It was heads-up to the flop of 2♥9♠5♥ with over 400,000 in the middle and Frank Brannan moved all in for his last 120,000 and was snap-called by Yang Wang.
Frank Brannan: A♥K♥K♦7♠ 
Yang Wang: Q♦Q♠2♠2♦
Wang had flopped the goods and Brannan needed some help.
The 2♣ turn wasn't what Brannan needed and gave Wang quads. The Q♣ river sealed the deal and Brannan was sent to the rail.
Ka Kwan Lau raised to 105,000 from the cutoff, Joshua Pape called on the button and the blinds folded.
Lau check-called a bet of 135,000 when the flop came 8♠Q♠3♥. Both players checked on the 4♥ turn.
Lau decided to bet 160,000 on the 4♠ river which generated a quick fold from Pape.
Zackary Estes limped in under the gun. Jarred Graham followed suit in middle position, and Evan Krentzman tossed in the required chips for a call on the button. Stephen Hubbard then bumped it up to 180,000 from the small blind, which Estes called.
Graham had other plans, however, and back-raised to 780,000. Krentzman quickly moved out of the way, but Hubbard slid calling chips over the line. Estes then also released his cards, and the 6♠2♥8♠ flop was dealt.
Graham and Hubbard quickly piled in their remaining chips, with Graham's 460,000 being the stack at risk.
Jarred Graham: A♦A♣7♠7♥
Stephen Hubbard: A♠J♠J♦3♦
Hubbard did not hit his outs on the 9♦ turn or 8♣ river, seeing Graham's aces hold for a massive double-up.
Yang Wang raised pot to 105,000 from early position and action folded around to Gary Banks in the big blind who called all in for his last 105,000 to put his tournament life on the line.
Gary Banks: K♣J♣9♥8♥
Yang Wang: K♥K♠3♥3♠
No help came for Banks on the 4♠4♣6♣3♦6♦ run out and he was sent to the rail.
Action was picked up as Renji Mao was all in against Joshua Pape.
Renji Mao: K♣K♦Q♦6♣
Joshua Pape: A♠A♣7♠8♣
The flop came J♥A♥Q♣, and Mao was eliminated when Pape improved to a full house on the J♠ turn. The 4♥ was dealt on the river.
Gary Banks raised it to 105,000 in early position. It folded to Dylan Weisman in the big blind, who defended after some thought.
Both players then checked the 2♣9♣8♦ flop, and Weisman checked again on the A♠ turn. Banks tossed in a bet of 75,000, but Weisman turned up the heat with an all-in raise.
Banks was put at risk for his total stack of 210,000, and he went deep into the tank. After a while, the clock was called on him, and he let go of his cards near the end of his 30-second countdown.
Edward Leonard limped from middle position as did Jeff Madsen in late position and Justin Scott in the cutoff. Action came to Gary Banks sat on the button who raised it up to 60,000 to play.
Leonard then three-bet to 285,000 which found folds from Madsen and Scott. Banks called all in for his last 200,000 or so for his tournament life.
Gary Banks: J♣10♠9♣7♥
Edward Leonard: K♣K♥6♠5♣
No help for Banks on the Q♥3♣A♠ flop nor the 8♥ turn but when the K♦ peeled off on the turn and gave Leonard a set it also gave Banks Broadway for a double up and more.
Stephen Hubbard raised to 105,000 from under the gun, Evan Krentzman called in the big blind.
Krentzman decided to lead for 100,000 when the flop came 5♥3♣7♥, Hubbard called.
Krentzman did not slow down on the 5♦ turn, and he bet 200,000, Hubbard snap folded.
Joshua Pape raised to 105,000 in early position. Jesse Lonis flat-called in the hijack before button Joao Vieira squeezed in a three-bet to 465,000. Pape quickly got out of the way, but Lonis called after a deep tank.
Vieira had left himself just 150,000 behind, which he pushed all in on the 9♦4♣A♦ flop once Lonis had checked. Lonis could only laugh as he folded his K♠Q♠5♥X♥ face up, and the pot was shipped to Vieira without further contest.
Chip counts pulled from the WSOP LIVE app.
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