With around 500,000 in the pot on a board of 8♣7♦5♥3♣, Mikhail Prokopchuk bet 175,000 from middle position and Derek Sudell moved all in from the button. Prokopchuk tanked for a minute before calling for his last 1,570,000.
Sudell showed 5♦4♦ for a pair and straight draw, while Prokopchuk had K♣K♥. The 9♥ river was safe for Prokopchuk and he earned the double up.
Michael Gagliano opened to 130,000 from early position and Rahul Rastogi called in the next seat. Jason Cooper was in the cutoff and moved all in for 905,000, which earned him the pot as both of his opponents folded.
Elsewhere, Kenny Hallaert opened to 130,000 from early position and Joseph Henry called in middle position. Chahn Jung also came along from the button.
They saw a flop of K♥J♥2♠ where all three checked to the 7♦ turn. Hallaert bet 225,000, Henry called, and Jung folded.
On the 6♣ river, Hallaert put together a bet of 350,000 and moved it into the pot, which sent Henry into the tank. Around 90 seconds passed before Henry decided to let it go, allowing Hallaert to add to his mountain.
Maksim Pisarenko opened to 120,000 in the cutoff and Romain Locquet three-bet to 400,000 on the button. Wagner Wysotchanski flat-called from the small blind and Francis Anderson ripped all in for 640,000 in the big blind. Pisarenko quickly folded and Locquet reshoved all in for 3,635,000. Wysotchanski thought for nearly two minutes before dumping his cards in the muck.
Francis Anderson: Q♥Q♦
Romain Locquet: J♥J♦
Anderson held the better of the two pocket pairs and had both of the suits covered. The board ran out K♠10♣3♠K♥8♣ and Anderson's ladies held on for a double up which sparked some emotion himself and his friends on the rail.
Alex Lynskey was down to just 540,000 after taking a bad beat to start the day and shoved all in from the hijack. Daniele Primerano reshoved all in on the button and the blinds quickly folded.
Alex Lynskey: J♦8♦
Daniele Primerano: A♠K♣
The flop came 5♣4♠4♥ which provided no immediate help to the former final tablist. The 6♠ on the turn got Lynskey to his feet and Primerano joined him. The 3♣ completed the board and Lynskey was eliminate after another deep run in the Main Event.
Will Kassouf's seat was empty for the first hand of the day, making it a quick one for the players at the table. Kohei Arai opened to 120,000 from middle position but folded after Ruben Costa jammed for 815,000 from the next seat over.
On the next deal, Sam Darkin opened to 125,000 from the hijack, with the action folding to Yuhang Chen in the small blind. He made it 500,000. Darkin stuck around to see the A♦10♠6♥ flop, and he called Chen's bet of 325,000. Chen fired out another 1,000,000 on the 8♠ turn, and Darkin called to set up a big pot in the early goings.
With around a million behind, Chen checked when the Q♦ river completed the board. Darkin announced all-in as the covering stack.
As Chen mulled over his options, Kassouf finally turned up.
"Morning, better late than ever," said Kassouf, who continued to talk while Chen was in the tank.
Chen eventually called, but was shown the bad news as Darkin turned a set with 8♦8♣, besting Chen's A♣K♠.
"Whoops, casualty already and I haven't event sat down yet," chimed Kassouf as he got out his phone to film the board, almost putting his device in Chen's face.
"They're dusting off already," Kassouf continued as he took his seat.
With Q♠J♠, Chih Fan raised to 120,000 from early position with William Camp calling from the cutoff holding A♦10♦, and Paul Gibbons defending his big blind with J♥10♣
Gibbons checked the 9♦10♥5♠ flop and Fan bet 60,000 with his straight draw. Camp raised to 160,000 with top pair top kicker, forcing Gibbons to fold his top pair. Fan called to see a turn.
The 3♠ appeared on the turn and Fan check-called a bet of 210,00 from Camp.
The 2♠ came on the river and this time, Fan check-folded to Camp's bet of 350,000.
Alexis Lucarini made it 120,000 to go from under the gun with Q♥Q♣ and Vladimir Nex three-bet from early position to 300,000 holding J♥J♣. Lucarini shoved for around 1,785,000, and Nex went into the tank before he finally found the fold with his jacks.
Shortly after, Ryan Lenaghan shoved for 575,000 from under the gun and Nex called in early position. Jameson Painter then three-bet to 2,095,000, which forced Nex to fold his A♦Q♦.
Ryan Lenaghan: K♦10♦
Jameson Painter: A♥K♥
Lenaghan was up against it, and fell further behind on the A♠8♦9♣ flop. However, a 7♦ on the turn gave him a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. The 2♠ was a brick, though, and Lenaghan hit the rail.
Yu Zhang got his short stack in preflop and was ahead versus Adrien Delmas.
Yu Zhang: A♠J♠
Adrien Delmas: K♦10♦
The Q♥J♦3♦ flop gave Delmas a ton of equity and he improved with the A♣ turn. Zhang now needed an ace or jack but failed to hit with the K♥ on the river.
One table over, three players have already been eliminated with Ran Ilani being the first to fall against Adam Hendrix.
Ben Jackson raised to 120,000 in early position and Mark Shutley called on the button. Derek Dufour then moved all in for 405,000 in the small blind, Jackson folded, while Shutley quickly called.
Derek Dufour: K♣Q♦
Mark Shutley: A♣8♣
Shutley hit top pair and picked up the nut flush draw on the A♦9♣4♣ flop, then made his flush on the 5♣ turn. Dufour was drawing dead going to the 3♥ river and was sent to the rail.
