In four-way action to the J♠4♦2♦ flop, it checked to Karen Boyd and she pushed all-in for around 35,000. Silvio Costa in the hijack folded while Benjamin Winsor in the cutoff reluctantly called for around 25,000, Michael Turello also folded out of the blinds as well.
Benjamin Winsor: A♥J♥ 
Karen Boyd: A♦A♠
The 4♣ turn and 2♣ river brought no miracle escape for Winsor and the Brit was sent to the rail.
Lloyd Mandel opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from the cutoff. Kurt Fitzgerald three-bet to 8,500 on the button and Mandel called.
Fitzgerald continued for 8,200 on 9♣8♣10♦ before Mandel raised to 21,700. Fitzgerald moved all in for 56,000 and Mandel called.
Kurt Fitzgerald: K♠K♥
Lloyd Mandel: Q♠J♦
The turn 8♠ and river 7♥ ended Fitzgerald's main event run and Mandel stacked up a mountain of chips.
Brent Hart was in middle position and three-bet to 7,500. Ghattas Kortas then four-bet to 22,000 under the gun and Hart called.
The flop came 5♥6♦8♦ and Kortas bet 12,000. Hart called to the J♠ turn, where Kortas bet 35,000 leaving himself just one chip behind. Hart moved all in and Kortas put in his last chip.
Hart turned over J♣J♦ for a turned set and Kortas slammed down A♠A♦. The river was the Q♦ and Hart secured the pot to send Kortas to the rail.
"What can I do? Some people are just luckier than others," Kortas said.
"If you shove the flop I fold," Hart, who won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this summer, replied.
The seat of Irene Carey was open and Alen Bakovic confirmed she had been eliminated. According to him and Christopher Annouza, Carey raised and then called all-in for around 24,000 with pocket queens. Annouza only had pocket sevens but spiked a seven right away.
Action was picked up on a 4♥K♣3♥ flop with 10,000 in the middle.
Anna Antimony had fired out 5,000 from early position and Maury Barrett called on the button. Manuel Ruivo three-bet to 11,500 from the big blind and Antimony moved all in for 54,000. Barrett folded and Ruivo called all in for less.
Manuel Ruivo: K♦Q♠
Anna Antimony: 3♠3♣
The turn 8♣ and river 7♥ sealed the deal as Antimony dragged in a pile of chips and Ruivo was sent packing.
Victor Bershinsky raised to 2,500 under the gun before Tanupat Punjarojanakul three-bet to 7,000 in early position. A player in the hijack moved all in for 10,000 and Bershinsky reshoved for around 50,000.
"I have to hope you both have ace-king," Punjarojanakul said as he tanked for a minute before folding two jacks.
All-In Player: 6♥6♦
Victor Bershinsky: A♣A♥
Punjarojanakul found out he made a good fold as Bershinsky showed down a pair of aces. The board read K♥3♦Q♣5♠ by the turn, but the river J♣ would've given Punjarojanakul a set and a double knockout.
"I'm happy with the fold regardless," he said as Bershinsky took the pot to send the hijack to the rail.
"I only waited four hours for something like that," Bershinsky added.
Long-time Major League Baseball national sports reporter Robert "Andy" McCullough found himself short stacked with a sub-eight big blind stack at the start of Level 8 and moved all in from under the gun.
Craig Welco, who had McCullough covered, called from late position and the hands were tabled after the players in the blinds folded.
Robert McCullough: K♦5♥
Craig Welco: K♥K♣
McCullough needed a lot of help, but he didn’t receive any when the dealer fanned 10♦8♣A♥ on the flop.
Welco’s dominating hand remained in control when 4♥ showed up on the turn, and A♣ on the river officially sent McCullough to the rail.
A player in early position raised to 2,600 and picked up three callers, including Steven Jones in middle position.
The flop came 7♣7♠10♦ and action checked to the cutoff who bet 8,000. The big blind then moved all in for 8,800 and Jones and the cutoff called.
Both players checked the 6♥ turn before Jones bet 30,000 on the 8♠ river. The cutoff quickly folded.
"Ah," Jones said as he slammed down 7♦7♥ for quads. Jones, last year's runner-up, took the pot to send the big blind to the rail.
On the side feature table, Joe Cada moved all in for 11,100 from early position and was at risk to Eliran Pilo, who was on the button.
Joe Cada: 4♦4♣
Eliran Pilo: K♥K♠
The A♦K♦5♣ flop saw Pilo make a set to leave Cada drawing thin. The 8♦ turn gave Cada some hope with a flush draw but the 2♠ river was a brick and Cada exited on Day 2d.
Edwin Neal had written "Edwin Not Lose" on his bag and white slip, after which he had been among dozens of did not report in today's field. He also wears a shirt with that name on the back and did not lose the last all-in showdown.
Neal's 5♣4♥ flopped the nut straight on a board of 7♥6♥3♦Q♠7♠ to earn a full double and join the big stacks.
No longer on his table is William Kassouf, as that seat was open by now.
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