Eric Baldwin raised to 6,000 from early position to see Levon Khachatryan call in the small blind. In the big blind, Steven Rivero raised to 26,000 prompting Baldwin to jam for 103,000. Khachatryan folded while Rivero called with the covering stack.
Eric Baldwin: A♥K♣ 
Steven Rivero: Q♥Q♣
The board ran out 10♠8♥7♠3♥5♥ and the queens held up for Rivero to eliminate the WSOP bracelet winner from the tournament.
The blinds duked it out as Nissim Ohayon from the small blind clashed with Benjamin Gros in the big blind.
A series of raises led each player to put in 50,000 preflop to bring the K♥10♣A♣.
Ohayon checked it over to Gros before he put out a bet of 30,000. Ohayon gave it considerable thought before he opted to check-raise all in for approximately 296,000 total. Gros went into the tank before he made the call to put himself at risk for approximately 141,000 as they went to a showdown.
Benjamin Gros: Q♣9♣
Nissim Ohayon: A♥10♥
Ohayon had the lead, but Gros was flush with outs as they went to the final two cards.
The 4♥ turn was a blank to keep Ohayon's two pair in the lead.
Gros was unable to find any of his outs on the 10♠ river as Ohayon improved to a full house to eliminate Gros.
Daniel Mcnally opened to 6,000 and Tom Thomas called. Mihai Dimcea moved all in for his last 29,000 and only Mcnally called.
Mihai Dimcea: A♦J♣
Daniel Mcnally: A♣K♠
There was no help for Dimcea on the 8♠3♠4♣5♣8♦ runout, and he was quickly sent to the rail.
Cutoff Igor Dubinskyy got his stack of 135,000 in preflop against Shannon Fahey under the gun, who slightly covered her opponent.
Igor Dubinskyy: A♥K♥
Shannon Fahey: A♠A♦
Although the 9♣A♣K♣ flop looked good for Dubinskyy's hand, it did not help him very much. The 10♥ turn left him drawing dead, and the meaningless 3♠ river hit the board before he booked his departure.
Jorge Alberdi jammed from the cutoff for his last 22,000 and was called by Diego Dos Santos in the big blind.
Jorge Alberdi: 9♣8♣
Diego Dos Santos: A♣4♦
The K♥6♣3♥4♠2♥ board brought no help to the Spaniard, and Alberdi was sent to the rail.
Action was picked up preflop, with Arnaud Mattern facing a tough decision. With significant action already having taken place, Jerome Finck moved all in for 42,000 from the small blind. Early position opener Paul Tschernia had then rejammed for 110,000, leaving Mattern on his left in a spot. After a bit of thought, he folded A♣Q♠ face up.
Jerome Finck: 10♣10♦
Paul Tschernia: A♥K♠
The 4♣3♠K♥ flop fired Tschernia into an immediate lead. The 6♣4♠ runout did nothing to change that, and Mattern was happy to have made the correct decision.
Ronald Sewell limped from early position and his neighbor Martin Zamani called. Keith Bagley was in the cutoff and raised to 13,000, and both players called.
The 8♥4♦A♥ flop saw Sewell and Zamani check. Bagley bet 22,000 and Sewell jammed for his remaining 48,000. Zamani got away quickly, but it took a little while for Bagley to make the call.
Ronald Sewell: 6♣7♣
Keith Bagley: J♠J♦
Sewell flipped over his hand and quickly stood up from the table. He was hunting for the gutshot straight, and up against Bagley's pocket jacks.
With the 3♠ turn and 10♠ river completing the board, Sewell was eliminated from the main event. After the hand, Bagley let out a sigh of relief and said, "It didn't feel good in the middle there with that Ace."
Three players vaulted out of their seats with Usman Ulhaq and Paul Mizrachi up against Ludovic Moryousef, with the latter two holding near-identical stack sizes right in front of the feature table area.
Usman Ulhaq: 2♦2♣
Paul Mizrachi: A♥K♠
Ludovic Moryousef: Q♠Q♣
Mizrachi predicted the deuce to come for Ulhaq, which it did on the 7♣3♣3♦2♠ turn. However, there was another twist to the story as the river brought the Q♥ to propel Moryousef back into the lead.
"Most overrated hand in poker," James Kohl mentioned while the chips were being counted.
"Please tell me I still have chips," Mizrachi said, but that wasn't the case as his 229,000 was covered by Moryousef's 241,000.
Mizrachi left the table with a smile on his face despite his elimination and even took a selfie with Moryousef before they parted ways.
"That is a gentleman right there. His dad is the same," Kohl added after he had shaken the hand of Mizrachi on the way out.
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