Christopher Kinane opened the hi-jack to 35,000 and Rachid Ben Cherif three-bet the small blind to 102,000. Kinane made the call to see a 
flop fall with both players checking.
The turn of the 
saw Cherif drop in a bet of 118,000 and Kinane instantly mucked to slip to 500,000 as Ben Cherif sat at 2.3 million.
Sergio Castelluccio opened to 34,000 from the hijack, before Scott Ritchey opted to move all in for 236,000 form the cutoff. Marc McLaughlin was on the big blind, and made the call. Castelluccio mucked his hand, as the two players then tabled their cards.
McLaughlin: 
Ritchey: 
The board ran out 
, to see McLaughlin improve to a set on the flop, before eliminating Ritchey from the tournament.
We found Ted Jivkov and Seaver Kyaw all in preflop at one of the featured tables.
Jivkov: 
Kyaw: 
The flop was 
, and the 
turn made Jivkov a set and secured his double.
Carlos Mortensen opened the preflop action with a raise to 47,000 from under the gun, and Alexander Livingston three-bet to 115,000. Mortensen called, bringing a flop of 
. Mortensen checked, and Livingston continued for 128,000. Mortensen called, bringing the 
on the turn. Mortensen checked, and Livingston bet again, this time for 270,000. Mortensen went deep into the tank. He cut out a call, but didn’t push it forward. He thought for a full five minutes, and then put the chips back in his stack and tossed his cards to the dealer.
Jason Cohen and Somar Al-Darwich were heads up on a flop of 
, and after a series of bets, Cohen was all in for 634,000. Al-Darwich called.
Cohen: 
Al-Darwich: 
Al-Darwich flopped a set of eights, but Cohen held a straight flush draw.
"Anyone fold a diamond?" Al-Darwich asked his tablemates, who remained silent. "Prettiest card in the deck. Ace of spades."
The turn card was one of the prettiest cards in the deck for Cohen, because the gave him an unbeatable straight flush. Stunned, Al-Darwich threw his hands on his head and walked away from the table as the meaningless 
completed the board. Cohen doubled to 1.46 million chips, while Al-Darwich fell to 1.278 million.
These players earned $42,990 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
Jordan Batt was just all in for around 350,000 or so and at risk before the flop in a hand versus Anthony Forsyth-Forrest. Batt did have the best hand, however, with 
versus Forsyth-Forrest's 
.
"Did anybody fold a king?" asked Forsyth-Forrest as the dealer prepared to deliver the community cards.
"I folded two of them," cracked Ashley Mason from across the table, and all chuckled.
Not that anyone doubted Mason was kidding, but the flop then confirmed such utterly as it dramatically came 
to improve Forsyth-Forrest to a set of kings.
The turn was the 
and river the , and Batt was eliminated.
Action folded around to Nick Schwarmann in the hijack, and he made it 33,000, to go. Greg Merson reraised to 72,000 on the button, and action folded back to Schwarmann. He tanked for about 30 seconds before moving all in, a bet that would cost Merson almost all his chips. Merson quickly folded, and Schwarmann took down the pot. .
Steve Bartlett raised to 40,000, and Philip Long moved all in. Bartlett called for his last 295,000 and turned over . He was behind Long’s , and he would need help. The board came 
, and Long’s pair of jacks won the pot, pushing him over the two million-chip mark, and sending Bartlett to the payout window.
The action started with Noah Schwartz opening to 37,000 from under the gun. Ami Alibay made the call from the button, as did Ashley Mason from the big blind.
The flop came down 
, and Mason checked. Schwartz threw out a continuation bet of 61,000, as Alibay got out of the way. Mason then paused for a moment, before raising it up to 146,000. Schwartz stared down the bet, before opting to move all in for 469,000, which was snap called.
Mason:
Schwartz:
Schwartz was in the lead with top pair, but had to dodge many cards on the turn and river. Mason was unable to improve, as the board ran out the and to see a third of his chips get moved to his left.
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