Dario Marinelli bet 330,000 into about 900,000 from under the gun on 
and Ian Pelz called in middle position. The river was a 
and Marinelli checked. Pelz slid in 1.2 million and Marinelli tanked until a clock was called. As soon as the supervisor arrived to announce the clock, Marinelli put in some chips to call.
Pelz opened 
and took the pot.
In a three-bet pot between Romain Lewis and Gleb Kovtunov, the dealer fanned the flop of 
. Lewis led out from the small blind for 150,000 and Kovtunov called in position.
The turn brought the 
and Lewis fired out another 375,000. Kovtunov still called and the 
completed the board. Lewis pushed out a stack of 100,000 chips, more than enough to cover Kovtunov's remaining 1,200,000 chips. Kovtunov dipped into the tank and eventually made the call.
Lewis confidently turned over 
for two pair and Kovtunov reluctantly showed 
before stepping away from the table.
Warwick Mirzikinian raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, Adam Friedman three-bet to 300,000 from the button and Mirzikinian called.
The flop was 
and Mirzikinian check-called 80,000 from Friedman.
The turn was the 
and both checked.
The river was the 
, Mirzikinian bet 500,000 and Friedman folded.
Big blind Mariano Mir was all in for 805,000 over what looked to be a three-bet to 160,000 from Lei Zhou in the cutoff. Zhou tanked, asking the dealer to spread the small pot. Dan Colpoys was fed up with the time it was taking and called a clock. Zhou called with 10 seconds left in his countdown, but his 
trailed 
.
The 
board was no bother to Mir and he celebrated loudly and high-fived some folks on his rail.
A three way pot was in progress on a board that read 
. Greg Candido was all in and Craig McCorkell re-shoved with his larger stack after a few moments of thought. Action was then on the biggest stack of the three, Yulian Bogdanov. He considered the the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone but ultimately released his hand to let the shorter stacks battle it out.
Candido revealed his set wit the 
while McCorkell showed top two pair with the . The river came the to confirm the big double up for Candido and greatly hurt the stack of McCorkell.
Daniel Holmes ended up all in and at risk with and had a kicker problem, as Enrico Rudelitz from one seat over turned over the .
The 
flop sent Holmes even further behind as he now needed running cards to avoid the elimination. It was all over after the 
turn and the 
river was a mere formality.
Jake Daniels raised from early position to 70,000 and action folded around to Austin Lewis who called from the small blind. Jeffrey Chu defended his big blind and the three saw a flop of . Lewis and Chu both checked to Daniels, who made a continuation-bet of 80,000. Both players called.
The turn came and after about a minute of sitting like a statue, Lewis bet 190,000. Chu put out chips to call and Daniels folded. The river was 
and Lewis checked. Chu put out a bet of 530,000 and after about three minutes of thinking and talking to himself, announced he would pay off Chu.
"I have a king but I guess you win," assumed Chu as he tabled his hand. Lewis quickly tabled 
and Chu immediately turned his hand back over to muck it while Lewis collected the pot.
These players collected $43,935 for their Main Event finishes.
Caleb Furth lost a big pot over on the main feature table and was left with just four big blinds while Andrew Brinkley jumped into the big stack as a result.
Marcelo Cudos won a four-way pot when Jeffrey Eldred raised to 60,000 and was called by Dario Sammartino in the cutoff, Cudos in the small blind and Michael Lech in the big blind. They checked the 
flop and the 
turn brought a bet of 150,000 by Cudos, which won the pot.
Soon after, Sammartino opened to 65,000 and Matt Stout three-bet to 150,000. Sammartino called and folded to a continuation bet on the 
flop.
The second level of the day has come to an end and the remaining 237 players are being sent on another 15-minute break. When they return, the blinds will be increased to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Here is what happened since the dinner break:
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