John Holley raised to 25,000 in the hijack and was called by Paul Volpe in the small blind, Michael Banducci defended the big blind. The 9♣6♣2♦ flop saw Volpe bet the pot and Banducci folded with a short stack behind, Holley just called.
They got it in on the A♥ turn and flipped them over.
Paul Volpe: A♠Q♥6♠4♥
John Holley: Q♠5♣4♦3♠
Holley had a low wrap but missed on the J♥ river as they chopped it up.
With the action four ways to the turn on a board showing 6♣9♣5♠9♥, Daniel Negreanu fired a bet of 65,000. Randen Honigman was the only caller to the 3♠ river.
Negreanu led out for 125,000, only to see Honigman announce all in for 365,000.
Negreanu took a few minutes considering his opponent's hand strength, arriving on a call and revealing A♣7♣5♣4♠ for straight.
Honigman turned over A♦7♠4♥2♥ for a matching straight with an ace-deuce low to claim three quarters of the pot.
Hassan Kamel and Stephen Deutsch had won three quarters of large pots to boost their big stacks, the latter of which came at the expense of Vladimir Belekhov.
Deutsch then aimed to knock out Warren Sheaves, who got it in for 102,000 total on the button after the A♣K♠3♥ flop.
Warren Sheaves: A♠10♦9♠3♦
Stephen Deutsch: 9♥4♣4♠2♦
The A♥ turn improved Sheaves to aces full of treys and the 4♦ river failed to give Deutsch a qualifying low.
Dan Shak was all-in before the flop for around seven blinds against Ryan Rapaski and the following cards were exposed.
Dan Shak: K♣K♠5♠3♣
Ryan Rapaski: A♥Q♠4♣3♠
The 10♠9♣6♣ flop was a good start for Shak and he even added a second flush draw with the J♠ turn. However, the K♥ then followed on the river as Rapaski got there with an unlikely ace-high straight to score the knockout.
"I have two chances, one online and the other here that I am about to win," Paul Volpe mentioned in table chat while he was all-in for 67,000 post flop against Michael Banducci on a 9♠9♦3♣ flop. He was focused on the phone for the online bracelet event as he chatted away with Daniel Negreanu and Banducci then tank-called from one seat over.
Paul Volpe: A♠J♠J♦4♦
Michael Banducci: A♣K♥5♥3♦
The 5♦ turn and 7♥ river ensured the double-up for Volpe.
Dan Heimiller was not as fortunate and lost the remainder of his short stack one table over.
The chips got in on the 8♥A♠K♦ flop between James Obst and Calen McNeil, with Obst at risk.
James Obst: Q♦5♣3♥2♦
Calen McNeil: A♦K♠7♦6♠
McNeil's flopped two pair left Obst drawing to the nut low, but the 10♠ turn and 10♣ river were no help as his run came to an end.
Taylor Wilson raised the pot from early position and was called by Vincas Tamasauskas, who then announced that his final 5,000 chip was going in blind. Wilson obliged on the J♥7♦J♣ flop leaving Tamasauskas at risk.
Vincas Tamasauskas: Q♠8♥5♦4♣
Taylor Wilson: A♠4♠3♥2♣
The A♦ turn left Wilson in the lead, with the K♠ river completing the board as Tamasauskas hit the rail.
Vincas Tamasauskas raised the pot to 42,000 from under the gun and received three callers including Christopher Vitch and Phil Hellmuth out of the blinds.
Vitch checked the 10♠8♣8♦ flop and Hellmuth moved all-in for 81,000. That forced folds to Vitch, who gave it brief consideration and then called.
Phil Hellmuth: A♦8♥3♣2♠
Christopher Vitch: K♠Q♠Q♣10♥
The Q♥ turn improved Vitch to queens full of eights and the 7♣ river ended the run of Hellmuth, who chatted up a storm of swear words before heading to the rail.
Phil Hellmuth had limped in and Anton Smirnov checked out of the big blind. On a flop of Q♠8♦4♦, Smirnov checked and Hellmuth bet 20,000. Smirnov check-raised the pot and Hellmuth shot out of his seat in disgust, then talked himself into a tight fold as he mentioned to have had aces without diamonds and a low draw.
"I am sure you are drawing dead," he even told Smirnov, who glanced at his cards and flashed the 4♣4♥ for a set.
Soon after on the same table, Ky Nguyen was all in blind with a severe short stack of just 12,000 and Vincas Tamasauskas also got his short but covering stack into the middle.
Ky Nguyen: A♦A♠J♣6♠
Vincas Tamasauskas: A♣6♦5♥4♥
The board ran out K♠10♣8♥J♥A♥ and Tamasauskas rivered a flush.
In multi-way action, Felipe Ramos had left 5,000 chips behind and ultimately got isolated by Ben Yu on a board of Q♠J♣7♥Q♥3♠.
Ramos' A♣7♦3♣2♦ was no good as the A♦K♦Q♦4♦ of Yu for trips queens won the pot to eliminate Ramos.
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