In late position, Matthew Franklin went all-in for 25,000, and Nicholas Rigby called from the cutoff, putting Franklin's tournament life on the line and leading to a showdown.
Matthew Franklin: K♠Q♥ 
Nicholas Rigby: A♥10♦
Rigby was ahead on the flop 4♠8♦10♣. But on the turn K♥, Franklin improved to a pair, thus taking the lead. The river 9♠ secured Franklin a double up.
Players were already heads-up on the 10♣7♠8♠ flop and Shamica Lamar was all in and at risk against Richard Bassing.
Shamica Lamar: 8♦8♣
Richard Bassing: 10♥10♠
Both had flopped trips but, Bassing was ahead with the tens.
The 9♥ river brought in a straight draw, and Lamar was stood from the table and calling for a “jack.”
The 6♣ river was also good for Lamar as there was a straight on the board and the players chopped, saving Lamar from elimination.
On a board of K♣5♠3♦7♣9♦, Roberto Damelian in the big blind check-called two barrels against the cutoff aggressor Bawoo Yun. The final bet was worth 25,000 and Yun tabled the A♥K♥ as the winning hand.
Mike Matusow raised to 5,000 in early position and picked up calls from Scott Eskenazi in middle position and big blind Nicolas Tartaglia.
Matusow continued for 6,000 on the 8♣8♠5♥ flop and only Eskenazi called. The turn was the J♣ and Matusow checked to Eskenazi, who bet 8,000.
Matusow called to the 7♥ river, where Eskenazi bet another 15,500. Matusow took a few minutes but eventually folded.
Thomas Eychenne is at this same table with a stack of around 600,000.
Benji Tustin opened to 4,000 from middle position and was called by Bruce Peery in the hijack. It was then folded to Davide Muccini, who shoved for approximately 30,000 from the small blind. Tustin also went all in for more and Peery got out of the way.
Davide Muccini: A♣Q♠
Benji Tustin: K♣K♠
Muccini would need some help to get his Main Event dreams alive, but the 3♣J♠7♥5♦K♥ runout left Tustin with a set of kings instead — ending Muccini's run.
Nicholas Rigby raised to 5,000 with 5♠4♥ in hijack. Stefan Jahn, in cutoff, three-bet to 13,000. Rigny called to see the flop.
The flop came 9♥3♠5♥. Rigby hit his five and checked. Jahn bet 8,000 and Rigby called.
The turn K♦ placed Jahn in the lead but both players checked. On the river 4♣, Rigby caught a two pair. He bet 42,000 which was enough to make Jahn fold.
The cards were already on their backs and Xuejun Huang celebrated a knockout when Haruki Arita was sent to the rail during the late stages of the night. According to the table chat, it had been a multi-way pot in which Huang's J♦10♦ had flopped the nut straight on Q♠9♣8♣ and the A♠Q♦ of Arita could not catch up anymore on the Q♥ turn and 2♥ river.
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