Michael Amato raised from the cutoff to 40,000, and Leo Soma moved all in for 130,000 from the button. Everyone else folded, and Amato called.
Leo Soma: K♠J♥ 
Michael Amato: Q♣J♦
The board fell out with 6♠7♥10♥K♦2♠, and a pair of kings saved Soma's tournament life.
Action went heads-up to a flop of 9♦3♥7♣ in a hand between Faraz Jaka on the button and Ruslan Zakharchuk in the big blind.
Zakharchuk led out with a bet of 30,000 and Jaka responded by bumping it up to 100,000. Zakharchuk thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
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Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Joseph Kuether raised to 85,000 under the gun. James MacMillan, in the big blind, was the only caller.
The flop came 10♥7♦8♥. Kuether bet 75,000, MacMillan called.
After the Q♦ on turn drew checks from both, the K♥ landed on the river.
MacMillan lead out with a bet of 90,000.
Kuether thought about it for quite a while before making the call.
MacMillan tabled A♠10♣ for just a pair of 10s. Kuether turned over K♦J♦ for a pair of kings and the win.
Sebastian Schulze raised from early position to 30,000, Aditya Agarwal called from the small blind, and Joshua Manus called from the big blind. The flop was 8♠6♦Q♠ and everyone checked.
On the turn 10♠, Agarwal checked, Manus bet 35,000, and Shulze folded. Agarwal decided to see the river and called.
Both players checked the river 10♥. Agarwal quickly turned over 10♦9♦ for trip tens, and the win as Manus mucked.
Leo Soma raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and David Peters defended in the big blind.
The flop came 7♠2♣2♥ and Peters checked. Soma bet 15,000 and Peters raised to 40,000, forcing Soma to release his hand.
The hand was picked up with the dealing all done and 5♣3♦A♥10♦10♥ on the board.
Michael Mizrachi, in the big blind, and Gytis Lazauninkas, middle position, were heads up.
Mizrachi moved all in. Lazauninkas thought about it for a minute before making the call with less.
Gytis Lazauninkas: A♣J♦
Michael Mizrachi: 4♦4♠
Mizrachi had flopped a straight draw to go with his pocket fours, but Lazauninkas hit top pair and believed in it enough to risk his tournament life on it on the river.
Kazuhiro Shirasawa was in the hijack and got it all in preflop against Hui Wang in the big blind, who covered.
Kazuhiro Shirasawa: A♥4♠
Hui Wang: A♠A♣
Shirasawa found some hope on the 4♣Q♦J♦ flop, pairing his four. He was all but out the door on the 3♥ turn, but hit the 4♥ on the river to stay alive.
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