Down to only 27,000 in chips, Motoyoshi Okamura was all-in against Samuel Bauchert and needed help with his dominated pocket pair.
Motoyoshi Okamura: 8♣8♠ 
Samuel Bauchert: K♥K♦
The K♣10♥3♣ flop left Okamura on the verge of elimination. He picked up a single out on the 8♥ turn but the 6♠ river brought no miracle escape.
Joshua Wang pushed all in for 8,500 from under the gun and the action folded all the way to Behrooz Jamshidi in the big blind. He glanced at his cards and then called after a few seconds.
Joshua Wang: 2♠2♦
Behrooz Jamshidi: 8♥8♦
The 10♣7♦4♠9♦Q♦ board brought no miracle for Wang and he bowed out in the very first hand after the dinner break.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam opened to 2,500 from under the gun. John Harth in middle position three-bet all-in for 22,800, William Nguyen in the small blind jammed for 25,900 and the player in the big blind later said that he folded A♠Q♠. Vijayaratnam folded as well.
John Harth: 8♥8♦
William Nguyen: K♥K♦
The board of 4♠Q♥10♠7♠Q♣ kept Nguyen in the lead and Harth was eliminated.
Bradley King raised to 2,500 on the button and snap-called when Ali Ghassemzadeh three-bet to 7,500 in the big blind.
Ghassemzadeh continued with another 7,500 bet on the J♦3♣A♥ flop before calling when King moved all in for 33,500.
Bradley King: A♣2♣
Ali Ghassemzadeh: A♦K♠
Both players had flopped top pair, but King's kicker issues had him in big trouble.
Those issues quickly vanished on the 2♠ turn, as King leapfrogged Ghassemzadeh into the lead. However, his joy quickly turned to despair as the 3♦ counterfeited his two pair, seeing Ghassemzadeh take the pot and King hit the rail.
Maxx Holland had check-raised an earlier bet of 5,100 to 16,000 from the small blind on the 5♠J♥8♣ flop, and Alfredo Fernandez in middle position and Gilad Gutkin in the hijack both called.
Holland tossed in 27,000 more on the K♦ turn. This time, only Fernandez called. Gutkin folded, leaving himself a short stack.
Holland then moved all in on the A♠ river. Fernandez quickly folded, having just under a starting stack back. Holland showed the table 10♥9♥ for a bluff, but Fernandez informed him he had the best hand as he tabled his 9♦7♦.
Timothy Fitzgerald opened to 3,000 from early position before Benjamin Amaral three-bet from the next seat over to 8,000.
Fitzgerald went all-in for 15,300 and was called by Amaral to be at risk for his tournament life.
Timothy Fitzgerald: A♥J♥
Benjamin Amaral: J♦J♣
Fitzgerald was in a steep hole as he only had one overcard working for him as they went ot a runout.
The 8♣6♣K♥ flop gave Fitzgerald little to work with as his tournament life hung in the balance.
Fitzgerald gained some outs on the 10♦ turn, but he failed to improve on the 2♦ river as Amaral eliminated Fitzgerald from contention.
There were roughly 60,000 chips in the pot on 8♦10♦2♠Q♣2♦.
Matthew Lapossie who was in middle position had put Pedro Garcia all in for roughly 40,000.
Garcia, who was seated directly to the right of Lapossie, went deep into the tank for around six minutes before the clock was called. After a few moments of the countdown, Garcia put on the cape and flicked in the hero call, only to see the bad news.
Pedro Garcia: 7♦7♣
Matthew Lapossie: A♥A♣
Garcia pair of seven's was no match for Lapossie aces and he was sent to the rail.
Gaurav Raina moved all in for 18,000 from the cutoff and Iris Liu called in middle position.
Gaurav Raina: A♠K♠
Iris Liu: 10♣10♠
Raina was racing for his tournament life and hit two pair on the A♦K♦2♣ flop to take the lead, but Liu spiked a set on the 10♦ turn. The river was the 9♦ and Raina was sent to the rail.
Tri Dinh moved all in for 9,900 from early position, Robert Amereno called in the hijack, and Andy Su came along from the big blind.
With Dinh all-in, Su checked the 8♠9♥6♦ flop, and Amereno fired 15,000. Su folded what he said was ace-queen, and the remaining players tabled their hands.
Tri Dinh: A♣10♣
Robert Amereno: 9♠9♣
Amereno's flopped set had Dinh on the ropes, leaving him needing a straight to stay alive.
Neither the 5♥ turn nor the 3♦ river provided it, and Dinh's Main Event came to an end.
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