Alexander Lynskey check-called [Removed:548] bet of 13,000 on the flop of 9♥5♣Q♣ with a pot of 50,000.
The turn fell K♥ and the same thing happened this time with [Removed:549] betting 98,000.
Lynskey checked the river J♠ and [Removed:549] fired 140,000. Lynskey mulled over his situation and finally made the call.
[Removed:549] tabled A♥4♥ for bluff. Lynskey scooped the pot after he showed J♣9♣ for a rivered two pair.
Josh Reichard open-raised to 16,000 from early position. Thi Xoa Nguyen flatted in the hijack, and they went heads up to a 5♣2♥10♠ flop. Reichard continued with a bet of 18,000, which Nguyen called.
Reichard slowed down on the 6♦ turn, checking it over to Nguyen. Nguyen took the initiative with a bet of 50,000, and Reichard called.
After Reichard checked the 6♣ river as well, Nguyen moved all in. Reichard's stack of 200,000 was covered, and he called off for his tournament life.
After the cameras had arrived, Reichard tabled A♠4♠ for just ace-high. Nguyen could only show 9♣7♣ for nine-high, however, and Reichard doubled up through his hero-call.
Maksim Pisarenko opened the action with a raise to 22,000 and found callers in Viktor Vladov in the hijack and David Mclaws in the small blind. Hal Hammaker, sitting in the big blind with just 2,000 left after posting, moved all in for his tournament life.
The flop came 5♦4♦2♦, and after a check from Mclaws, Pisarenko bet 28,000. Vladov got out of the way, and Mclaws quickly called.
On the 3♦ turn, Mclaws checked again and Pisarenko tossed in another 28,000, which Mclaws called without much hesitation.
Both players checked the 6♠ river and went to showdown. Mclaws showed A♣K♠ for a straight on the board, likely thinking he had at least a chop. But Hammaker flipped over A♦6♦ for a stunning straight flush, nuts.
With the bubble looming, Hammaker found the miracle and secured a crucial quadruple-up to keep his Main Event hopes alive.
Heads-up on a flop of 10♥10♠6♠, Darren Elias bet 16,000 from middle position and Tom Middleton called in the big blind.
Elias bet another 30,000 on the 2♥ turn and Middleton again called. The river was the 9♠ and Middleton moved all in, having Elias' remaining 120,000 covered.
Elias quickly folded and Middleton took down the pot.
Jonathan Glendinning opened to 16,000 from early position with J♠10♠ and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 52,000 from the cutoff with J♥10♥. Glendinning called.
The flop came A♠2♥7♦. Glendinning checked, Chidiwck bet 18,000 and Glendinning called.
Both players checked the 2♦ turn leading to the 2♠ river. Glendinning bet 30,000 and Chidwick folded.
Seunghyun Nam raised it up from early position and Mike Matusow flat-called from the cutoff. The flop came 10♦7♥4♥ and Nam continued with a bet which Matusow called.
The 10♠ paired the board on the turn and Nam checked this time. Matusow put together a bet of 42,000 and Nam stuck around to see the 7♦ on the river. Both players tapped the table and Matusow announced a pair of eights with 8♠8♦. However, Nam flipped over A♠7♠ for a rivered full house to claim the pot.
"Jesus! Come on man," Matusow banged his fist on the table as he continued to mumble to himself into the next hand.
With two players seeing a board of 9♠3♠Q♣2♠ and 100,000 in the middle, Corey Wick checked from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick bet 75,000 from the cutoff. Wick called.
Chidwick continued for 230,000 when checked to on the 4♥ river. Wick shoved for just 12,000 more and Chidwick snap-called.
Wick had top pair with Q♥J♠ but Chidwick had the nut-flush with A♠4♠ to eliminate Wick and take down the sizable pot.
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