Matthew Davenport bet 24,000 chips on the button with a flop of 9♠9♣A♥. Cenk Nigbolu, the chip leader at the table, called from the big blind.
They checked the J♣ on the turn and the 6♣ river. Nigbolu showed 3♥3♣ to take the pot.
Action was followed from when Santhosh Suvarna was in the cutoff and called Joao Estanislau's shove for his remaining 25,000 chips on the button.
Joao Estanislau: A♦J♥
Santhosh Suvarna: K♥K♦
Suvarna wasn't ahead for long, as Estanislau flopped two jacks on the J♣Q♣J♦ board.
The 4♣ turn wasn't good for Suvarna and Estanislau secured his double after seeing the 6♥ fall on the river.
Heads-up to the A♣9♥A♦ flop, Gabriel Cansino checked from middle position to Dong Chen in the hijack. Chen bet 3,200, and Cansino called.
The 10♥ on the turn saw Chen size up significantly. His bet of 22,500 was again check-called by Cansino, and Cansino checked the Q♠ river as well.
Chen took some time before he settled on a bet of 25,700, which was quickly called by Cansino. Chen showed A♠10♠ for a full house, besting the A♥K♥ of Cansino, who was left with less than a starting stack.
Romain Locquet opened to 2,500 with the K♠K♣ and was called by Daniel Ivers one seat over with the A♦Q♦, Loni Hui came along holding the 3♥3♦ and Jakub Michalak in the big blind defended the 9♣5♣.
The 10♣9♥2♠ flop was checked to the Q♥ turn and Michalak checked again. Locquet bet 6,500 and was called by Ivers only as they headed to the 7♦ on the river. Locquet bet another 15,000 and was paid off to shoe the winning overpair.
Nicholas Caouette check-raised to 11,000 in middle position after Giuseppe Pantaleo fired 4,400 into the pot of around 18,000 and a flop of Q♣6♣5♦.
The both checked the turn 6♥. Caouette prudently bet 5,000 on the river 6♦. Panataleo, visibly uncertain, took a few seconds before he called.
Caouette showed Q♥J♥ then Pantaleo turned over K♠Q♠ for a chop. The dealer split the pot and Caouette scooped his share. Pantaleo smiled to himself as he got the other half of the pot.
After both players put in 7,800 preflop, action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Jesse Capps in hijack and Cristian Gutierrez in the cutoff.
The flop rolled out A♥3♣9♦ and Capps check-called a bet of 5,200 from Gutierrez.
Both players checked the turn A♣ to the river Q♦ where Capps checked over to Gutierrez who bet 18,400.
Capps sat shaking his head while discussing with himself the hand for a little while.
"Why did it have to be a queen on the river," he lamented as he pondered his decision.
He thought for a little while longer, but ended up putting the chips into the middle. Gutierrez turned over A♠J♣ for three aces and Capps tossed what he told to the table was KxKx into the muck while Gutierrez took in a sizable pot.
Kiyoung Kim opened to 3,000 in the cutoff and called a three-bet to 8,000 by Kfir Nahum on the button.
Both players checked on the 3♦10♣5♦ flop and then Kim check-called a 5,000 bet from Nahum on the K♥ turn.
Action checked down on the river and Kim turned over A♦10♦ for a pair of tens. Nahum revealed K♦Q♣ for a pair of kings and was sent the pot.
Joseph Brumpacheco, in early position and Bruce Carter, the big blind, were all in and at risk against Yoshihiro Morita, the original raiser from under the gun.
The flop J♥2♣8♥ was already on the board when the chips went it, with Carter having 23,200, Brumpacheco 48,500.
Bruce Carter: QxQx
Joseph Brumpacheco: J♠J♦
Yoshihiro Morita: A♥2♥
Brumpacheco hit the flop to best Carter's queens with a set of jacks. Morita was drawing to a flush that might produce a double knockout.
The river and turn brought K♦K♠, giving Brumpacheco a full house and a new lease on his tournament life. Carter was knocked out.
Pavels Spirins raised to 2,600 in middle position and Robert Kuhn defended from the big blind. The flop came 8♦5♥3♣ and Kuhn checked to Spirins who continued with a bet. Kuhn check-raised to 16,000 and Spirins just called.
The turn brought the 9♠ and Kuhn checked again. Spirins fired out a bet of 13,500 and Kuhn check-raised to 47,000. Spirins called and the A♦ landed on the river.
Kuhn checked for the third time and Spirins only gave him two options this time by shoving all in for 143,000. Kuhn asked for a count and went into the tank for at least two minutes.
"This might be the worst played hand ever," he said to himself while thinking. Kuhn eventually called and Spirins turned over 5♠5♣ for a set of fives while Kuhn was forced to show his K♣8♥ for just a pair of eights.
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