Xiaohu Liu opened to 24,000 and got a three-bet raise to 120,000 from Volodymyr Kondratenko in cutoff. Liu, who had less than that, called putting himself at risk.
Xiaohu Liu: A♥K♠2♣9♠ 
Volodymyr Kondratenko: A♦K♦9♣4♣
The board ran 7♥6♠J♥A♣3♦ giving Liu the low and chopping the high with Kondratenko.
Matthew Bretzfield opened to 24,000 from early position before Henri Kasper chose to re-raise to 77,000 from the small blind.
Bretzfield jammed, and Kasper called off for 99,000 to be at risk.
Henri Kasper: A♠A♥7♠4♦
Matthew Bretzfield: A♦9♠3♥2♦
Kasper's aces aided him in his double up when the board ran out J♦6♦6♠9♣Q♣ to give him aces up and the pot.
Frederic Normand and Kevin Xu are entangled in a big pot.
This hand was picked up on the turn when a series of raises between the two opponents led to each player putting in 119,000 on a board that read 5♣10♦2♥K♥.
The 10♣ river led to a check from Normand before Xu bet 115,000. Normand gave it considerable thought before he put out a chip to signal a call.
Xu showed A♣7♦5♥5♠ for a full house. Normand showed three of his hole cards as he mucked when he tabled A♥A♠4♠Xx as Xu took down a significant pot.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
On the stone bubble, Daniel Pearlman was forced all-in from the big blind. Phuong Tran in middle position and Andrew Becker on the button limped to see the flop.
The flop came 6♦K♣2♥. After a check by Tran, Becker fired 18,000, which Tran called.
TheK♦ fell on the turn, and after action was checked to him once again, Becker barrelled for another 40,000, which was enough to make Tran fold, leaving the two remaining players to head to showdown.
Daniel Pearlman: 9♦7♦7♣6♠
Andrew Becker: Ax5♠2♦2♠
The river 6♣ was dealt, and Becker scooped the pot for his full house, giving Pearlman a nervous wait to see if anybody else was going to be eliminated at another table.
On a neighbouring table, Carlos Guerrero was also forced all-in preflop, and was trying to survive against Thomas Zanot and Eli Elezra.
Carlos Guerrero: K♠6♥6♦5♣
Thomas Zanot: 9♥4♦4♣2♠
Eli Elezra: A♠8♣7♠5♠
The runout offered no help to Guerrero, as the 7♦Q♥3♠3♦8♠ was spread across the felt.
As both Pearlman and Guerrero were eliminated on the bubble, they split the minimum payout between them, giving them each a very small profit on their buy-in.
Owen was down to his final 30,000 and shipped it before Jon Turner called to put Owen at risk.
Brad Owen: A♣Q♦7♠5♥
Jon Turner: A♠8♥4♦2♣
Owen stayed alive when the 10♣J♥7♠9♥J♠ board ran out, and he took the pot with a pair of sevens.
Joshua Clanton shoved for 68,000 and was called by Phuong Tran and Joseph Bernthold to be at risk.
Tran and Bernthold checked it down on the Q♥6♦8♦6♠K♣ runout.
Clanton showed A♥Q♠4♥2♠, while Phuong tabled A♦Q♦4♦2♣. Bernthold had the best of it with A♠A♣J♦6♥ to eliminate Clanton from contention.
With the tournament on the stone bubble, Bruce Miller found himself all in and at risk twice.
In the first hand, he moved all in for 4,000 from under the gun, holding, with two players to survive against.
Bruce Miller: 7♦6♥5♦2♥
Rocky Paradise: A♥K♣10♦4♥
Robert Mizrachi: Q♣J♠10♣2♠
The A♠10♥J♣2♣3♦ board saw Miller chop the main pot with his low, ensuring his survival.
The very next hand, Miller was then all in blind from the big blind. This time, it was Henri Kasper who had him at risk.
Bruce Miller: J♠6♠3♠2♣
Henri Kasper: A♦Q♣9♠2♦
Once again, Miller would chop the pot, as the board ran out 6♥3♣2♥10♣5♥.
Jean Laurent opened from middle position before Chenxiang Miao three-bet from the hijack. Caitlin Comeskey decided to risk it all and shoved for 284,000 in response. Luarent folded, but Miao called to put Comeskey at risk.
Caitlin Comeskey: A♠A♥5♦6♥
Chenxiang Miao: A♦Q♠5♥2♠
Comeskey survived when the board ran out 10♣10♥Q♣3♣2♥ to double up and avoid being eliminated on the bubble.
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