Tim Seidensticker opened to 90,000 from under the gun and called off his stack of 270,000 after Michael Rodrigues raised from the small blind.
Tim Seidensticker: A♣J♣10♣9♠3♦
Michael Rodrigues: A♦7♠5♥3♣2♦
Seidensticker doubled up after the K♠J♠8♦7♥8♥ runout, as his ace-jack made a pair of jacks to take the best high hand.
The hand after, Filippos Stavrakis limped in from under the gun. Phil Hellmuth, Rodrigues and Aleksey Filatov did the same from the cutoff, button and small blind. Seidensticker then made it 200,000 from the big blind. Stavrakis and Rodrigues were the only callers.
Seidensticker continued for 250,000 and called off what he had behind after Rodrigues put him all-in on the 7♦3♣2♣ flop.
Tim Seidensticker: A♥A♣10♣6♥4♣
Michael Rodrigues: A♠Q♠5♠5♣2♠
The board completed with the 3♦10♦.
Seidensticker scooped Rodrigues again as the former had the nut low and aces for the high.
Shaun Deeb opened to 50,000 and got three callers. The flop came A♠10♠4♥. It checked to Deeb who slid out a pot-sized bet of 240,000.
Ying Chu was in the next seat and announced pot, raising to 960,000. Siarhei Chudapal then moved all in for less. Stephen Hubbard folded his big blind and Deeb called.
Deeb had flopped two pair, and hoped for a ten on the river. The turn was the 5♣ improving Chu to a wheel.
"Fuck man," said Deeb. However, no sooner had he uttered the words, the 10♦ appeared on the river to make a full house and eliminate Chudapal, with Chu's wheel good enough for the other half of the pot.
Shaun Deeb opened and Ying Chu called out of the blinds. Chu check-called bets on the A♦Q♥3♦ flop and A♥ turn, with both players checking the 8♠ river.
Chu tabled A♣10♥8♥5♠ for a full house and Deeb mucked. There was no low.
Veerachai Vongxaiburana raised in the cutoff and Shaun Deeb called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out 6♣J♠2♠ and Deeb check-called a bet from Vongxaiburana.
On the turn 3♠, Deeb checked over to Vongxaiburana who bet all in and Deeb went into the tank. After considering his options for a bit he called to put Vongxaiburana at risk.
Deeb held a pair of queens against Vongxaiburana's two pair. The river 3♣ gave Deeb queens up and he was able to scoop the pot while Vongxaiburana was eliminated.
Filippos Stavrakis raised preflop to 100,000 from the cutoff. Aleksey Filatov defended his big blind.
Filatov check-raised on the A♣9♥9♣ flop and was called. Filatov bet dark before the 6♥ turn came into play. Filatov called off the crumbs he had behind for his tournament life.
Stavrakis was only drawing for the low as Filatov had a full house to already lock up one half of the pot. The finished off with the 8♥, marking Stavrakis's departure.