Action was joined with roughly 11,000 in the pot, and a board showing 10♠Q♣5♣K♦.
Action checked over to Kyle Chang on the button, who put out a bet of 7,500. Liam Murphy, in the big blind, responded by moving all in for 11,100. Frank Bonacci, the only other player in the hand, made the call, and Chang called too.
The river 7♠ didn't change the board, and when Bonacci checked, Chang placed a bet of 33,000. There was no tanking from Bonacci, who immediately folded, at which point Chang showed his A♠J♥, for a Broadway straight. Murphy flipped over K♣9♥ as he was standing up and getting ready to leave.
Lawrence Chinery raised to 1,200 from under the gun and on the button, Jordon Mai three-bet to 3,000. Action folded back to Chinery who piled all in for 13,000 effective and Mai called to put himself at risk.
Jordon Mai: J♥J♦
Lawrence Chinery: Q♣Q♠
The board ran out Q♥5♥6♣7♣4♠ and the set of queens was good for Chinery to take all of Mai's chips.
Action was picked up with cards on their backs in a pot between Shotaro Kobayashi in the hijack and Jeffrey Gagnon in the cutoff who was all in for his last 34,500.
Jeffrey Gagnon: A♥K♠
Shotaro Kobayashi: K♣K♦
The board ran out Q♣4♦8♠4♠J♦ and the kings held up for Kobayashi to eliminate Gagnon from the tournament.
With around 11,000 already in the middle on a board of 9♦4♣3♥2♦, Jason Cooper checked from the cutoff, and Vinicius Escossi bet roughly 9,000 from the button. Cooper quickly check-raised to 30,000, causing Escossi to go into the tank. After pondering for quite some time, Escossi jammed for 52,000, and Cooper instantly called.
Vinicius Escossi: K♥K♦
Jason Cooper: 9♣9♥
Escossi had an overpair with pocket kings, but was behind to Cooper's flopped set of nines.
Escossi was already out of his seat and heading for the exit as the A♠ rolled off on the river, cementing his elimination from the Main Event.
After an early position raise to 500, Tyler Gaston moved all in for 5,600. Louis Warlow called from the cutoff, before the small blind, Carlos Martinez, four-bet to 15,300. The initial raiser folded, but Warlow called again.
Martinez continued with a bet of 7,700 on the 9♥6♥6♣ flop, and Warlow promptly folded.
Tyler Gaston: A♣Q♠
Carlos Martinez: A♥K♠
An unenviable situation for Gaston, at risk and dominated in the first level of the day.
There was no help on the 8♥ turn, nor the 5♣ river, resulting in Gaton vacating his seat and heading to the exit.
Paul Vulpis raised to 500 from the cutoff, and both Tam Ho and Zack Marshak made the call from the small and big blind.
The dealer revealed the 7♥5♣8♦ flop, and things were about to escalate quickly.
Ho and Marshak both started with a check, and Vulpis continued with a bet of 2,000. Ho called before Marshak opted to put in a check-raise to 7,000. Vulpis made the call before Ho responded with a three-bet back-raise all in for roughly 60,000.
Marshak took some time to consider but ultimately chose to fold. Action was then back on Vulpis, who made the call.
A serious three-way cooler as the players revealed their hands.
Tam Ho: 8♠8♥
Paul Vulpis: 7♠7♣
Before any further action took place, Marshak showed the table that he had flopped a straight with six-four, which he had subsequently folded.
The deck hadn't finished dishing out the drama, though, as the dealer flipped over the 7♦ turn, improving Vulpis to four-of-a-kind.
There was no one-out miracle for Ho, as the river came the 3♣, requiring him to leave his seat in the Main Event with nothing but a bad beat story to tell.
As recounted by the players at the table, Yueqi Zhu opened to 600 from the button, Michael Niegsch called from the small blind and Thomas Henshaw three-bet to 2,200 from the big blind. Zhu four-bet to 8,200 and only Henshaw called.
The flop came 2♥6♥Q♣ and Henshaw check-called an 8,200 bet from Zhu.
Henshaw led with a 16,000 bet on the 2♣ turn and Zhu called. On the 6♦ river Henshaw shoved and Zhu called to put him at risk.
Henshaw's KxKx were bested by Zhu's AxAx and he become the first casualty of the day while Zhu dragged in a double up worth 600 big blinds.
