Giovanni Zanette opened to 1,100 and the cutoff three-bet to 3,300, which was called by Anthony Russo and Zanette.
It checked to the cutoff on the flop 7♣J♦3♠, who continued for 2,700. Only Russo made the call this time.
Russo check-called again for 3,800 on the A♠ turn and a 10♥ hit the river. Both players checked. Russo tabled A♦K♣ for top pair and the cutoff quickly mucked his cards.
The player first-to-act raised to 1,100 and Nai Hu flatted from the cutoff. The players on the button and small bind called as well, but then Kane Kalas squeezed to 5,600 from the big blind.
The initial raiser folded and Hu then back-raised to 17,300. It was folded back to Kalas and he announced he was all in for around 50,000 total. Nai called to put Kalas at risk and hands were revealed.
Kane Kalas: J♣J♦
Nai Hu: Q♣Q♦
Kalas was in trouble with his jacks, and the 3♦4♥5♦K♠5♥ runout provided no help to Kalas, who was eliminated late in the evening.
Daniel Vampan's run to the top of the chip leaderboard just encountered some resistance at the hands of Tamas Lendvai.
Heads-up on a board of 5♦2♠Q♠5♥, Vampan bet 1,500 from the small blind and Lendvai called in middle position.
The river came the K♦ and Vampan now checked. Lendvai fired out 3,000 and Vampan called, only to be showed A♦K♥ for a rivered two pair that was good enough to win the pot.
Picking up the action on the turn, Min Ji and Jonathan Sawyers were heads-up in a pot with around 8,000 in the middle. The board read 8♠4♦3♦2♦ and Ji check-called a bet of 3,700 from Sawyers.
The river was the K♥ and Ji checked once more. Sawyers tossed in a bet of 15,000 and Ji check-raised all in. Sawyers only had 30,000 chips left in front of him and he thought for a couple of minutes but decided to lay his hand down.
On a board reading 2♠A♥9♦6♦, David Bentley checked to the late position player who tossed out a bet of 7,000. The cutoff folded the action back to Bentley who put in the call to bring the 10♥ out on the river.
Bentley opted to lead into his opponent this time around and did so by tossing out a single 25,000 chip.
His opponent entered the tank and spent a good few minutes there, seemingly grabbing chips and almost calling at least once.
Eventually, he decided to fold the Ax9x face up on the table to let Bentley know what he was laying down, to which Bentley responded by sliding his cards toward the muck, though he did respond with a "Yes" when his opponent asked if he had hit the diamonds.
Three players built a pot of about 40,000 and the flop read K♦8♠3♥. The player first to act jammed for about a pot-sized bet of 40,000 and Rui Bouquet called next to act. The third player got out of the way and both hands were tabled.
Rui Bouquet: A♠A♦
Opponent: A♥K♣
Bouquet's aces were able to hold as the board completed with the 3♣ turn and the 6♦ river.
Brandon Mincher has one of the biggest stacks in the Black section, with 265,000 chips. At his table, Kevin Palmer isn't in the same situation at all, as he only has less than 20,000 chips, and it's not getting better.
He started the action by opening to 1,000 in the cutoff. The blinds called, and a 3♣10♦4♦ flop landed on the table. Everybody checked this first street to see the Q♣ on the turn.
The small blind checked once again, but Klaus Pautrot decided to take the lead and bet 2,000. Palmer called, and the big blind folded.
On the river 2♣, Pautrot bet a second time, but increased the size to 4,100. Palmer took some time but eventually folded. He is now down to 13,000 chips.
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