Mesbah Guerfi shoved from the small blind for 170,000, with a board reading 10♦7♦Q♥2♥ and slightly over 200,000 in the middle. John Major didn't have to think for too long before making the call.
Mesbah Guerfi: Q♦10♥10♣9♠ 
John Major: Q♠J♥10♠8♠
Major was looking to chop with a queen or scoop with a nine, but the 3♠ river gave his opponent the full double.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Max Stenberg managed to get his last 48,000 into the middle against Manh Nguyen. Nguyen only had slightly more chips than Stenberg, so this pot was crucial for both players.
Max Stenberg: A♠K♣7♣2♦
Manh Nguyen : A♣A♥K♠3♦
Stenberg was behind to the pocket aces of Nguyen heading to the 9♦7♦10♠ flop. The Q♠ appeared on the turn and Stenberg was one card away from elimination. However, the river was the 7♠ to give Stenberg trip sevens, and he doubled up through Nguyen.
Nguyen was unable to spin up his short-stack and was eliminated a few hands later.
Brad Albrinck got all in for his remaining 150,000 chips from the big blind. The board read 7♦9♠A♦ and there was 125,000 in the middle. Both Giuseppe Pantaleo in the small and Billy Tarango, who was under the gun, made the call, bringing in the J♥ on the turn. Giuseppe Pantaleo then shoved for 51,000, and Tarango stuck in the call.
Brad Albrinck: A♥Q♦J♦6♣
Giuseppe Pantaleo: J♣10♥7♣7♠
Billy Tarango: A♠K♠9♦8♦
The river 4♦ confirmed the main pot for Albrinck with his queen-high flush, with the side pot going to Tarango, who also had five diamonds. Pantaleo stood up, and started pacing around using expletives loudly. Before exiting the tournament area, he punted a bottle that then struck a member of the media team in the midriff, and carried on swearing as he headed to the payout desk.
On a flop of A♥2♦10♥, and after a bet from the cutoff, Garik Tamasian potted it from the small blind for around 170,000. Nick Guagenti called for his last 100,000 from the big blind, forcing the other player in the hand to fold.
Nick Guagenti: A♣J♥10♦5♦
Garik Tamasian: Q♥J♠7♠6♥
Tamasian had a flush draw and straight draw against the top two pair of Guagenti. The 2♠ turn didn't change anything, but the 5♥ river gave Tamasian the flush he was looking for to win the pot and eliminate Guagenti.
A player at the table recounted preflop action. In it, Ferenc Deak open-potted to 21,000 under the gun, and action folded round to Felipe Ramos in the small blind. He repotted to 69,000, and Deak slid in the call.
Action checked down all the way to the river, with the board reading 5♦7♠6♠6♥3♠. Ramos checked for a third time, prompting Deak to bet out for 75,000. Ramos put in the call, but his A♠Q♠XxXx was no good against Deak, who held the nuts with A♣Q♣5♠4♠ for a straight flush.
On a completed board of 3♣5♦J♠J♦A♣, Tobias Schwecht checked from the small blind and Emmanuel Derecho bet the pot for 168,000 from the button. Schwecht didn't take long to make the call for the majority of his stack.
Derecho revealed a full house with A♥J♣5♣2♥ to win the pot, as Schwecht nodded his head in acknowledgement of Derecho's boat being good.
Schwecht was left very short-stacked and was eliminated a few hands later.
Greg Levine got his last 30,000 or so into the middle from the button and Kevin Eyster made the call from the big blind.
Greg Levine: K♣J♣10♠8♠
Kevin Eyster: K♦Q♥7♠6♦
The board ran out 9♥4♣6♠Q♣9♠ to give Eyster the win just a pair of queens. The pot was pushed to Eyster, and Levine was out.
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