Kyle Rosnes raised to 60,000 in the hijack and Ernest Essad defended in the big blind.
The flop 4♥K♥4♠ and turn 5♠ both went check-check, bringing the 4♣ river.
Essad check-raised to 175,000 over Rosnes' bet of 50,000. Rosnes made the call and saw the bad news when Essad tabled K♦K♠8♦3♣ for a full house, kings full of fours.
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Ernest Essad raised to 50,000 from the cutoff position and Djordje Stojic three-bet from the big blind to 220,000. Essad called. The flop came out as 2♦3♥6♠ and Essad checked. Stojic moved the rest of his chips in for 300,000. Essad made a quick call.
Djordje Stojic: K♠K♦10♥4♣ 
Ernest Essad: 6♣4♦2♥3♠
The table joked that Essad was going for the low.
The board ran out with Q♣7♣, and Essad won with his two pair, eliminating Stojic.
Short-stacked Zachary Fischer had little choice but to put his final few big blinds into an all-in bet. Julian Velador made the call.
Zachary Fischer: A♣Q♦10♠6♣
Julian Velador: K♣J♣4♥3♦
The rollout of 7♣4♦K♥5♦K♦ gave Velador a full house and sent Fischer off in search of another tournament to play.
Luteng Li raised to 85,000 in the hijack and Zachary Fischer three-bet shoved in the cutoff for 275,000. Action folded back around to Li who made the call for 145,000 total.
Luteng Li: A♠K♠K♥4♦
Zachary Fischer: K♣Q♣Q♥5♥
The board ran out A♣3♠6♠Q♠9♥ and Li doubled up with the nut flush.
James Cheung limped in for 25,000 from under the gun, Norbert Holting also limped from early position, Kyle Rosnes called on the button, Joon Park called from the small blind, and Robert Valden checked his option. It was five-way to the flop.
Once Cheung limped, he joked, "Come in, the water is warm."
The flop came out as 3♣5♠3♦, and Valden bet out 65,000. Cheung and Rosnes called, while the other two players folded.
On the turn Q♥, Valden and Cheung checked before Rosnes took a stab betting out 140,000. Cheung pondered for a minute and popped it up to 425,000. Everyone folded.
Ryan Riess, who was 15th in chips at the most recent break, and Zachary Fischer, the shortest stack remaining in the event, have been talking about registering for another WSOP event while Day 2 of this event continues.
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Action was picked up as a big pot was brewing between Eran Carmi and Casey Brown. The all in button was in front of Carmi and so was his last 210,000 in chips and the players showed their cards as the dealer prepared to run the cards.
Eran Carmi: K♥K♦6♥9♦
Casey Brown:J♠J♦4♠9♥
A runout of Q♠10♥5♣A♣3♦ hit neither player leaving Carmi's kings best before and after,
Both players confident in their hands, but only one prevailed to scoop a monster pot.
Frankie Muzzio raised to 65,000 in early position and James Tian three-bet to 205,000 in the big blind. Muzzio made the call.
The flop came J♥K♣9♦ and Tian moved all in for 275,000 to put himself at risk.
Muzzio thought for a moment before reluctantly tossing his cards into the muck.
Joshua Palmer opened the action with a raise in middle position and Jeremy Bader three-bet jammed in the small blind for 195,000. Palmer made the call with the covering stack.
Jeremy Bader: A♠K♦Q♦4♠
Joshua Palmer: 9♥7♥6♥5♣
The board ran out 10♠Q♥A♣9♠J♥ with Bader improving to Broadway to double up.
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