Leon Sturm raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Diego Emperador made it 65,000 to go from the button. The action folded back to Sturm, who made the call.
The flop fell J♥5♥3♣ and Sturm check-called a 32,000 bet from Emperador. The 3♥ turn and 6♥ river subsequentially checked through.
Sturm was the first to show and tabled A♣A♦ for the slowplayed aces. Emperador mucked his cards, stating: "You would've gotten it all on the flop."
Tracy Nguyen raised it up in early position and Jamie Gold shipped all in for just over 200,000 in the hijack. Hermilo Garzavillareal reshoved all in from the cutoff as the biggest stack at the table. The rest of the table folded including Nguyen and the two remaining hands were tabled.
Jamie Gold: AxJx
Hermilo Garzavillareal: AxKx
The flop came KxQx4x to give Garzavillareal a pair of kings but Gold picked up a straight draw. The 8x and 9x runout bricked out for Gold and he made his way to the payout desk, not quite earning the $12,000,000 that he did back in 2006.
The under-the-gun player raised to 20,000, finding three callers; the hijack, button and Nikita Luther in the big blind.
The flop came 2♠5♠2♦. The action checked to the hijack who bet out for 30,000. The button called, as did Luther. The original raiser folded.
The 4♠ turn checked through to the 8♠ on the river. Luther check again and so did both her opponents.
Left of the button, Luther who had to show first. She tabled the A♠3♠ for a turned straight flush. Unfortunately for her, no additional chips went into the middle on the turn or the river.
Shiina Okamoto, the recent runner up of the WSOP Ladies Event, open-shoved for her last 90,000 and it folded to David Cossio-Ruiz who called on the button for the following showdown.
Shiina Okamoto: 2♠2♥
David Cossio-Ruiz: A♦K♦
Okamoto had to win the flip to stay alive in the tournament but the board gave 5♥10♥3♦7♥A♣ to give a pair of aces on the river to Cossio-Ruiz and eliminate Okamoto.
A player from middle position opened to 20,000 and Michael Mizrachi made the call from the cutoff.
The flop came 4♣9♦9♥. The original raiser made a continuation bet of 12,000 and Mizrachi made the call.
The original raiser slowed down with a check on the J♠ turn. Mizrachi bet 25,000 and was called.
Action checked again to Mizrachi, who opted to bet 52,000 on the 4♥ river. The original raiser made the call.
Mizrachi tabled A♠J♥ for top pair to take down the pot.
William Anderson raised to 24,000 with the 8♠8♦ from an early position and Richard Seymour three-bet to 65,000 with the K♠K♦ from the next seat.
Stephen Chidwick then four-bet to 510,000 out of the big blind with Q♠Q♥ and Anderson quickly folded.
"You got it, Stevie?" Seymour inquired and added "you got it, you got it" shortly after while he was still in the tank. Around two minutes passed in total before Seymour pushed all-in for 512,000 as Chidwick called.
The board ran out 9♣7♠3♥4♦A♥ and Seymour called a
"I wasn't trying to slowroll,I was just legit afraid you had aces," Seymour clarified while his stack was being counted.
In a heads-up pot with roughly 50,000 in the middle on a flop showing 5♠3♦2♣, Jason Mercier checked from the big blind to Jason Liu on the button who bet out 25,000. Mercier put in a check-raise to 67,000 and Liu came along.
The 2♠ hit the turn and Mercier kept up the aggression with a bet of 61,000. Liu took a moment before putting in a stack of 25,000 chips, covering the 160,000 behind for Mercier, who went deep in the tank.
After close to five minutes of thought, a player at the table called the clock and Mercier was given 30 seconds to act. As the clock ticked down, Mercier eventually tossed his cards into the muck and the pot was shipped to Liu.
"Four-seven of spades?" asked another player at the table who was curious of Mercier's holding.
"Something like that," replied Mercier.
A player opened to 21,000 from the cutoff before Jesse Lonis three-bet to 82,000 out of the small blind. The big blind got out of the way to send the action back to the cutoff player who, after some thought, came back over the top for 200,000. After verifying the bet total, Lonis re-checked his cards before announcing a five-bet to 390,000. His opponent gave it some thought but ultimately decided to pick a better spot and tossed his cards away. Lonis, meanwhile, flashed AxQx before raking in a sizable preflop pot that sees him eclipse the 1,000,000 mark.
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