Not pocket fives."
Action folded around to Abraham Abud in the small blind and he raised to 32,000. Parwez Nawabi was in the big and responded by moving all in for 219,000, which Abud called.
Abud:
Nawabi: 
The board ran out 
and Nawabi doubled on the hand.
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