Steven Nichols opened to 200,000 from early position and Alexis Rivera moved all in from the big blind for their entire 1,470,000 stack. Nichols made a quick call and the pair flipped their hands.
Alexis Rivera: 9♠9♦
Steven Nichols: K♦Q♦
Rivera was looking to hold and the low 2♦9♥3♣ flop was good for him and he improved to a set of nines.
The 7♠ turn and 9♣ river locked him up the double.
Level: 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Action was picked up with Rodolfo Puentes and Andy Chen had both their cards and chips in the middle of the table.
Rodolfo Puentes: A♠J♣
Andy Chen: K♥7♥
Puentes was ahead with the 9♣4♥J♥ flop but Chen had more outs to improve. Chen was pushed ahead when the 3♥ turn completed his flush leaving Puentes to dry. The dealer completed the board with a 6♥ river sending Puentes to hit the rails.
Taylor Maas opened to 200,000 on the button. Daniel Saad shoved for around 425,000 from the small blind, and Maas made the call.
Daniel Saad: K♦J♠
Taylor Maas: A♥7♣
The 3♥Q♦10♦ flop gave Saad an open-ender with backdoor diamonds, but the 10♣ turn gave him one less street with which to get there. The 3♣ river sealed his elimination, as Saad increased his chip lead over the table.
Joshua Pridgen raised all in from the cutoff with 700,000 chips. Yunye Lu, who was on the button, made the call.
Joshua Pridgen: A♥A♣
Yunye Lu: A♦Q♠
Pridgen needed help and he he got it in a runout of 6♠J♣K♣10♣8♠, flopping a gutshot to a Broadway straight and getting there on the turn.
To add injury to the suckout that cracked his pocket aces, the tournament director forced Lu to leave the table for a time because of a bloody nose.
Jonathan McCann raised to 200,000 in early position and faced an all-in from Amadeus Janotta in the small blind for 2,060,000. Matthew Blagg then moved all in from the big blind, putting his 2,045,000 in the pot, and McCann made the call with his 1,700,000.
Jonathan McCann: A♠K♥
Matthew Blagg: K♠K♦
Amadeus Janotta: 10♣10♦
The three-way cooler spelt the end for McCann on a 3♦8♠4♦6♣5♥ board, while leaving Janotta with less than half a small blind.
Yuan Li in the big blind and Jonathan Wolter in late position already built a pot of 400,000 when the flop dropped 10♦6♠K♣. Li check-called Wolter's bet of 150,000 to see the next card.
The turn 9♦ fell and Li checked once again. Wolter fired another 275,000 sending Li to the tank. He took sometime mulling over his action but ultimately gave up his hand and conceded the pot to Wolter.
Elliott Kampen moved all in from middle position with 180,000. Ilan Boujenah made the call from the seat next to him, and Maxime Manzone did likewise from the big blind.
The flop hit A♥3♠6♠. Boujenah bet, Manzone folded.
Elliott Kampen: A♣2♠
Ilan Boujenah: 7♣7♠
Kampen was in outstanding shape with a pair of aces on the flop, then the 4♦ turn gave him a straight draw as well.
But the river wasn't kind, as the 7♦ landed, to give Boujenah a set of sevens for the win.
Here is a look at the top 20 stacks returning from the break, as per the WSOP LIVE app.
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