There were 5 all-in and calls, all five survived.
Andrew Bart was one of the survivors and secured a double after moving all in from middle position. He got a single call from William Watkins in the hijack.
Andrew Bart: A♥A♣
William Watkins: A♦Q♠
Bart secured the double after seeing the J♦4♣4♠7♦J♠ runout.
The last hand before hand-for-hand play begin, play was held for Sterling Harris's all-in of 78,000 from the hijack against Jianghuai Chen big blind call.
Sterling Harris: A♣A♠
Jianghuai Chen: A♥Q♣
Harris had to sweat a gutshot straight draw on the flop, but survived the runout 10♦6♠K♦4♦7♥.
Matan Mesika opened to 12,000 on the button and Matan Mesika moved her remaining 6,000 chips into the middle from the small blind.
The action was held whilst other tables played their hand for hand and then the cards were flipped.
Kristianne Phamolivo: A♥A♣
Matan Mesika: A♠9♣
The Q♦7♣Q♥ flop didn't change anything, and Phamolivo held to survive the first round of hand for hand on the 10♥ turn and 2♣.
One player was eliminated, and one remains to burst the bubble.
They announced hand-for-hand play with 853 players remaining and 851 in the money.
Juan Montoya in hijack raised to 13,000 and got one caller in the big blind Brett Shaffer.
Both players checked the flop 6♣10♥5♦. On the turn 2♣, Shaffer led out with 20,000 which was enough to take the pot down.
Two huge hands occurred almost simultaneously here in the Paris Ballroom, the first involving Zhi Feng Jiang and Guy Haviv, who got it all in preflop.
Zhi Feng Jiang: 8♠8♣
Guy Haviv: 2♠2♥
Jiang was the heavy favourite all the way to the river, as the board read 10♣9♣9♥A♦ however Haviv spiked the win on the 2♠ river, revealing that he had also one-outered another player earlier in the day.
Elsewhere, Richard Bose paid off a river bet from Aubrey Murnaghan on a board reading 8♥8♣8♦J♥7♦ tabling Q♥Q♠ for a boat, however Murnaghan's flopped quads with A♣8♠ would of course scoop. It was told to PokerNews that the pot had been limped preflop.
With the bubble approaching, Edgar Antezana needed to double up in the worst way. He went all in from middle position. Feng Qian, in the big blind, was the lone caller.
Edgar Antezana: Q♠10♠
Feng Qian: K♦6♦
The runout 5♠3♣3♠Q♦4♣ hit Antezana's queen on the turn, giving him more chips with which to work.
Bryden Baxter opened to 12,000 on the button, and both blinds, Craig Crivello in small and Richard Gress in big called to see the flop.
The dealer unfurled 10♠5♣4♦. After a check from the blinds, Baxter continued with a 14,000 bet, which made both blinds fold.
There were roughly 40,000 chips in the pot on 5♥10♦5♣9♣.
Allen Altamirano bet 6,000 from early position, but got raised by Igor Zektser on the button to 17,000, Altamirano called.
Altamirano checked on the 9♠ river, and Zektser decided to bet 50,000, Altamirano went deep into the tank before he eventually folded.
Waheed Feda opened from middle position to 12,000 and Joshua Mcdougall three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff.
Darragh Smith took some time before moving all in for 38,000, effectively calling Mcdougall. Feda folded.
Darragh Smith: A♦Q♦
Joshua Mcdougall: K♦K♣
The 8♦8♣9♣8♠J♣ runout saw Smith leave with the boat, doubling through Feda.
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