Luis Assuncao raised from the button to 25,000 and Paul Tedeschi three-bet all in from the big blind for 206,000. Assuncao made the call and the showdown went as following.
Christopher Smith raised to 27,000 from under the gun, Zachary Hirst three-bet to 60,000 out of the hijack, and the action folded back to Smith, who called.
Both players checked on a flop of , and the turn was the . Smith led out for 65,000, Hirst called, and the completed the board.
Smith led out again - this time for 125,000 - and Hirst moved all in for around 300,000 total. Smith mulled the decision over for a bit, then folded.
Kevin MacPhee opened with a raise to 39,000, and Soon Hwang reraised all in for 704,000. MacPhee called with the to put over 80% of his chips on the line against Hwang, who had the .
The flop was huge for Hwang when the fell to give him trips. The turn was the to give MacPhee a flush draw, but the on the river didn't do it.
Hwang doubled and MacPhee was left with 150,000 in chips.
Christopher Shaw opened for 26,000 from early position and received a call from Iaren Lightbourne in the small blind. Dustin Fox then three-bet all in for 217,000 from the big, Shaw called, and Lightbourne moved all in over the top for quite a bit more. Shaw folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Lightbourne:
Fox:
Lightbourne had played his kings coyly, and it looked as if it was going to pay off in a big way. The flop kept him in the lead, but it did give Fox a wheel draw. It also elicited a reaction from Shaw, who claimed to have folded pocket deuces.
The turn was no help to Fox, and neither was the river. Lightbourne took down the pot with kings and sixes, Fox exited in 258th place for $38,634, while Shaw wondered what could have been.
Jean-Jacques Zeitoun opened with a raise in the hijack only to have Mukul Pahuja three-bet the button to 65,000. Zeitoun made the call before check-calling 56,000 on the flop.
The turn landed the and Zeitoun checked to Pahuja who tossed in a bet of 92,000 which Zeitoun called before he checked for a third time as the river landed the .
Pahuja reached into his stack and then bet out 134,000 which Zeitoun quickly called. Pahuja tabled his and Zeitoun mucked while slipping to 161,000 as Pahuja climbed to 1.19 million in chips.
Michael Kamran check-called 74,000 from Hans Winzeler in a battle of late position players on an board. On the river, Winzeler thought for awhile after it was checked to him, then he pushed forward more than six towers of yellow T1,000 chips for a wager of 122,000. Kamran thought for awhile, pump faked the call briefly, then slammed a calling stack in. Winzeler showed for a boat and Kamran flicked his cards forcefully into the muck.