Jason Mirza from middle position and David Richman from the small blind entangled in a pot that saw the chips go in the middle after Mirza committed his final 655,000 and was called by Richman, who had him covered.
Jason Mirza: Q♠Q♥
David Richman: A♦K♦
It was a classic race of pocket queens versus Big Slick. The queens held when the board ran out 6♥10♣3♠8♠6♣ to give Mirza a stack of 1,385,000.
Peter Kvisthammar was already up from the table, having been eliminated by Jianci Zhan for his remaining 300,000 stack.
Peter Kvisthammar: A♦J♦
Jianci Zhan: A♥K♠
Zhan had hit top pair on the 7♥4♣K♦4♠3♠ runout, securing himself a near double.
Peter Schreurs and Jesus Ortiz Calderon limped in early position when Jennifer Breckenridge raised in late position to 60,000. Action was folded to Schreurs who thought a bit before folding his hand, Calderon called and checked the flop blindly.
The flop came 6♠2♦K♣ and Breckenridge checked. Immediately after, Calderon knuckled blind once again.
Breckenridge followed suit on the 7♠ turn. Finally, on the river 3♦, Calderon bet 50,000. Shaking her head, she folded her hand and conceded the pot to Calderon.
William Hayes raised to 70,000 on the button and Teddy Conner three-bet shoved for about 300,000 in the big blind. Hayes called with the covering stack.
Teddy Conner: A♦9♠
William Hayes: K♥6♥
Hayes pulled ahead on the 8♠6♠Q♣ flop, pairing his six. The 7♠ turn gave Conner additional outs with a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, but the 4♣ river was a brick and he was sent packing.
Action folded around to Qing You on the button, who moved all in for 315,000. The small blind got out of the way, but Chester Mead, in the big blind, clearly had a decision to make. He took a bit of time to consider his options but elected to call.
Qing You: K♦3♣
Chester Mead: 4♠4♦
You looked dismayed at the situation, and it only got worse, the window card giving his opponent a set on a flop of 4♣K♣J♦.
Not all hope was lost, though, when the turn brought the 3♦, offering reprieve for You.
Alas, the river 10♠ sealed the deal and sent You to the rail.
Max Pinnola opened the action with a bet of 60,000 from a total of around 475,000. Ross Santos called with a stack of around 1.06 million, and Casey Wassell came along as well.
The flop fell 6♣A♥5♥. Wassel checked over to Pinnola, who moved all in, and Santos called to put him at risk. Wassel folded.
Max Angelo Pinnola: A♣J♠
Ross Santos: A♠10♠
The turn brought the 8♣, before a 10♦ on the river improved Santos to two pair and ended Pinnola's tournament life.
Patricia Herron raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, before Robert Geier, sitting under the gun, raised to 150,000 from a stack of approximately 500,000. Herron asked for a count, thought it over for around a minute, and made the call.
The flop came 5♠10♥3♥. Geier shoved, and Herron made the call to put Geier at risk.
Robert Geier: A♦J♠
Patricia Herron: Q♥Q♣
The 7♥ came on the turn, before a 6♥ on the river sealed the queen-high flush for Herron, sending Geier to the rail.
John Long moved all in for about 225,000 in late position and Jacob Parent called in the big blind with the covering stack.
John Long: 8♣8♠
Jacob Parent: Q♣J♥
The flop came 5♥2♥K♦ with Long's pair of eights still in the lead. Parent pulled ahead on the J♣ turn, pairing his jack and the K♠ rolled off on the river.
John O'Neill was first to act and moved all in for 250,000. Jason Mirza was the only player to match the bet.
John O'Neill: Ax4x
Jason Mirza: AxJx
O'Neill was at risk and dominated. Unfortunately for him, the jack-high flop saw him fall even further behind, and when the turn and river offered no salvation, O'Neill headed for the exit.
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