In a preflop confrontation Dan Sepiol was all in for 275,000 from middle position and up against Stephen Dauphinais who covered him from the hijack.
Dan Sepiol: A♠K♦ 
Stephen Dauphinais: A♥Q♥
Sepiol stayed ahead with the dominating ace on the 3♥2♠9♠2♣J♥ runout to double through Dauphinas.
Goh Yanagida moved all in for 273,000 from early position and Valentin Antoine put him at risk in middle position.
Goh Yanagida: J♣J♦
Valentin Antoine: A♣K♥
It was another big flip, and Yanagida spiked top set on the J♠9♣7♥ flop to leave Antoine drawing thin. The rest of the board ran out 5♣2♣ and Yanagida doubled up.
Richard Buckingham opened to 25,000 and got two callers in Douglas Hobold on the button, and Ryan Biermann in the big blind.
The trio saw a flop of K♥Q♥8♣. Biermann checked prompting Buckingham to continue with 45,000. Hobold called but Bierman decided he'd seen enough and folded.
The turn J♣ fell and Buckingham kept up the pressure with a 60,000, which Hobold called once again.
Not letting up, Buckingham fired 125,000, finally shaking Hobold off the pot.
Xingwei Chen opened from under the gun, and action folded to Qiang Wang on the button, who made it 80,000. Chen didn't hesitate and shoved it all in, putting Wang at risk. He made the call, and the cards went on their backs.
Qiang Wang: 8♠8♦
Xingwei Chen: A♠A♣
Wang needed some help from the board, and the flop and turn gave him a few more outs for a possible straight draw with 5♥6♠J♠7♦. But the river brought the A♥, giving Chen a set and eliminating Wang.
Scott Baumstein raised in early position to 20,000, David Mclaws on his direct left three-bet to 40,000, Norman Shapiro shoved for 127,000 in middle position, Baumstein folded and Mclaws called.
Norman Shapiro: A♣A♦
David Mclaws: 3♦3♠
Great flop for Shapiro as it came 8♥Q♥7♣, but a brutal 3♣ on the turn gave Mclaws a set and sent him well into the lead. Shapiro had two outs but neither of them appeared on the K♥ river and he was eliminated.
Alon Messica open shoved for 100,000 in late position and got called by big blind player, James Charbonneau, putting Messica's tournament life at risk.
Alon Messica: K♣Q♣
James Charbonneau: J♦10♦
The flop came 7♦5♦3♦, immediately giving Charbonneau a flush. Messica, drawing dead, packed his things and bid everyone good luck as the dealer completed the board with Q♠2♣.
Jon Kyte kicked off the action from the cutoff with a raise to 22,000 and got a call from Max Pinnola in the big blind.
On the 8♠8♣Q♦ flop, Pinnola check-raised Kyte’s 15,000 continuation bet to 42,000. Kyte called without much hesitation, taking them to the turn.
The 10♣ hit next, and this time Pinnola led out for 60,000. Kyte again made the call.
With the 4♣ on the river, Pinnola ramped up the pressure, firing 115,000 and leaving himself just 151,000 behind. Kyte responded by moving all in, putting Pinnola to the ultimate test for his tournament life.
Pinnola clearly didn’t love the spot. He sighed, stared down the board for a while, and after a couple of minutes slid his cards into the muck, surrendering the sizeable pot.
"Fold jack-nine?" Kyte asked with a grin, but Pinnola wasn’t in the mood to answer, still visibly frustrated as the chips went Kyte's way.
Vytautas Semaska made it 20,000 to go from middle position and only Shotaro Kobayashi called from the hijack.
Semaska placed out a continuation-bet of 22,000 on the A♣4♥2♦ flop, which Kobayashi called.
The 5♠ on the turn caused Semaska to slow down and check. Kobayashi bet 44,000, and Semaska returned his cards to the dealer.
Dan Sepiol shoved from the small blind, covering Stephen Dauphinais who had 163,000 in the big blind. Dauphinais snap-called and was at risk.
Stephen Dauphinais: A♦J♣
Dan Sepiol: A♠9♠
Sepiol connected with his nine on the 9♣10♦5♠ flop, leaving Dauphinais drawing to three outs. Dauphinais picked up a straight draw on the Q♥ turn which came in on the 8♣ river, securing the double up through Sepiol.
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