Michael Garner opened to 5,000 from the hijack with K♦J♣ and Leon Sturm called from the cutoff with A♠K♥. Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind with 7♠7♥ before Michael Ginn three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind with A♦Q♣. Garner folded before Sturm four-bet shoved, covering all remaining players. Hellmuth folded and after a few minutes of contemplation Ginn folded as well, conceding the pot to Sturm.
Tolga Demirel raised to 6,000 from under the gun. Francois Truong three-bet to 40,000 leaving himself just 4,500 behind. Rohit Mariwalla folded in the next position and it folded back to Demirel who called.
Francois Truong: 6♥6♣ 
Tolga Demirel: A♣K♠
The A♥K♦10♦ flop gave Demirel two pair, with Mairwalla bemoaning the fact he'd folded pocket tens. The turn J♦ and river 7♦ bricked for Truong and he was eliminated.
Matthew Sabia raised to 5,500 from early position and Roland Rokita called in middle position with Will Kassouf on the button.
The flop rolled out A♣4♦3♦ and action checked around to Kassouf who bet 13,000 and Sabia responded with a raise to 26,000. Rokita folded and Kassouf went into his usual soliloquy, but he ultimately decided to call.
On the turn J♦ Sabia checked a second time.
"Oh you checked?" asked Kassouf, "This is weird. I wonder if you just have ace-queen of diamonds."
After taking some time and the clock getting called on him by one of his table mates, Kassouf bet 57,000. Sabia responded by moving all in for 114,000, sending Kassouf back into the tank.
"I guess if you got it you've got it," he said after thinking for a little bit longer, then put in the chips to put Sabia at risk.
Matthew Sabia: 4♥4♠
Will Kassouf: 8♦6♦
The river 10♥ kept Kassouf in the lead as he soared up the counts while Sabia exited the tournament.
Action picked up on the turn with the board reading 6♥5♥2♦A♣ in a pot between Mark Villegas from middle position and Casey Hatmaker from the big blind. Hatmaker checked to Villegas who bet 6,000 before Hatmaker check-raised to 18,000, and Villegas called.
On the Q♠ river, Hatmaker sized up to Villegas who would take over a minute before he opted to flick in the call. He got the bad news as Hatmaker tabled 2♠2♥ for a flopped set of twos as he got value from Villegas.
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Jason Wheeler opened to 5,500 from middle position and Roger Stamey called from the cutoff.
The flop came 3♣J♣10♦. Wheeler continued for 5,000 and Stamey called.
Wheeler fired a second barrel for 8,000 on the 9♥ turn and Stamey called again. On the 6♣ river Stamey called a 7,500 bet from Wheeler.
Wheeler had flopped top pair with K♥J♦ but Stamey had turned two pair with J♠9♠ to take the pot.
The action was joined as Daisuke Sawayama and Kenneth Der were competing for a pot worth roughly 80,000 chips.
With a board already dealt to the turn showing 8♣7♣K♥2♠, the action was on Der.
Seeing that his opponent had less than a pot-sized bet behind, Der elected to move all in, for his opponent's effective stack of 70,500.
Sawayama went deep into the tank, thinking through the hand and formulating the best response. After a few minutes, he decided to flick in the call, putting his tournament life at risk.
Daisuke Sawayama: Q♠Q♥
Kenneth Der: K♣10♣
It was a dire situation for Sawayama, who only had one possible out to stay alive.
The river 5♣ only served to improve Der to a flush, and Sawayama headed to the exit.
On a board of 10♦4♥J♦, there were around 25,000 chips in the pot when the action had checked to Shohei Isaka in the hijack, who fired out 7,500. Stephan Nussrallah called from under the gun, as did Antonio Saez in middle position.
The 8♣ on the turn checked around to the 10♣ river, where again it checked to Isaka. He threw out a bet of 26,500, which was enough to get the job done as the rest of the table folded.
Shortly after, Adrian Mateos raised from the hijack and got a call from Steve Heim in the small blind.
On the 2♦2♣A♦ flop, a small bet of 3,500 was enough to earn Mateos the pot.
Daniel Eichhorn opened to 5,500 and called a three-bet to 16,500 from Raoul Kanme.
The flop came 10♠8♠3♠ and Eichhorn check-called 21,000. The turn was the J♣ and Eichhorn check-called another 58,000.
The river was the 9♣ and both players checked. Eichhorn tabled 8♣8♥ for a set and took down the pot.
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