Ari Engel was all in and at risk from the button for 17,000 and was called by Kai Yang in the small blind who held the best starting hand in hold'em.
Ari Engel: J♥9♥ 
Kai Yang: A♣A♦
The board ran out 6♥3♦3♠Q♦8♠ sending Engel to the rail.
With the flop reading 10♠9♠Q♥, Alexander Duvall moved all in on the button. Viacheslav Fentisov called from under the gun and Stanislav Halatenko went all in as well from the cutoff and Fentisov called.
Alexander Duvall: J♥9♥
Stanislav Halatenko: 7♠6♠
Viacheslav Fentisov: K♥K♠
Duvall had a pair of nines and an open-ended straight draw. Halatenko held a straight flush draw.
Fentisov had the best hand at the time with his pocket kings and a gutshot to the biggest straight among the trio.
The turn of the 3♣ didn't change anything. The river of the J♦ delivered the straight and a one-two knockout for Fentisov.
UFC star Sean O'Malley was spotted in the field. O'Malley convinced his friend Daniel Allen to make the drive from Arizona to Las Vegas early this morning, hoping that one of them could capture WSOP gold and be back in Arizona tomorrow. Unfortunately, O'Malley has used both of his bullets and won’t be taking home the bracelet, but Allen is still in contention with over 100,000 and will look to continue building his stack as the day progresses.
Valentino Konakchiev raised on the turn with the board showing 7♥2♥8♦6♣. Mattingly Siegel made the call with less.
Mattingly Siegel: 7♣7♠
Valentino Konakchiev: 10♦9♦
Siegel's set of sevens on the flop had been run down by Konakchiev's open-ended straight draw completing on the turn. Siegel needed the board to pair on the river to survive.
The Q♣ came and ended his tournament.
Gregory Kimma went all in from middle position and was called by Eric Smith, also in a middle position.
Gregory Kimma: Q♠J♣
Eric Smith: A♥K♣
Both players hit a pair on the flop, but in the full runout K♥6♥J♠3♥6♠, Smith's pair of kings topped Kimma's pair of jacks.
Action was joined with the pot at over 10,000, and the board reading 2♠5♠J♠J♦ and Amit [Removed:550] checked to Raymund Retino, who was in the cutoff, and bet out for 5,000. [Removed:550] thought for a while and moved all in for 46,500, which had Retino covered. Retino snap-called.
Raymund Retino: Q♥Q♠
Amit [Removed:550]: K♠8♠
No queen on the river for Retino, and he was sent packing by [Removed:550], who raked in the massive pot.
Former NFL head coach Marty Mornhinweg, who won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers as Brett Favre’s quarterback coach, raised to 1,000 preflop from the cutoff. David Lyng called on the button.
The flop came J♥Q♦10♥. Mornhinweg bet 2,000, Lyng, the bigger stack, moved all in. Mornhinweg made the call with around 8,000 chips.
Marty Mornhinweg: A♥Q♥
David Lyng: K♦9♦
Mornhinweg had top pair, top kicker, a royal flush draw, and a gutshot draw to the nut straight to boot.
But Lyng had flopped a straight, and it held through turn and river bricks, 3♠5♣, to felt Mornhinweg.
Michael Schwartz raised to 1,100 from under the gun and was called by Jasthi Kumar in the cutoff and Francisco Lingaling in the big blind.
The dealer revealed a Q♠A♣10♥ flop, action checked to Kumar, who bet 1,100, Lingaling called, and Schwartz then reraised to 6,500. Kumar called, and Lingaling folded.
Action checked through on the Q♥ turn card.
The river was the 2♠. Schwartz bet 5,000, enough to cover Kumar, who made the call. Schwartz tabled Q♣10♦, good for a full house and the winner.
Siddharth Karia had only 1,400 in chips when he moved all in from middle position.
Massoud Eskandari made the call from the button.
Siddharth Karia: 2♣2♦
Massoud Eskandari: A♠9♣
The runout of 10♦K♥6♣A♦3♠ turned an ace to send Karia to the rail.
Action was picked up with three players all in preflop, all holding premium pocket pairs. Vladas Tamasauskas was in an early position and at risk, Jason Blodgett was in the cutoff, having both opponents covered, and Steven Tooley was on the button and also at risk.
Steven Tooley: J♥J♣
Vladas Tamasauskas: K♥K♣
Jason Blodgett: A♠A♦
Blodgett was in the ideal situation to accumulate three times his starting stack, and things looked good on the Q♥8♥9♠ flop. Blodgett winced ever so slightly as he saw the K♦ fall on the turn as he went from a huge favorite to a huge underdog. The river 4♠ was of no help, and Tamasauskas scored a huge pot in the early goings.
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