After some back-and-forth between David Bach and William Gendron, Bach's stack of around 30,000 found its way into the middle, with Gendron looking to bust him.
David Bach: K♦K♣ 
William Gendron: A♣A♥
It was poker's classic preflop cooler, with Bach on the wrong end of it and needing to spike a king to keep his Main Event hopes alive.
Gendron's aces held on the 10♥8♦4♦J♠2♠ runout, and Bach's stack was absorbed into Gendron's.
Aleksander Jakovljevic opened to 1,000 on the button, but Dilipkumar Patel countered with a three-bet to 3,100 from the small blind.
The K♦A♠K♥ flop led to a bet of 5,000 from Patel. Jakovljevic remained in the hand with a call.
Both players checked the 9♦ turn to bring the A♣ river.
Patel put out a small bet of 2,000 in relation to the pot. Jakovljevic gave it some consideration before he opted to re-raise to 12,000 in response. Patel wasted little time making the fold as Jakovljevic was awarded the chips.
Martin Ward raised on the button, and Yuki Sako jammed for around 8,500 from the small blind. Ward quickly called.
Yuki Sako: Q♣J♠
Martin Ward: A♥K♠
Ward was ahead with big slick and moved even further in front on the K♥9♠3♥ flop by pairing his king.
However, the 10♥ on the turn gave Sako the nut straight, although Ward had a flush draw.
The 7♠ river was a brick, and Sako doubled up.
Action was picked up on a flop of Q♥4♥6♦ with 9,600 in the middle.
Big blind Brian Frasca bet out for 2,600 and was called by Ivan Starostin in the hijack. The turn K♥ was checked through, bringing in the river 10♣
Here, Frasca slid forward a bet of 11,500. Starostin took a few moments before folding.
Joining the action with roughly 7,500 in the middle of a three-bet pot and heading to a 10♦2♥9♦ flop, three-bettor David Neiman bet 4,000 from the big blind, and Billy Baxter called in early position.
Neiman slowed down with a check on the 4♠ turn, and Baxter took over the betting lead to the tune of 8,500. That did the job, as Neiman folded, abandoning his chips in the middle.
Ekrem Bozkurt raised to 1,000 on the button, and Eugene Teibloom called from the small blind. Phil Hellmuth, sporting a gold-and-black superhero outfit complete with inflatable muscles, defended his big blind.
When the action checked to Bozkurt on the Q♦10♣4♥ flop, he bet 1,700. Teibloom folded, but Hellmuth stuck around with a call.
The 10♦ turn checked through before the 3♥ completed the board. Hellmuth led out for 3,000, which was enough to get Bozkurt to fold.
In true superhero fashion, Hellmuth couldn't resist revealing a little of his secret identity, flashing QxJx as he dragged in the pot.
Ryuta Nakai raised to 1,100 from early position, which Erik Baum and Glenn Cozen called from the cutoff and big blind.
The action checked through on a J♦6♦3♣ flop, but Nakai picked his betting lead back up on the 9♣ turn, with a bet of 2,100. Baum called, but Cozen folded.
The 10♣ completed the board, and Nakai fired 8,000 into the pot. That was enough to see Baum cede, as he folded his hand.
Players were three-ways and on the J♣Q♠Q♣ flop with a pot of just under 5,000. Frank Funaro Jr was in the small blind and all in for his remaining 7,700. Michael Simhai was also all in from middle position and covered Adrian State's last 75,300. State called from the cutoff and the players flipped their cards.
Frank Funaro Jr: K♥Q♦
Adrian State: J♥J♦
Michael Simhai: A♥Q♥
State was ahead having flopped a full house and there was no change on the 10♦ turn or 7♦ river. Funaro Jr was left to walk away from the tournament area and Simhai lost nearly half his stack in the pot.
Razavi Ghavamzadeh opened from the hijack to 1,200, before Yunsheng Sun made it 6,500 from the button. A few players at the table were chuckling to themselves, and the laughter got more intense when Ghavamzadeh asked, "is he allowed to raise to that?" He ended up putting in the call.
On the J♣7♦Q♣ flop, Sun carried on for 5,500 when checked to. Ghavamzadeh folded A♠10♠ face up.
Ryuta Nakai raised to 1,100 for the hijack and was called by Erik Baum in the small blind and Deborah Balderas in the big blind.
Action checked to Nakai, who continued for 1,000 on a regal looking A♥K♥J♥ flop. Baum called and Balderas folded.
Baum check-called a 2,100 barrel from Nakai on the 6♠ turn, but check-folded facing a 3,500 bet from Nakai on the 9♥ river.
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