Boutros Awad raised to 115,000 in the hijack. Mark Kelly moved all in with 450,000 chips on the button.
Big blind Tony Willie came over the top for more. Awad folded.
Mark Kelly: 4♥4♣
Tony Willie: Q♠Q♣
The odds were against Kelly and the nothing in the runout of K♦A♠3♣Q♥8♠, particularly the queen on the turn, would change that.
The hand was picked up on the river with the board reading 6♠8♦J♦2♠7♠, and more than a million chips in the pot.
Scott Ruegsegger bet 375,000. Adam Agaev gave it some time to determine his move, then called.
"Good call," said Ruegsegger, as he tabled K♠Q♣.
Adam Agaev had A♦7♣, and though he missed his flush draw, the seven on the river gave him a pair and the winning hand.
Scott Tomey open-jammed for 680,000 from the button and Scott Torney in the small blind called taking them tot he following showdown.
Scott Tomey: 8♠8♥
Kelly Vandemheen: 4♣4♦
Torney was looking at a potential double up when the flop dropped 8♦K♦2♠ giving him a set. Vandemheen didn't get any help from the 3♣J♠ runout. Torney got to continue his run with the double up.
Bruce Diamond raised from under the gun to 150,000, and Jefferson Morrill was in the big blind and decided to take a stand and three-bet all in for 385,000. Diamond called, and the race was happening.
Jefferson Morrill: J♥10♥
Bruce Diamond: 6♥6♣
The board aided Morrill with 5♥7♣J♠K♥2♥, and a flush won the pot.
Morrill stated, "I wasn't going to play that hand."
Gary Benson, down to his last 45,000 chips, got them all in against Daniel Cooper in a battle of blinds.
Gary Benson: 8♦8♥
Daniel Cooper: A♦A♥
Benson's eights were not match for Cooper's aces in a runout of 4♣10♥3♣10♣5♦.
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
The remaining 108 players are on a 15-minute break. They will return to blinds of 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000.
Daniel Pearlman raised from early position to 85,000, and Keith Romer three-bet from the big blind to 300,000. Pearlman called. The flop was 4♠8♥3♣, Romer led out for 160,000, and Pearlman called.
On the turn K♣, Romer led again for 160,000, and Pearlman raised to 350,000. Romer contemplated and moved all in for 540,000. Pearlman folded and attempted to discover what Romer was holding.
Romer stated, "You are too good a player for me to tell you."
Pat McCoy three-bet all-in over Jefferson Morrill's raise from middle position. Morrill made the call, covering McCoy's 490,000-chip stack.
Pat McCoy: Q♥Q♠
Jefferson Morrill: 9♥9♠
In the runout 8♠6♣7♥Q♦J♣, Morrill flopped an open-ended straight, but never got better against McCoy's pocket queens.
The hand was picked up with Gary Benson three-betting all in form the small blind for 390,000 chips. Ronald Moore made the call from the cutoff.
Gary Benson: J♣J♦
Ronald Moore: A♥6♥
With Moore getting nary a piece of the runout K♠9♣5♣3♥5♠, Benson's pocket jacks stood.
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