Thomas Watson opened with 7,500 from hijack, and got called by the button, Jay Klitzner, and big blind Christopher Mckenna.
The flop came 9♥K♠6♣. After action was checked to him, he continued with 10,000 which was enough to take the pot down.
All in for 108,000 chips, Loyal Sprague waited for a call. Robert Castillo gave it to him.
Loyal Sprague: Q♦Q♣
Robert Castillo: A♥Q♠
Sprague's queens would hold through the runout of 7♥7♦4♦7♣8♠, with him ending with a full house and Castillo barely hanging on in the tournament.
Ian Eckstein moved all in under the gun, drawing a call from Adrian Aguilar
Ian Eckstein: 6♦6♣
Adrian Aguilar: A♥K♥
Eckstein's sixes were ran down in the rundown 2♥J♦9♣K♦4♣ with Aguilar hitting a king on the turn.
Jared Ward was on the button and against Kathy Liebert in the big blind.
Players were already on the K♣9♦7♣ flop and the pot stood at around 8,000.
Liebert bet out 16,000 and Ward called, taking the players to the 10♣ turn.
Liebert lifted some chips to move into the pot and Ward quickly mucked his hand, passing a sizeable pot to Liebert, who already had built a nice stack.
Ward was left with just under 20 big blinds after the hand and was seen walking away from the tournament area just a few hands later.
Richard Bolleurs raised from early position before Adam Nathan responded with a jam from the big blind. Bolleurs called to send them to a showdown.
Adam Nathan: J♦J♥
Richard Bolleurs: Q♣Q♠
Nathan was in a world of hurt, and the low card flop of 3♣6♥2♠ did not bring any sense of relief.
The 7♣ turn did not change the standings, and the 8♦ river shut the door on Nathan's hope of a suckout.
Christopher Mott opened to 5,000 and got called by Nissim Ohayon. Action folded to the big blind, Kasey Fingarson, who shoved all-in for around 29,500. Mott folded but Ohayon made the call, taking them to showdown and putting Fingarson's tournament life on the line.
Kasey Fingarson: A♦Q♥
Nissim Ohayon: K♦10♦
Fingarson was ahead with ace-high on a flop of 4♠3♦6♦ but Ohayon caught himself a flush draw, which got completed on the turn 9♦. The river J♠ was dealt with no consequence sending Fingarson to hit the rails.
Bryan Schultz shoved roughly 30,000 from under the gun, Benjamin Streber also shoved all in from the cutoff and the blinds folded.
Bryan Schultz: A♥10♥
Benjamin Streber: A♣Q♦
The board ran out 9♣J♣2♣Q♣3♥, and Schultz was eliminated.
Pablo Varela got his chips in preflop against Kalan Shuttlewood and was at risk as they headed to a showdown.
Pablo Varela: A♦J♠
Kalan Shuttlewood: A♣K♦
Both players flopped an ace, but Shuttlewood's kicker was best on the A♠4♣9♥ flop.
The 2♠ was of no help to Varela, and the Q♣ was the wrong paint to send Varela out of the tournament.
Raouf Jendoubi moved all in for his remaining 38,000 from under the gun, and action folded around the entire table, to Andy Mai in the big blind.
Mai moved in his stack to call, more than covering Jendoubi, and the players flipped their hands.
Raouf Jendoubi: 10♣10♥
Andy Mai: Q♥Q♠
Jendoubi didn't like his chances and stood from the table to watch the 8♥4♠7♥ flop, which brought in a small straight draw sweat.
The 5♦ turn and 9♦ runout wasn't enough and he was sent to the rail.
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