Kyudam Kim sent a shorter stack to the rail when his 
held up versus 
despite a six on the board.
Mihai Isar also scooped a pot when he took on [Removed:528] over in the Amazon Gold section. They faced a raise to 3,600 and [Removed:529] called in the cutoff, Isar raised to 8,600 and [Removed:529] was the only caller. The board of 
was checked down entirely and Isar had the winning hand with 
.
Johnny Chan sat in early position and he was involved in a heads-up pot with small blind Ryan Baysinger. There was about 13,000 in the middle preflop and the flop was dealt 
.
Baysinger checked to Chan on the flop and the two-time World Series of Poker Main Event champion bet 6,000. Baysinger called to see the 
on the turn and both players checked.
They also checked on the 
river and they opened up.
Baysinger showed 
for a missed flush draw and Chan won the pot showing down 
.
Defending champion John Cynn was overheard talking to another person presumably about his stack of just north of 20,000, saying that it was in his wheelhouse and that he was in his comfort zone.
He saw action fold to him in middle position and dictated, "watch this!" before reaching for chips. The energy was palpable as the table anticipated an all-in shove until he threw forward chips to open to 3,500.
"Wait, what?" Cynn commentated on his own action. "Just a raise?"
Action then folded to the big blind, who defended to take subsequent action to the streets. The flop came 
and the big blind checked. Cynn made a continuation-bet of 5,500 and the big blind looked back at Cynn and asked if he had any green, T$25,000 chips. Cynn confirmed he did not and his opponent put in a raise large enough to put Cynn all in.
Cynn happily complied, putting the rest of his chips in and turning over for an overpair.
His opponent tabled 
and found himself well behind with top pair.
The turn and river fell 
, securing the double up for Cynn who now finds himself with some breathing room despite still being below starting stack.
With 
on the felt, Brooks Floyd checked out of the big blind. Sam Greenwood bet 22,000, right about the size of the pot. Floyd called fairly quickly and Greenwood opened for a missed flush. Floyd took it with 
for queens up.
An all in and a call were announced and moments later Victor Adams was in the process of having his chips counted after earning a double up. According to Adams, his opponent had opened from middle position and Adams three-bet from the button.
His opponent called and the flop came 
. Adams saw his opponent check to him. He went all in for his remaining chips and was quickly called.
Victor Adams: 
Opponent:
Adams found himself in prime position to deliver a hefty cooler with top set to his opponent's middle set and secured it when the board ran out 
.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 3,200 from early position, and was called by a player in middle position. Charlie Snyder three-bet shoved for 36,800 from the cutoff, and after Grospellier folded what he later claimed to be 
, the middle position player called.
Charlie Snyder:
Opponent:
Snyder got barely a sweat on the 
board to double.
"Throw it in, Elky! I needed more!" Snyder told Grospellier with a grin.
Andrew Shack opened for 3,400 under the gun and Andrea Benelli three-bet to 9,000 from late position. Action folded back to Shack who called.
The flop fell and Shack instantly jammed his remaining stack of 111,000 in the middle and was snapped off by Benelli.
Andrew Shack:
Andrea Benelli:
Both players hit the flop extremely well but the case king gave Benelli a set while Shack was behind with top-two pair until the dealer peeled off the on the turn giving both players a full house but Shack held the better hand with aces full.
The dealer would throw down the meaningless on the river and Shack raked in the pot.
The board was and there was about 9,600 in the pot. Scotty Nguyen checked from the small blind and so did his opponent from middle position.
The river was the and Nguyen bet 3,000. That was enough to make his opponent fold and Nguyen picked up a small pot to boost his stack.
According to Tim West, he just secured a double up after he opened preflop and had a player to his left three-bet all in. West had 
and his opponent had 
. When the runout finished, West's queens remained good to secure him the double.
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