Three players were on the river as the pot had 19,000 in it and the board read 9♠4♥2♣5♣A♥. Lei Yu bet 15,200 out of the big blind.
Eduardo Santos quickly folded from the hijack while Clayton Maguire took a little more time to surrender his hand on the button to send Yu the pot.
Bob Velthuis raised to 1,200 from early position. David Cabrera, sat to Velthuis' direct left, three-bet to 4,000. Velthuis four-bet to 10,000 and Cabrera called.
The Q♠5♦4♦ saw Velthuis continue for 7,000. Cabrera called.
The 6♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Velthuis sized up to 11,000.
The Q♣ river slowly checked to a showdown. Velthuis tabled K♦K♣, which was good enough to earn him this pot.
Around 20,000 was in the pot as Jeff Platt and George Niedzwicki saw the turn on a board of 8♣Q♣4♠5♠.
Platt then bet 12,000 from the small blind before Niedzwicki moved all in for around 40,000 in the hijack. Cameras began to surround the table as Platt gave the decision some thought.
"I'm going to fold," he eventually said as he tossed his cards into the muck.
"Where's your guts," Niedzwicki replied.
"Show the cameras," Platt added, and Niedzwicki flashed his cards to the camera crew around the table before returning them to the dealer.
The early position player opened the action with a raise to 1,400. Charles Hook three-bet to 6,000 from middle position and his opponent proceeded to call.
The dealer spread a Q♠J♦7♦ flop and Hook fired 5,000. After a short tank, his opponent mucked. Hook showed his opponent his cards, and for another time today, he had aces.
The player in the hijack raised to 1,100 and Phil Galfond defended in the big blind.
The flop came A♣Q♥6♦ and Galfond check-called a bet of 1,000. The Q♦ turn went check-check.
The river brought the 10♥ and Galfond led out with a bet of 7,000. The hijack thought for a moment before giving up his hand.
The pot had 29,000 in it on the river with a board that read 10♥2♥9♠3♦J♠. Raul Torres piled all in from the big blind for 16,900 which had Shane Douglas covered.
Douglas shuffled his chips in frustration for several moments before he eventually folded his hand.
Torres reeled in the pot.
Tyler Patterson was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,000. Paulina Loeliger called in middle position and they went heads-up to a flop of 4♦4♠5♥.
Patterson continued for 3,500 and Loeliger again called. Both players checked the Q♦ turn.
The river was the 6♣ and Patterson checked again. Loeliger then bet 12,000 and Patterson snap-folded.
Jim Bechtel, the 1993 Main Event champion, has recently been spotted in the field.
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