Bryan Piccioli went preflop all-in with his remaining stack of around 525,000 on the button. Christopher Elkins in the big blind decided to call.
Bryan Piccioli: A♦4♠
Christopher Elkins: A♣J♦
The dealer revealed the board: 2♠7♥5♣9♣10♠.
Elkins was already ahead preflop and the board kept it this way. Unfortunately for Piccioli who had to leave this tournament.
Benjamin Parent moved all in for 680,000 in late position and in the cutoff Seong Han raised to 1,400,000 to see everyone else fold.
Benjamin Parent: A♥7♥
Seong Han: 9♥9♣
The board ran out K♥8♣2♥4♠5♦ and the nines held up for Han to eliminate Parent from the tournament.
Mark Leslie raised from the small blind to 450,000, putting maximum pressure on Aijing Jiao, who had the shorter stack, and Jiao moved all in for 545,000. Leslie called.
Aijing Jiao: A♥5♠
Mark Leslie: A♣8♠
The board ran with K♠Q♥6♣4♥J♠, and Leslie's eight kicker played for the win.
The 78 remaining players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Terence Etim raised to 120,000 in the cutoff to see Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan three-bet to 260,000 on the button. In the small blind, Killian Farrell moved all in for 560,000 and only Etim called.
Killian Farrell: K♦K♣
Terence Etim: A♠A♥
The board ran out A♦9♠7♣3♣A♣ to give Etim quad aces and eliminate Farrell from the tournament.
Evagoras Evagorou made it 135,000 to play from the hijack and was looked up by Dennis Snowdy in the small blind.
The flop came 6♣10♦2♦ and Snowdy led out for 95,000. Evagorou made the call.
The 5♦ peeled off on the turn and Snowdy didn't slow down and fired out a second bullet of 225,000. Evagorou thought for a while and made the call.
On the 9♣ river, Snowdy checked it to Evagorou, who after a short tank, moved all in and had Snowdy covered. Snowdy snap-called and tabled 9♠9♦ for a rivered set but was way behind Evagorou and his Q♦J♦ for a turned flush. Snowdy was sent to the rail in an unfortunate manner whilst Evagorou raked in the monster pot.
Kevin Rustice started with less than two big blinds in Level 26. He managed to double up twice.
In the first hand, he was heads-up with Carlos Aguirre. Rustice open-shoved for 105,000 with J♠9♦. Aguirre called with A♥J♣. The dealer ran the board 3♠9♥4♥2♥2♦. Rustice managed to find two pair on the board.
In the following hand, Jesse Herron opened to 120,000 on the button, in the small blind Tsubasa Kamei shoved for 1,350,000, Rustice decided to go all in as well, while Herron moved away.
Kevin Rustice: A♣A♦
Jesse Herron: J♣J♥
The board showed 10♥5♥4♠K♠5♣. Both players found two pair, however the aces of Rustice ensured he doubled up.
Shawn Pilot opened to 300,000 in the hijack and only Jane Bahk called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out 4♣3♥2♠ and Bahk moved all in for 830,000 effective, sending Pilot into the tank.
After some thought he tossed his hand away, leaving Bahk to near the 3 million chip mark.
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