Jerome Theriault bumped it up to 3,000 from the button, and Eric Atchison called from the small blind. The big blind came along as well.
When the action checked to Theriault on the 3♠3♣8♦ flop, he fired for 4,500. Only Atchison continued with a call.
The 3♥ came on the turn, and Atchison checked for a second time. Theriault fired a second barrel of 9,000, which proved enough to get Atchison to toss his cards into the muck.
Corey Hochman opened from early position. Martin Sgrilletti called from two seats over before David McLaughlin in the hijack moved all in for 18,000. Safira Molina on the button called, as did Hochman and Sgrilletti.
The dealer fanned a flop of 10♥6♣9♦ and Hochman led out for 25,000. Sgrilletti went into the tank before folding, while Molina jammed for 76,000. Hochman snap-called off his last 54,000.
David McLaughlin: A♠4♠ 
Corey Hochman: 10♦10♣
Safira Molina: A♦A♥
Hochman flopped top set to crack aces. The 3♣2♥ runout kept him in the lead and he scooped the pot while McLaughlin was eliminated.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 4,000 from the hijack and called a three-bet of 11,000 from Jody Evans on the button.
Jaffe checked to Evans, who sized down for a bet of 7,500 on the 6♣5♥J♦ flop. Jaffe re-checked his hole cards and tossed them into the muck and Evans padded his stack.
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Heads up to the turn of J♠5♠4♠8♦ with about 40,000 in the pot, Douglas Bifulco led out from late position for 10,000, only for Taylor Paur, in the cutoff, to raise to 30,000. Bifulco thought for a while and made the call.
The river brought the 9♣, and Bifulco checked to Paur, who fired off a river bet of 60,000.
Bifulco went into the tank for a short while and tossed in the call only to toss his cards into the muck on seeing Paur table A♠6♠ for the nuts.
Motomi Kawazu began the action with an open to 3,500 from the hijack. Kathy Liebert came along with a call on the button.
Jermaine Gerlin was interested in putting more chips in the pot, as he chose to three-bet to 13,000 from the big blind.
Kawazu reopened the bidding with a four-bet to 30,000. Liebert bowed out with a fold, and Gerlin gave it little thought before he ejected his hand to award Kawazu the pot preflop.
Jaiho Jung raised to 3,000 from early position. Timothy Haselbarth on the button, Charles Wilson in the small blind, and Benjamin McCoy in the big blind all called.
The flop rolled out A♥Q♥10♦ and action checked through to the turn 6♦ where action checked to McCoy who bet 3,500 and only Jung called.
On the river 5♠, McCoy bet 6,000 and Jung sighed before matching the bet.
McCoy tabled A♣8♥ for a pair of aces which was good against Jung who showed a K♦K♣ for a pair of kings before mucking.
Joseph Driscoll raised to 3,000 from early position, and Dane Coltman jammed for 36,500 from the hijack. Derek Gregory cold-called on the button before Driscoll reshoved, covering both players. Gregory snap-called for his remaining 146,500, giving Driscoll the chance to bust two opponents.
Dane Coltman: Q♥Q♦
Derek Gregory: A♥A♣
Joseph Driscoll: K♥K♠
With three premium pocket pairs being dealt, it was hardly a surprise to see all the chips find their way into the middle.
Gregory's aces stayed in front through the 7♥J♦3♠ flop and the 2♣ turn. Only a queen or king on the river could stop his stack from climbing to more than 300,000.
The dealer burned and put out the 9♦ river, changing nothing. Gregory more than doubled his stack, Driscoll was left with crumbs, and Coltman's Main Event came to an end.
Jeff Madsen in the hijack found himself all-in and at risk for 198,000 against Jared Passanante in the big blind.
Jeff Madsen: Q♣Q♦
Jared Passanante: A♦K♦
Madsen was on his way to take a massive pot with queens on 4♦2♥6♣, but Passanante took the lead on the K♥ turn. The 9♣ river changed nothing and Madsen was eliminated.
James Darby raised to 3,500 in early position. Calvin Chao was in the cutoff and three-bet to 11,000, which Derby called.
Derby then led out for 10,000 on the 8♥10♠J♦ flop and doubled his sizing to 20,000 on the 6♥ turn. Chao called both times, after which the 10♥ river was checked to showdown.
Derby shook his head as he tabled 9♥9♣ for a pair of nines. Chao had the better hand with A♠J♠, raking in the pot with his top pair.
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