Adam Monaghan raised to 42,000 in the cutoff, and Max Neugebauer three-bet to 148,000 on the button. The action folded back to Monaghan, who opted to four-bet, announcing a pot-sized raise, which was enough to put Neugebauer all in.
Neugebauer toiled over a decision, burning through three time extensions before choosing to fold.
Geoffrey Mooney limped in under the gun, and James Obst raised to 54,000 on the button. Stephen Chidwick then three-bet all in for 140,000 from the small blind. Mooney folded, but Obst called.
Stephen Chidwick: A♦A♣6♦4♥ 
James Obst: K♦K♣8♦5♥
Things were looking good for Chidwick as the J♣Q♣4♦ flop and 6♥ turn left Obst needing a king or a seven to win. Obst got exactly what he wanted, though, as the dealer burned and turned the K♥, to send Chidwick crashing to the rail.
Under the gun, Dennis Weiss checked the 7♥8♦7♣ flop to David Benyamine in the next seat over. Benyamine bet 36,000, which Manuel Fischer called on the button.
Weiss then put in his stack of roughly 200,000, folding out Benyamine. Fischer snap-called, and the players revealed their holdings.
Dennis Weiss: A♦7♠5♦4♠
Manuel Fischer: A♥8♠7♦4♥
Fischer had flopped a full house, leaving Weiss drawing to a chop. Neither the 10♦ turn nor the K♠ river brought an ace, sending Weiss out about a dozen spots away from the money.
In a small pot of 48,000, small blind Dylan Smith led out with a bet of 12,000 on the completed 2♣9♣Q♣10♣2♠ board. Big blind Chance Kornuth then raised to 70,000, putting Eelis Parssinen on the button in the tank.
After one time bank, Parssinen mucked. Smith grabbed calling chips and dropped them in for Kornuth to announce he just had a deuce.
Smith then tabled A♣10♦J♠8♣ for a flush, awarding him the pot.
On the next deal, it folded to Kornuth in the small blind. He raised to 36,000, but quickly gave up when Nino Pansier three-bet to 108,000 in the big blind.
Hani Mio raised the pot to 42,000 in the cutoff and Jeremy Trojand called out of the big blind. On the A♣Q♣7♥ flop both players checked to the 4♣ turn. Trojand checked again and Mio's bet of 115,000 won the pot right there.
Table big stack Barrett Threadgill then limped the cutoff and Jeffrey Hakim came along in the small blind. Stian Usterud checked from the big blind to the K♦Q♣6♠ flop. Hakim and Usterud checked to Threadgill and his bet of 40,000 won the pot right there.
"I thought this was a friendly game here," Usterud exclaimed.
Bryce Yockey limped in from early position, and Anthony Runza raised to 54,000 from the hijack. The action returned to Yockey, who called.
Yockey checked in flow on the 3♠A♥J♣ flop, and Runza continued for 40,000, which Yockey called.
The 6♠ turn saw Yockey check again, and Runza fired a second barrel for 150,000. After using two time extensions, Yockey raised the pot. Before it was even calculated, Runza had folded.
Kristopher Tong and Dan Cates clashed in a big pot when the chips went in after the J♣3♠2♣8♠ turn with Cates at risk for more than half a million in chips.
Dan Cates: Q♣J♠10♥8♦
Kristopher Tong: A♠K♠Q♥5♥
Tong had a gutshot wheel draw and the nut flush draw, one of which came with the 4♥ river.
"That was a spicy turn" another player at the table remarked and Tong leaped near the top of the leaderboard.
Jonathan Azoulay was already all in under the gun when the action was caught on a 3♦Q♠7♣ flop. Sergio Martinez Gonzalez then bet a massive 450,000, and Ka Kwan Lau called.
The big pile of chips was added to the side pot, after which the 6♥ turn was dealt. Martinez announced a pot-sized bet, but Lau immediately folded for the others to show down.
Jonathan Azoulay: A♠KxQx6♠
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: Q♥Q♣9♠8♦
The river fell the meaningless 2x as Azoulay was already drawing dead, and Gonzalez was shipped the gargantuan pot to lead the field by a mile.
Lou Garza raised to 42,000 from the cutoff, and David Benyamine called in the big blind.
Benyamine didn't stand on ceremony on the 7♥9♣6♠ flop, leading out for 30,000. Garza, with just 152,000 behind, considered his options with the tournament so close to the bubble, ultimately choosing to fold.
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