Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Matt Gillingham on the button and the player in the big blind.
With about 4,500 in the pot and the board reading Q♦K♦8♥A♠, the big blind led out for 2,700 and Gillingham raised to 9,000.
The big blind thought for a moment, before tossing his cards into the muck.
Simon Lofberg opened the action from middle position with a raise to 700. Montgomery Cole three-bet to 2,000 from the cutoff and Lofberg made the call.
Lofberg led into Cole for 1,600 on 8♣10♦7♥ before Cole raised to 4,000. Lofberg asked for all of Cole's chips by putting in another raise to 24,000. After a short tank, Cole folded Q♠Q♣ face up and Lofberg was awarded the pot.
There were four players still in a hand as it reached the river K♣A♥Q♦7♦Q♣. Douglas Pappan bet 6,000. Edward Giguere raised to 15,000. Paul Newey and James Tays folded immediately.
Action was back on Pappan who three-bet jammed for 61,700. Giguere thought about it for about 30 seconds before he called.
Pappan tabled the Q♥Q♠ for quad queens. Giguere showed his J♦10♥ and the dealer counted it out to confirm that Giguere was barely covered to end his Main Event.
With around 20,000 in the pot, Sammy Hakim bet 10,000 from the button on a board of A♦3♠5♣9♦ and Jae Yong Song called in early position.
Song checked to Hakim on the J♠ river, and this time Hakim checked back. Song showed A♣J♣ for two pair on the river and Hakim flashed Ax3x for a beaten two pair as he mucked.
"I bet when I was ahead and checked when I was behind," Hakim reasoned with himself after the hand.
Song is part of a "Pro Team" from the Commerce Casino that is taking part in the Main Event today.
The player on the button raised to 800 and Jonathan Little defended in the big blind.
The flop came J♦8♠7♠ and Little check-called a bet of 1,000.
On the 8♣ turn, Little led out with a bet of about 1,400 and the big blind quickly folded.
Little is off to a quick start, having already accumulated double the starting stack.
The player in the hijack opened to 800 and was called by Esther Taylor in the small blind.
Taylor check-called a 700 bet from her opponent on the A♥8♦A♠ flop and then a 2,200 bet from her opponent on the 6♦ turn.
Both players checked on the 4♥ river and Taylor turned over A♣K♣ for trip aces. Her opponent mucked and Taylor was sent the pot.
Thai Yong Wong opened the action with a raise to 800 from the button. Vincent Dong called from the small blind and the big blind completed.
Wong continued for 1,200 on Q♣5♣10♠ and only Dong made the call.
Action went check-check on the K♥ turn before Dong fired 2,000 on the 6♣ river. Wong snap called as Dong rolled over 8♣7♣ for a rivered flush, earning him the pot.
Brad Owen was recently eliminated during Level 2 of the Main Event.
According to his former tablemates, a player in middle position opened and was called by Alvaro Vasquez in the next seat over. Brad Owen then three-bet to 3,500 in position, folding out the original raiser while Vasquez made the call.
On the rainbow 8♣7x5x flop Vasquez checked, Owen bet 4,500, Vasquez raised to 11,000 and Owen called.
Vasquez moved all in on the 4♣ turn and Owen, who had about 40,000 behind and was covered, made the call and was at risk.
Brad Owen: K♣9♣ 
Alvaro Vasquez: 9♥9♦
Vasquez was ahead with his overpair but Owen still had several outs in the form of any club or king while a six would chop the pot. The 2♥ river was a brick and Owen was sent to the rail early in the day while Vasquez picked up a sizable early pot.
Heads-up on a flop of 6♠8♣5♠, Joohyun Park bet 3,800 from the big blind before Jacob Sachs raised to 11,000 on the button. Park called.
Both players checked the A♣ turn and Park also checked the 5♥ river. Sachs then bet 5,000 and Park called.
Sachs showed 7♦5♦ for rivered trips and Park mucked.
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