The flop read J♥7♣5♦, and there was about 170,000 in the middle. Andrew Hulme fired a bet of 55,000, and Benjamin Grise thought about it for 20 seconds before making the call in position.
The 2♥ fell on the turn and Hulme continued for 115,000. Grise mucked his hand and the dealer pushed the pot to Hulme.
Aaron Speer opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Tony Vo called from the cutoff as action folded to Dan Wilson in the big blind.
Wilson sat in the tank before putting out a three-bet to 165,000 to bring two folds from his opponents.
Anthony Kennedy opened to 60,000 from early position and received calls from Christopher Kimmel in the hijack and Dario Sammartino in the big blind.
Sammartino checked on the J♥6♥3♠ flop and Kennedy fired a continuation bet of 150,000. Kimmel made the fold while Sammartino called.
The turn came the 7♠ and Kennedy moved all in, covering Sammartino's remaining stack of just under 1,100,000. Sammartino quickly made the fold and Kennedy received a decent pot.
Carlos Leiva opened to 55,000 from middle position before Jason Koon made it 120,000 from the button. Tim van Loo went into the tank from the big blind before folding. Leiva put Koon all in and the latter called off his stack of 530,000.
Jason Koon: K♣K♠
Carlos Leiva: 10♣10♦
Koon was way ahead and improved to a set on the A♦K♦Q♠ flop, leaving his opponent drawing to Broadway or runner-runner quads.
The 8♠ turn was a brick, but the J♥ river completed Leiva's straight and Koon's Main Event journey came to an end.
Javier Agorreta came into the day as one of the short stacks and moved all in for 275,000 in the hijack. Gar Cheung was in the big blind and made the call to put Agorreta at risk.
Javier Agorreta: Q♥Q♣
Gar Cheung: 4♥4♣
The flop came A♠Q♠2♠ and Agorreta took a massive lead with a set of queens. The 3♦ on the turn gave Cheung a straight draw but the 4♦ on the river was not enough as Agorreta doubled up.
Shang Dai opened to 55,000 from the cutoff before big blind Brian Arbaugh three-bet to 180,000. Dai called and they saw the flop come Q♠J♦5♦.
Arbaugh continued for 140,000 and Dai called once more. The turn came the 6♥ and Arbaugh then checked.
Dai fired out 175,000 and Arbaugh took a peek back at his cards before sliding them into the muck. "One time," Dai said, showing the Q♥ as he took the pot.
Matthew Davis sat down and open-jammed his 360,000 stack from the hijack. Yudai Futai then made the call on the button with the covering stack and the blinds folded.
Matthew Davis: 6♠6♥
Yudai Futai: 10♥10♣
"I know you've got sixes in that deck," Davis asserted. No six came on the 4♠2♠7♥5♠K♠ runout, but the four spades on board gave Davis a flush for a full double up.
Michael Bohmerwald was spotted on his way out and another player remarked "unlucky" while the pot was pushed to Ryan Casaly. On a board of Q♣J♠5♥J♣A♥, Casaly had hit what appeared to be a full house with the QxJx.
Johan Espholm lost a seven-figure pot to Tyler Stafman when he checked behind the K♥7♣2♠A♦ turn and K♠ river, as Stafman tabled the A♠K♣.
"Would you have called a bet?" Stafman inquired and Espholm replied "depends how much you bet".
One table over, Larry Ross doubled with A♥6♣ against the A♣5♣ of Tam Ho as his kicker advantage played on the K♦9♦2♥7♦3♥ runout.
Thomas Zanot opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Chris Brewer in the big blind.
The two-time bracelet winner moved all in for around 420,000 and Zanot quickly folded.
The cards are in the air on the three feature tables and all outer tables of the Horseshoe Events Center as Day 5 is now officially underway.
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