Faraz Jaka opened from under the gun to 6,000 and got called by Scott Wilson in the cutoff and a player in the big blind.
They saw a flop of 8♣K♠2♠, and after the big blind checked, Jaka bet 6,000. Wilson called, and the big blind folded.
Jaka fired for 13,000 on the 9♣ turn, and Wilson made the call.
The 3♦ was checked through, and Wilson took it down with Q♠8♠ after he flopped a pair of eights.
Action started with a button raise to 7,500 and Dan Harrington completed in the big blind.
The flop came down 5♠2♥Q♥, the button bet 7,000, and Harrington called.
An A♣ turn card did not slow the button down. He sized up to 16,000, and Harrington raised to 41,000. The button folded, and Harrington took down the pot and remained the chip leader at the table.
Jean-Robert Bellande lost some of his big stack in a hand against Lior Rusinek, who started the hand on a short stack of less than ten big blinds. The players were all in preflop for a pot of 115.000 chips.
Lior Rusinek: A♠Q♣ 
Jean-Robert Bellande: 9♥9♠
The flop 2♦J♦A♥ gave Rusinek top pair, and the Q♥ turn and 10♦ didn’t help Bellande’s cause. Despite the loss, Bellande’s chips have mostly been on the right trajectory, as he still sits on a healthy stack of over 100 big blinds.
In a blind versus blind battle, Chris Moneymaker got around 45,000 in the middle against fellow Main Event champ Johnny Chan.
Chris Moneymaker: K♥K♦
Johnny Chan: A♥K♣
Moneymaker was ahead with his kings until the flop brought 7♣Q♥A♣ to give Chan a pair of aces. The rest of the board came 3♥10♦, and Moneymaker handed over his bounty to Chan and made his exit.
The hijack raised to 6,000, and the button, Bob Shao, three-bet to 15,000. The hijack flatted, and they went heads-up to a flop.
The flop came down K♣K♥9♥, and the button continued for 8,000. The hijack called, and a dicey J♥ appeared on the turn.
Both players checked, and the 6♠ was the river. The hijack checked and Shao went for value sizing up to 25,000.
The button went into the tank but eventually folded, and Shao chipped up nicely.
Action folded to Chad Eveslage, who moved all in for 30,500 from the small blind. Scott Blumstein confirmed the amount before he called in the big blind.
Chad Eveslage: 10♠8♦
Scott Blumstein: A♦4♦
The 2♠J♥9♦ flop gave Eveslage a straight draw, but he remained behind on the 9♠ turn. The river, though, was the Q♠, and Eveslage made his straight to double up.
In a blind-on-blind situation, Pete Chen and Darius Samual had seen a flop of 4♠10♥5♦ with over 20,000 chips in the middle. Chen checked; Samual bet 9,000, and Chen called.
The turn brought a J♣ and after Chen checked, Samual took a peek at his opponent's stack and shoved all in. Chen checked his cards before he made a quick call for his remaining 51,000 chips.
Pete Chen: J♦4♦
Darius Samual 10♣2♥
Only a ten on the river would eliminate Chen, but a 4♣ improved the Taiwanese player to a full house and earned him a full double-up.
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