After a series of pot-sized raises went into the middle before the flop, leading to a 50,000 plus chip pot, Eric Kurtzman called a bet for his opponent's last 4,000 or so on a 
flop.
Opponent: 
Eric Kurtzman: 
The board ran out with the 
and 
, and Kurtzman's king-high straight bested his opponent's nine-high straight to win the healthy pot and boost his stack toward the 100,000 mark.
Sasha Liu limped from under the gun once more and Arthur Morris raised to 1,000, which was called four ways as Christian Heich, the small blind and Luis Velador as well as Liu all came along. The 
flop was checked to Liu and she bet 3,000.
Morris then raised it up to 13,000 and all opponents including Liu folded.
On the tail end of a heads-up pot just before the break, the board showed 
. There were some 22,600 in the middle and Dylan Weisman made what appeared to be a pot-sized bet against Michael Zhan that eventually got through.
Weisman was "feeling bad" according to the table chat to not show any of the cards and eventually revealed the 
before raking in the pot with a big smile on the face.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Out of a field of 405 entries, which is already larger than the attendance of the previous year, some one dozen contenders have been eliminated so far. All others have now been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break.
Sasha Liu limped in and the small blind then pulled one of his chips back before he all but string-bet to 1,200 total. Liu complained about that and the floor was called while both traded some words about a potential slowroll in the previous hand they played against each other.
Ultimately, the raise stood and Liu called as they headed to the 
flop. The small blind continued for 1,300 and Liu sent her cards into the muck.
After Chance Kornuth raised to 800 in the cutoff, the player in the small blind three-bet to 1,500.
Kornuth quickly called to see a flop of 
.
The small blind now checked and Kornuth didn't hesitate to put forward a bet of 3,000. The small blind folded, and the small pot went to the three-time bracelet winner.
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