The blinds, Qing Sun in small and Chih Fan in big, had already grown the pot to 200,000 when the flop dropped 5♠9♦10♣.
Sun fired 110,000 and Fan called. The 3♠ turn fell and Sun check-called Fan's 225,000 bet.
Action slowed down on the 4♥ river, which both players checked. Sun tabled 10♦8♣ for top pair, prompting Fan to muck his hand.
Jamie Dwan started it with a raise to 120,000. Michael Plesa three-bet to 275,000.
Unfazed, Dwan popped it again, this time to 800,000.
Plesa responded by going all in.
After the clock was called on him while making his decision, Dwan made the all-in call.
Jamie Dwan: A♥Q♥
Michael Plesa: A♠A♦
The runout of 9♥10♠10♦Q♦A♣ resulted in Plesa having a full house and the win.
Martin Perez opened to 150,000 in cutoff and got called by Antonio Vargas in the big blind. The flop came 4♥J♦5♦.
Both players checked leading them to a free 8♠ turn. Vargas grew the pot further with a 200,000 bet, which Perez called.
On the 2♦ river, Vargas kept the pressure with a 325,000 bet sending Perez to the tank. Perez was taking his time to consider his options. As Vargas patiently waited, he said, "You have to pay to see it."
Perez picked the chips from his stack as if he would call but folded his hand instead, prompting Vargas to groan in frustration. "You already had it in your hand." The dealer pushed the pot to Vargas as he showed one card, J♠.
Joshua Wang raised all-in preflop with 575,000 chips. Scott Horvath made the call.
Joshua Wang: J♥8♥
Scott Horvath: 7♣7♦
As Wang lamented his lot in life while packing up his belongings, the board ran out 10♠2♦3♣10♣8♠, so he was saved on the river and had to sit back down.
"That never happens for me," Wang said.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Chih Fan opened to 100,000 under the gun and got a three-bet from Donovan Dicken to 275,000. Fan called to see a flop.
On the 7♦K♣2♣, Dicken fired 325,000, which was too much for Fan. He threw his hand to the muck pile.
As the dealer pushed the pot towards him, Dicken showed his hand - A♣A♥ - and Fan moaned with satisfaction, having made a good fold.
His seatmate, Shawn Daniels commented that he might have wasted his aces. Dicken replied, "This is the first time I've gotten it today," and said that he didn't want his aces cracked.
Michael Bahls raised to 150,000 from the small blind. Robert Kuhn, in the big blind, quickly raised to 600,000.
Bahls thought about what to do for a long enough period that a fellow competitor called the clock on him.
As the floor counted down the 30-seconds to when Bahls' hand would be dead, he eventually turned his cards up and threw them into the muck, showing Q♥Q♣.
Kuhn showed A♣K♦, which would have presented a classic race had Bahls decided to move chips into the pot.
Kai Cohen opened to 100,000 from under the gun before Preston McEwen moved all in for around 430,000. Action folded to Antonio Vargas in the cutoff, who made the call. The rest of the table got out of the way, sending the hand to showdown.
Preston McEwen: A♥J♠
Antonio Vargas: A♦K♥
Vargas joked with the dealer, asking for a split as the flop came 5♠9♣Q♣. He called for a ten on the turn, but the 3♣ changed nothing.
The A♣ river improved McEwen to a pair of aces, but Vargas held the higher kicker with a king, winning the pot and eliminating McEwen from the tournament.
Briant Alavez raised to 100,000 from under the gun. Erik Rozhynskyi made it 375,000 from the small blind. Alavez called.
The flop hit 9♦4♥3♥, and Rozhynskyi bet another 225,000. Alavez called.
The 4♦ hit on the turn. This time Rozhynskyi checked. Alavez moved all in with 565,000 chips and Rozhynskyi folded.
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