Vanessa Kade raised to 12,000 from the small blind with A♦K♠ and Will Kassouf defended from the big blind with 8♦7♦.
The flop came A♥Q♦8♣ and Kassouf called a 10,000 continuation bet from Kade.
Kade fired a second barrel for 40,000 on the 3♣ turn and this time Kassouf opted to fold.
Yuchen Chen opened from an early position. Everyone folded to David Hudson in the hijack, who went all in with around 60,000. When the action was back to Chen, he made the call, leading to a showdown.
David Hudson: 10♠10♦
Yuchen Chen: A♣J♥
Chen immediately hit the ace on the A♠3♥K♥ flop, prompting Hudson to stand up as he had no hopes of hitting anything that could help him. He was right, as the 6♠ turn and the 8♥ river didn't improve his hand, and he was sent to the rail.
Ainiwaer Aierpati had raised to 44,000 in early position at Table 543 before Kenneth Der raised all in from the cutoff. Aierpati called with his stack of 96,000.
Ainiwaer Aierpati: A♥Q♣
Kenneth Der: K♦K♥
Aierpati needed help to crack kings and got it as the board ran out 4♥J♣10♣5♠A♦ to give him a pair of aces on the river for a double.
Sonny Lee had his stack of 7,000 in the middle from the big blind and had to beat three other players to survive.
On the 4♠9♦8♥ flop, all three active players checked to the J♥ turn, where it checked to Jeremie Bilodeau, who bet 10,000. Jon Turner called on the button, and Kyle Babcock folded from the small blind.
A 10♦ completed the board and after Bilodeau checked, Turner fired 20,000. Bilodeau quickly folded.
"You're welcome," said Turner to Lee. "You're still here," he added before he flipped over 6♥5♥ for just six-high. Lee then turned over K♦6♦ for king-high to take the pot.
Chad Layne only very recently lost a portion of his stack, having run ace-king into aces preflop. This time, after some preflop betting, he found his stack all in again versus Yaichi Fukao. This time, though, it was Layne who was at risk.
Chad Layne: A♣K♦
Yaichi Fukao: J♦J♥
It was a great start for Layne when the dealer spread out a 6♣A♠4♣ flop, moving him into the lead.
The turn flipped the two players' fortunes, though, coming the J♣, moving Fukao back into the lead, although giving Layne a flush draw.
The river 4♠ was a brick, and as Fukao dragged in the pot, Layne politely said "Well played" to his former tablemates, and headed to the exit.
Action was picked up as Tony Miles in the small blind was all in against Gustavo De Lima in the big blind.
Tony Miles: A♣K♠
Gustavo De Lima: K♦K♣
The board ran out 8♦2♣2♠4♦2♥, and Miles was eliminated.
Geronimo Timerman had the chance to send a player home just before the dinner break, with Michael Mathias all in for 51,000.
Michael Mathias: 6♣6♦
Geronimo Timerman: A♣10♦
The board ran out K♥Q♥5♥4♠7♦ with everoyne at the table checking for hearts before Mathias' double-up was confirmed.
Vanessa Kade opened to 8,000 from early position and Will Kassouf three-bet to 26,000 from middle position. Michael Nelson four-bet to 57,500 from the hijack and Kade folded J♠9♠. Kassouf five-bet shoved, covering Nelson who had 127,000 behind and Nelson called, putting himself at risk.
Michael Nelson: A♦Q♦
Will Kassouf: A♠K♠
Nelson was dominated with a smaller ace and he failed to improve on the 9♣4♠9♥J♣6♦ runout, resulting in his elimination while Kassouf more than recouped the chips he had recently lost.
Having defended the big blind against the button raise of Chih-Wei Fan, Dominick Santalucia then got it in after the Q♦J♥2♦Q♠ turn with the 10♦9♠ for a straight draw. Fan held a marginal lead with 5♦5♣ but the 8♦ river improved Santalucia to the straight for the double worth 78,500.
Kharlin Sued opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from early position, and William Fife responded with a three-bet to 21,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Sued, who quickly moved all in. Fife asked for a count, and after the dealer confirmed 67,000 total, he made the call.
Kharlin Sued: A♥K♦
William Fife: A♦Q♣
Fife was dominated, but found a glimmer of hope on the paired 3♦3♠9♥ flop. That hope vanished with the K♥ on the turn, giving Sued top two pair. The 6♣ river sealed it, and Sued secured a much-needed double-up to stay in the game.
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