Alex Kulev opened from the hijack before Martin Zamani three-bet to 410,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Kulev who jammed for 1,355,000 and Zamani snapped it off.
Alex Kulev: A♥10♥
Martin Zamani: A♣K♥
Zamani woke up with the goods and Kulev needed to improve to stay alive. He did just that on the 10♠7♣4♦ flop as he made top pair. Nothing changed on the 8♥8♣ runout as Kulev held on to double through Zamani.
Christopher Nguyen opened to 120,000 from early position before Martin Zamani three-bet to, you guessed it, 420,000 from the button, and Nguyen called.
The J♣7♦3♥ flop checked through to the A♠ turn which saw Nguyen check for a second time before Zamani announced a bet of 275,000. Nguyen took some time before he started to cut out a check-raise to what appeared to be 900,000, and Zamani tossed his cards into the middle before the raise was made official.
"C'mon show, I've shown you every time," Zamani pleaded, "I'll never show again if you don't show."
Nguyen obliged, tabling 5♥4♥ which prompted a round of laughter around the table as his bluff got through.
This all occurred on the first hand of the hand for hand process.
After losing most of his stack, [Removed:554] moved all in from the hijack for 5,000 which saw Fahredin Mustafov raise to 125,000 and Ryan Feldman on the button, Michael Macchia in the small blind, and Vladimir Minko in the big blind all called.
Everyone checked the flop of 4♣10♣6♦ over to the 7♠ turn where Macchia bet 250,000 and only Minko called.
On the river A♣ Macchia bet 500,000 and Minko tossed his hand into the muck.
[Removed:554]: A♥K♣
Michael Macchia: 4♠4♦
Macchia's set of fours was good for the pot to eliminate [Removed:555] from the tournament.
At another table during the same hand, Tom Fuchs moved all in from the small blind and Jovan Kenjic called in the big blind.
Tom Fuchs: A♦J♠
Jovan Kenjic: K♦K♣
The board ran out Q♣7♥3♥6♣10♥ and the kings held up for Kenjic to take down the pot while Fuchs became the official bubble boy along with Staver.
All of the remaining 38 players are guaranteed a minimum cash for their efforts.
Shaun Deeb opened from the cutoff and Jack Roser defended his big blind.
On the J♠6♣3♣ flop, Roser led all-in for 750,000, more than a 2.5x overbet, and Deeb called after a small tank.
Jack Roser: 5♦5♣
Shaun Deeb: J♣7♥
Roser decided to go with his fives but he ran into the top pair of Deeb who made the correct call. Nothing changed on the 10♥9♠ runout as Roser fell the hands of Deeb.
Sam Soverel opened the cutoff to 70,000 before Dale Roesel three-bet to 245,000 from the small blind, and Soverel called.
The J♠10♦8♦ flop checked through to the 7♥ turn which saw Roesel lead for 125,000 and Soverel put in the call.
On the 9♣ river, a straight was now on the board as Roesel bet 320,000. Soverel would then jam for 775,000 and Roesel called fairly quick. Soverel revealed Q♥10♥ for the higher end of the straight and Roesel mucked his hand as he cut out the payoff chips.
