Timothy Joyner really wanted to see what Jacob Marlman thought was a good enough hand for the latter to risk his last 1,300,000 chips on with the board reading J♠K♥5♦8♣9♣.
Joyner studied the board for a long time, before choosing to fold.
"Really want to see one card," he said.
"Like to see one card? How much will you pay me out of your pocket?" Marlman asked, as he dragged the pot.
Antonio Saez limped in the small blind and Kajetan Renke checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came 8♥4♥K♠. Saez led with 60,000 and got raised by Renke to 170,000. Saez called.
Both the blinds checked the turn K♦ and river A♠. Saez tabled 9♠8♠ which was enough to win the hand.
Xizhe Yuan found himself all in and at risk against the dominating hand of Renta Krisgatos, with a $600 pay jump looming after one more bustout.
Xizhe Yuan: A♠4♠ 
Renta Krisgatos: A♦J♠
Yuan was calling for a couple more spades on the 8♦3♦7♠ flop, but the deck had other ideas by giving him what he needed with just one card. He secured the pay jump with the 4♣7♥ runout.
Aditya Sushant bet 200,000 on the turn of a paired board that read 6♣J♥J♦8♥.
Tomasz Trelski hesitated for a bit, then shoved all in. There was no hesitation in Sushant's call.
Tomasz Trelski: Q♠Q♥
Aditya Sushant: 6♠6♥
Trelski was in deep trouble, drawing against a made full house. The 4♠ on the river didn't rescue him.
David Mucha opeend from middle position to 150,000 and Zhan Xi Guo defended the big blind.
The 7♣7♦9♥ flop was checked to the 3♥ turn.
Guo bet out 155,000 on the turn and Mucha called.
The J♥ river saw Guo check, Mucha bet 400,000 and Guo took some time, before mucking his hand.
Darragh Smith open-shoved in the cutoff for just 205,000 chips. Ryan Pinkerton made the call from the small blind, and the two were off to a runout, with Smith just one elimination away from making a pay jump.
Darragh Smith: 6♦9♦
Ryan Pinkerton: K♥10♠
It was a rollercoaster ride for Smith, who had the worst of it preflop, but the best of it post, as he hit a pair on the 5♦Q♠6♥ flop. He was then behind yet again following the K♣ turn, which put his opponent back in the lead. However, it would be Smith to come out on top, as the miracle 6♣ river kept him alive.
After action was passed to the button, Karl Pineault bet 265,000 on the turn of a board of Q♠10♦5♦A♣ and a pot of 500,000. Xizhe Yuan, his heads-up opponent, called to see the last card.
The river 7♣ got another check from Yuan. Pineault stared at Yuan, considering his options. He took his time to decide what to do but decided to bet 375,000 in the pot. It was Yuan's turn to think. After a while, he called.
Pineault tabled 10♣10♠ looking directly at Yuan. Yuan tapped the table to indicate it was good and mucked his hand. Visibly relieved, a smile spread across Pineault's face. He claimed that he had to think carefully how much to bet, finding the balance between a callable bet and a painless amount he can get away from in case Yuan shoved.
All in all, Pineault was quite satisfied with how the hand played out as he scooped the pot.
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