Bryan Allen raised from the hijack to 6,000 and Joseph Mcmahon shoved from the small blind for 42,500. When it got back to Allen, he made the call.
Joseph Mcmahon: A♣A♥ 
Bryan Allen: A♠J♣
Mcmahon's aces held up on the 6♣8♠5♣3♠Q♥ runout which earned him a double-up in the first hand back from the break.
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Wai Kit Lo was stacking the remaining chips of his fallen opponent as his AxAx was showing as the winner against the 10x10x of the busted player.
The board read Jx7xJx5x7x and Lo added to his stack which has more than doubled since the start of the day
Iwan Jones opened the action with a raise to 6,000 in the cutoff. Mark Holden was in the big blind and went with his hand, moving all in for 37,500. Jones called.
Mark Holden: A♦K♥
Iwan Jones: A♠Q♥
The dealer put out K♣2♣Q♦4♦A♣ and Holden's top-two pair was good enough to earn him a hefty pot and get back above starting stack.
Raymond Xu opened from the hijack and Adrian Lopez three-bet to 12,500 from the button. Once the blinds folded, Xu four-bet to 28,000, and Lopez called.
On the 10♠A♥4♣ flop, both players checked to see the K♣ fall on the turn where Xu fired 30,000, and Lopez called.
A 2♥ filled out the board and Xu shoved for 107,500, which sent Lopez into the tank.
"Will you show if I fold?" asked Lopez. Xu remained motionless and perhaps even didn't hear the question as his eyes were closed and his head down.
Eventually, Lopez folded A♦Q♥ face up, and Xu was pushed the pot.
Dimitri Joubert opened the action with a raise to 6,000 in middle position. Players folded until Danny Noam three-bet to 21,000 in the big blind. Joubert four-bet jammed his stack of 103,000 into the middle and Noam quickly called.
Dimitri Joubert: A♠K♠
Danny Noam: J♠J♦
The board ran out 4♣Q♣A♣8♥3♦ and Joubert found an Ace to double up and leave Noam with crumbs.
Ian O'Hara checked under the gun on a flop of A♦Q♣8♦ to Alexandru Papazian in middle positon. Papazian then bet 18,000 into the pot of 30,000 chips, and O'Hara called.
The K♣ turn and 7♠ river where then checked through. O'Hara tabled K♦J♠ for a pair of kings, but Papazian's A♠J♣ for a pair of aces won the pot.
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