Rickey McColley had become short-stacked and was all in for around 250,000 from early position, with Levent Aksoy making the call from late position to try and end his day.
Rickey McColley: A♦8♦ 
Levent Aksoy: A♣9♣
Aksoy's nine-kicker proved decisive after the J♥2♦6♠7♣K♥ runout, earning him the pot.
McColley was eliminated and made his way to the payout desk.
Nan Min opened the action with an under-the-gun raise and Robert Pacleb three-bet jammed for 210,000 on the button. After confirming the count, Min made the call.
Robert Pacleb: J♠J♣
Nan Min: 7♣7♦
The flop came 10♦9♠9♦ with Pacleb still out in front. The turn landed the 10♠ and the river fell the 6♠, earning him the second double up in just a few minutes.
Christopher Powers raised to 70,000 from middle position and only Timothy Garner called from the button.
As soon as Powers saw the K♦3♥K♥ flop, he tossed in his last 115,000, and Garner quickly called.
Christopher Powers: 5♥5♦
Timothy Garner: A♥Q♥
Powers had pocket fives against the two overcards and flush draw of Garner.
Powers was asking the dealer for black cards, and he got exactly what he wished for as the rest of the board came 8♠K♠, giving him a full house and keeping his tournament hopes alive.
Robert Pacleb moved all in for 75,000 in middle position and it folded around to Mark Rubin in the big blind, who took some time to think through his decision.
"I don't know how to make this call, it's complete garbage," said Rubin after looking back at his cards.
He eventually did make the call, asking, "Do I really have to show this?" after seeing Pacleb's cards.
Robert Pacleb: A♥A♣
Mark Rubin: 10♦6♠
The board of 8♦J♠K♠4♣8♥ ran out safe for Pacleb, securing him the much-needed double-up.
William Beasley open-shoved his last chips to the middle of the table. Only Dean Rutledge chose to make the call.
William Beasley: A♣10♦
Dean Rutledge: A♥K♣
The dealer revealed the board: 7♣6♥2♣Q♠5♣
Rutledge won the flip, with his king kicker, sending Beasley to the payout desk.
Alexander Dovzhenko raised to 60,000 from middle position and Kinesh Pather jammed for 255,000 from the button. Dovzhenko gave it plenty of thought before making the call to try and bust Pather.
Kinesh Pather: 9♠9♥
Alexander Dovzhenko: 9♣8♣
Dovzhenko's suited connector was in awful shape against the pocket nines of Pather, but he picked up a straight-flush draw on the 10♣Q♣5♥ flop.
The 4♠ turn was a brick, but the J♥ completed the board to give Dovzhenko a straight, sending Pather to the rail with a bad beat story to tell.
Action went heads-up to the turn in a hand between Dhesikan Ananchaperumal in the small blind and Imre Makranyi on the button.
With the board reading K♥10♠8♦2♥, Ananchaperumal check-called a bet of 80,000, bringing the 3♠ river.
Both players checked and Ananchaperumal tabled 8♠2♣ for two pair, eights and deuces.
"Nice turn," said Makranyi, showing A♣10♣ for a pair of tens.
Perry Wymore stuck in his stack of 205,000 from middle position and Mark Thomas was the player trying to win them all from the button.
Perry Wymore: A♦Q♠
Mark Thomas: J♦J♠
It was "a fair fight," as one of their tablemates commented, although Wymore took the upper hand by pairing his ace on the A♠9♦4♥ flop.
Thomas didn't find a jack on the 10♣ turn or 7♣ river, and Wymore earned the much-needed double-up.
Mark Warling raised to 75,000 in middle position, Jonathan Lemone flatted in late position, and Edward Apodaca raised to 150,000 in the hijack. Warling and Lemone both called.
The flop came K♥10♠J♠, and Warling led out with a bet of 200,000, prompting Lemone and Apodaca to give up their hands.
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