Joseph Bold raised in middle position to 1,600 and in the cutoff, Harold Rosenthal called.
The flop rolled out K♦Q♥9♦ and Bold continued for 2,000, earning a quick call from Rosenthal.
On the turn 10♦, both players checked to the 8♥ river where Bold bet 3,000 and Rosenthal went into the tank.
Rosenthal eventually tossed in the three yellow chips, then mucked as Bold turned over J♠9♠ for a king-high straight.
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On a completed board of A♣Q♦8♦K♠3♦, Marco Damico checked from under the gun, and Fernando Rodriguez followed suit in the hijack. Simeon Tsonev then fired 15,000 into the pot of 55,000 on the button.
Damico needed about a minute before he found a fold. "Oh, man," Rodriguez exclaimed, seemingly also facing a difficult decision. He quickly decided on a call, but he mucked his cards when Tsonev tabled 7♦5♦ for a flush.
With around 5,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of 5♠6♣10♥, Erik Eisen checked from the small blind and Mauricio Solano fired out 1,300 from the hijack. Eisen called.
An A♦ hit the turn and again Eisen went into check-call mode after Solano bet 3,300. When the K♥ landed on the river, both knuckled the table and Eisen flipped over A♣Q♦ for a pair of aces. Solano looked at the board and then back at his cards before he tossed them away, meaning Eisen scooped up the pot.
The action was joined with a full board already showing 3♦2♠2♥5♣9♦ and roughly 25,000 in the pot.
Adrien Guyader, playing from the button, was locked in battle with Ravi Raghavan in the big blind.
Raghavan, first to act, put out a bet of 14,000, and Guyader made the call.
It was bad news for Guyader, as Raghaven had turned a straight with his A♦4♠.
Francesco Saraceno opened to 1,800 on the button and Frank Funaro called in the big blind. On the Q♥9♠5♥ flop, both players checked and saw the K♥ turn for free. Funaro check-called for 2,500 and checked the 8♥ on the river with now four hearts on board.
Saraceno bet 4,000 and was called by Funaro to reveal his A♦J♣ for ace-jack high, Funaro took the pot with the K♣2♦.
Four players went to a flop of 10♥8♣4♣ where Haidang Nguyen bet 3,200 from the cutoff. Only Louis Lynch called under the gun.
The turn was the 3♥ and Lynch led out for 5,300. Nguyen called to see the 6♥ river, where Lynch bet another 7,700. Nguyen then raised to 17,000.
Lynch spent several minutes in the tank before folding, and Nguyen took in the pot.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 2,000 from the button and found a call from Travis Fujisaka in the big blind.
The dealer peeled off the flop of 8♣8♦Q♠ and Fujisaka checked to Negreanu, who continued for 1,300. Fujisaka called.
The turn brought the 10♥, and both players checked, and on the Q♥ river, they both knuckled again.
"Ace beats king," exclaimed Negreanu, as Fujisaka turned over A♠7♥ for the winning hand with ace-high.
Joseph Hartman started the action in cutoff with a 2,000 raise and got one caller in the big blind Tim Reilly.
Both players saw the flop drop 9♣2♦3♣. After a check, Hartman continued with 2,500. Reilly decided to stay on leading them to the turn.
The turn A♦ fell and Reilly checked. Hartman kept the pressure with a 6,000 bet which Reilly called once again.
Both players checked the 10♣ river. Hartman showed first with A♥J♣ for top pair but couldn't beat Reilly's flush with K♣Q♣.
Leon Sturm opened to 1,600 from under the gun and was called by Jared Williams in the hijack.
The K♣Q♠9♦ flop was bet by Sturm to 1,100 and Williams called.
Both checked the 5♥ turn to see the A♠ river.
Sturm checked the river and Williams bet 6,000. Sturm took some time before making the call and Williams showed A♦4♦. Sturm mucked, passing an early pot to Williams.
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