Joseph Dipascale raised to 180,000 and Joshua Horton called, as did Wesley Pantling and Jack Sinclair in the big blind. After a flop of 
, the action checked to Horton and his bet of 510,000 forced folds from everyone. Horton, who started the day second in chips and dropped some early on, moved back up and bumped his stack to more than 10 million in chips.
Action folded to Chris Wallace on the button and he opened for 180,000. Small blind Nicolas Cardyn shoved for an ante more than 1.8 million and big blind Kfir Nahum called rather quickly.
"I was prepared for that," Wallace said about Cardyn's shove. He eventually folded, leaving the pot to Cardyn and Nahum.
Cardyn: 
Nahum: 
"I folded an ace," Wallace said.
It wouldn't help Cardyn as the board ran out 
and he hit the rail in 74th place.
John Hesp came over to shake hands with Cardyn before the latter made his way to the payout desk.
Dan Ott opened for 175,000 in the cutoff and Colin Moffatt called on the button. When 
flopped, Ott checked and called 225,000. He check-called 475,000 more on the 
turn, and a 
completed the board. Ott checked a final time and thought for awhile before calling the final barrel, 875,000.
Moffatt turned over 
, but Ott had 
.
"Wow," someone else said. "Sicko."
Michael Zelman raised to 210,000 from under the gun and Max Silver defended his big blind.
They checked to the turn of a 
board where Silver bet 280,000. Zelman called, the river was the 
, and Silver bet 675,000. Zelman folded, giving Silver the pot.
Paul Senat moved all in for 810,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Dwek asked for a count from one seat over, then called. All opponents got out of the way and the cards were turned over.
Senat: 
Dwek: 
Senat was the player at risk, and picked up a gutshot and flush draw on the 
flop. While the turn was of no help, Senat got there in the river to improve to a flush. "Whew, I needed that," Senat said while sitting back down.
Dwek, sporting his superman outfit again, replied, "Well, I needed it too," and counted his remaining stack.
Sean Gibson opened to 200,000 in late position and Yin Liu got what appeared to be 2,200,000 all in, Gibson snap-called.
Gibson: 
Liu: 
The board ran out 
and Gibson held on with his kings to eliminate Liu and chip up to over 5.5 million.
Jae Hwang opened from early position with a raise to 225,000. Action folded to Joshua Marvin who reraised, making it 550,000 to play. From the small blind, Christian Pham cold four-bet all in with a stack of about 3,650,000. Hwang released quickly and Marvin dropped into the tank. He thought for nearly three minutes before he finally folded his hand.
"I'm making a big fold," Marvin said.
"Big fold?" Pham asked. "How much you wanna pay me?"
"You've already shown like six hands," Marvin said.
"One time?" Pham asked.
"Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast because you're wasting my time," Brandon Meyers said.
Pham then turned up his .
"Good hand, man," Marvin said. Pham raked in the pot and recovered a bit from some of his earlier setbacks.
Kenny Hallaert was in early position and raised to 175,000. Michael Ruane was in the big blind and defended.
The flop was and both players checked to the turn which was the 
.
Ruane led out for 200,000 and Hallaert called.
The river was the and Ruane thought for a minute before firing out a second bullet of 400,000. Hallaert tanked for a couple of minutes and let his hand go, sending the first clash of last year's final tablists over to Ruane.
Daniel Turner opened to 175,000 in middle position and Jonas Mackoff defended his big blind. Mackoff checked the 
flop and Turner bet 200,000. Mackoff shoved all in and got snap-called.
Turner:
Mackoff: 
Both had flopped two pair, but Turner's was better. The 
turn gave Mackoff outs to a flush but the river was a 
.
"I thought even with a snap-call I'd be good there," Mackoff said with a laugh after the hand.
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