Hari Bercovici shoved all in dark after he checked from under the gun and an opponent in the hijack checked back on 
. It was about 450,000 into a pot of 260,000 and the river came a 
. The hijack folded in short order and Bercovici turned over 
.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board showing 
, Andreas Kniep checked over to Antonio Esfandiari who put out a bet of an unknown amount. Kniep then decided to check-raise, making it 100,000 total, and Esfandiari called.
The river was the 
and Kniep led out for 125,000 and Esfandiari dropped into the tank. He thought for several minutes before someone at the table called the clock. When the floor was called over, the dealer said he didn't think that Esfandiari had been given enough time yet, but several players at the table protested, saying he had at least four minutes to act already. Because of that, Esfandiari was given a 30-second countdown and he thought through the first 25 seconds without making a decision. As the floor began his five-second countdown, Esfandiari looked at him and asked a question.
"Wait, you don't give a 10-second countdown anymore?" he asked.
The floor paused to explain that players only get a five-second countdown now, with just two seconds remaining for Esfandiari to make a decision. The floor then declared Esfandiari's hand dead and he was forced to fold.
"That hurt," Esfandiari said. Kniep then agreed to show one card per some arrangement the table had made and he showed the 
, for at least trips.
"What would you do if I just shoved," Esfandiari said. "Just rep the nines."
"I probably would've folded," Kniep said.
Henrik Hecklen made it 45,000 to go on the button and Nils Tolpingrud three-bet to 175,000 out of the big blind. Hecklen asked for the stack size of Tolpingrud at the start of the hand and made the call shortly after. The 
flop brought a bet of 140,000 by Tolpingrud and Hecklen came along to see the 
on the turn.
Tolpingrud almost immediately moved all in and Hecklen folded, leaving himself with just shy of a million.
The player in the cutoff raised and Darren Elias defended his big blind.
The flop came down 
and Elias check-called 25,000 from his opponent. The turn was the 
, both players checked, the river was the , and Elias bet 85,000. His opponent called after a few moments.
Elias tabled 
for queens full of kings, his opponent mucked, and Elias won the pot.
In a battle of button versus big blind, Matt Mercurio was all in and at risk for 159,000 with the 
and Jake Schindler looked him up with the 
. The board came 
and Mercurio hit the seven on the turn to double and remain in contention.
Chino Rheem opened to 30,000 in middle position before his opponent three-bet to 79,000 from the cutoff.
The action folded back to Rheem, and he called and stated, "Action is on you, sir!"
The dealer spread a flop, and with the action on the cutoff, he bet out 90,000 and responded, "Now the action is on you!"
Rheem paused, grabbed a stack of chips, and added, "Nope, it's back on you!"
Rheem had dropped in a stack of green 25,000-denomination chips amounting to a check-raise of roughly 600,000. His opponent immediately tossed in a few chips to signify he had called all in for 548,000.
Rheem:
Opponent:
The turn of the changed little but reduce Rheem's outs by one, but when the 
fell on the river, Rheem would eliminate his opponent and climb into the chip lead.
Here is the last batch of eliminated players who collected $21,750 for their efforts.
Mustapha Kanit shoved on the button for about 190,000 and the small blind reshipped to isolate. Matthew Smith tank-folded in the big blind.
Mustapha Kanit: 
Small blind: 
The flip went to Kanit as the 
board just missed the small blind.
An early-position player raised to 27,000 and Paul Volpe called from the button. With the action on Stephen Song in the big blind, he moved all in for 386,000. The players quickly folded and Song took the pot.
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