Brad Owen limped in from the small blind and Esther Taylor raised to 100,000 from the big blind. Owen shoved for 560,000 and Taylor called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Brad Owen: A♠7♥ 
Esther Taylor: K♣J♣
Owen was ahead with a pair of sevens against king-high on the 7♦5♦8♦ flop. The 4♦ turn brought in some chop outs but the 5♠ river was a brick and Owen doubled up at Taylor's expense.
Joey Padron was in the cutoff and raised to 50,000. Isaac Haxton called in the big blind, and check-called Padron's bet of 60,000 on the 7♦J♥Q♣ flop.
The 4♠ turn then checked through to the 6♥ river, where Haxton fired a bet of 130,000. Padron instantly called, but he mucked his J♠10♦ when Haxton tabled Q♥5♥ for a pair of queens.
Thomas Boivin looked down at K♠K♥ in the hijack, raising to 55,000. Fabrice Bigot called his 7♥6♠ in the big blind, and check-called when Boivin tossed in 45,000 on the 7♦Q♦4♥ flop.
The A♦ hit the turn. Undeterred by the ace, Boivin bet 120,000, which caused Bigot to release his middle pair.
Adrien Delmas opened to 50,000 from under the gun with K♣10♣ and William Pengelly three-bet to 140,000 from middle position with A♥9♦. Thomas Eychenne four-bet to 300,000 from the hijack with Q♠Q♦ and Shane Klasnimi folded A♣K♠ from the cutoff. Both Delmas and Pengelly also folded and the pot was pushed to Eychenne.
Alessandro Predaroli was in the cutoff, raising to 55,000. Stephen Chidwick sat in the big blind and tossed in a call.
Predaroli bet 50,000 on the A♣10♥2♦ flop, which Chidwick check-raised to 215,000. Predaroli called, releasing the K♣ turn from the deck. Chidwick slowed down and checked, with Predaroli checking behind.
The 6♣ river then completed the board. Chidwick loaded 145,000 chips into his barrel and fired them at Predaroli, who quickly called. Chidwick could only show five-high with 5♦3♠, leaving Predaroli to take the pot with A♠8♣.
Alessandro Predaroli raised to 55,000 from early position with Q♠J♥. Joey Padron flatted his button with 10♦9♦, Thomas Boivin called in the small blind with J♠8♠, and Stephen Hesse defended his big blind with 9♣5♣.
The quartet of players checked through the 7♥7♦8♣ flop and K♥ turn. The 7♣ river then completed the board, which Boivin also checked. Hesse bet 160,000 with nine-high, and Predaroli and Padron quickly mucked their hands.
Boivin spent some time in the tank before he folded the best hand as Hesse got his multi-way bluff through.
With two players seeing a board of 2♣J♣5♣4♥ and 190,000 in the middle, Brian Arbaugh checked from the big blind and Esther Taylor bet 90,000 from the hijack. Arbaugh called.
Arbaugh checked the 10♥ river and Taylor bet 580,000, leaving just 35,000 behind. Arbaugh called again.
Arbaugh had top pair with K♠J♥ but Taylor had the nut-flush with A♣6♣ to effectively double up through Arbaugh, who was left with under ten big blinds.
Leonardo Valenzuela opened to 55,000 in the cutoff, and Jonathan Wolter called on the button before Gergo Hegedus three-bet to 225,000 in the small blind. Valenzuela folded, and Wolter called.
Hegedus then bet 175,000 on the Q♣5♠2♣ flop, and Wolter folded.
At the same table, Matt Affleck has around 875,000 after besting his 542nd-place finish in last year's Main Event.
Jeremy Kottler, the new addition to the feature table, raised to 50,000 in the hijack with A♣Q♥. Joey Padron called with J♥J♣ in the cutoff, after which the 5♠10♥2♥ flop was dealt.
Kottler continued for 40,000, which Padron raised to 150,000. Kottler called to the 2♠ turn, which he checked over to Padron. Padron continued firing for 260,000.
After some thought, Kottler laid down his ace-high, forfeiting the pot to his neigbor.
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