Connor Rash opened to 8,000 from the button but then Ivan Galinec put in a rather large three-bet to 42,000 and Rash made the call.
When the flop came out 8♥Q♣10♠ Galinec continued for 50,000 and Rash called once again to see the 9♥ appear on the turn.
The players then decided to check through to the river A♣ where they checked once again. Galinec then showed K♠K♥ which was apparently good as Rash quickly folded to award him the pot.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Ezequiel Waigel, who was super short earlier, had managed to boost his stack to around the 275,000 mark, and he put some of those newly founds chips to use by opening to 9,000 from middle position. Josue Aguirre called on the button before chip leader Jing Wang three-bet to 56,000 from the big blind. Waigel called while Aguirre returned his cards to the dealer.
Wang continued for 40,000 on the A♥4♥2♠ flop and Waigel called, leaving around 175,000 behind. Wang then quickly bet 200,000 on the J♦ turn to put his opponent all in.
Waigel puffed out his cheeks several times over the next few moments and was clearly stuck on what to do. He eventually folded, and Wang extended his chip lead.
Waigel opened to 9,000 again the following hand and was called by Wang from the small blind.
The J♥8♠3♥ flop checked through to the 6♠ turn. Wang led for 7,000 but folded when Waigel made it 28,000.
The under-the-gun player limped in before Anatoly Nikitin raised to 15,000 from middle position. Martin Jacobson called from the hijack and the limper also called.
Nikitin continued for 20,000 on the 8♦2♥2♣ flop and only Jacobson called. Nikitin then check-raised to 75,000 after Jacobson bet 25,000 on the 6♦ turn. The 2014 WSOP Main Event champion called.
Nikitin then jammed as the big stack on the 7♠ river which put Jacobson into the tank. He had around 150,000 behind and thought over the spot for some time.
Jacobson ended up conceding the pot and Nikitin crossed the 500,000 mark.
Adrian Buckley opened to 8,000 before Darren Elias defended his big blind from middle position.
Elias check-raised to 16,000 after Buckley made a continuation bet on the K♦K♥3♣ flop. Buckley called.
Elias fired another 18,000 into the middle on the 4♣ turn and Buckley folded after some brief thinking.
The next hand, Anthony Bellino jammed for 33,000 from the cutoff and Elias called from the small blind.
Anthony Bellino: J♠3♠
Darren Elias: A♣5♠
Bellino's jam was mistimed and he was still behind following the Q♠Q♣2♦ flop. Elias locked up the hand on the A♥ turn and the 8♥ completed the board.
Raul Martinez opened to 8,000 under-the-gun and action folded around to the small blind who made the call but then Pratik Mehta in the big blind three-bet to 25,000.
Martinez made the call while the small blind got out of the way and the two players went heads-up to flop of J♣7♦10♠.
Mehta checked to Martinez who thought for a bit before putting out a continuation-bet of 13,000, which Mehta called.
On the turn 9♣, Martinez bet again, this time for 37,000, and Mehta check-called once more to see the 5♠ appear on the river.
Mehta quickly checked for a third time and Martinez went into the tank and counted his chips before firing a bet of 58,000. Mehta then promptly surrendered his hand to award Martinez the substantial pot.
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Jesse Lonis opened to 9,000 from the cutoff and called when Martins Adeniya moved all in for 30,500 from the button.
Martins Adeniya: K♥Q♥
Jesse Lonis: A♦3x
Lonis was ahead, but Adeniya paired up on the Q♣10♥10♣ flop to take the lead. The 9♠ turn and 6♣ river were bricks, and the Englishman took in the pot.
Lonis now occupies the seat that once accommodated defending champion Joey Weissman. The latter came into the day with a short stack and could not spin it up into another deep run.
Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 9,000 from the hijack before Johann Ibanez made it 32,000 from the button. Kuznetsov put in the four-bet to 72,000, leaving around 200,000. He then snap-called when his opponent jammed for around 300,000.
Nikita Kuznetsov: A♦A♣
Johann Ibanez: Q♣Q♥
Kuznetsov was on course to scoop in the massive pot, but he was immediately drawing to two immediate outs after Ibanez made a full house on the Q♠8♠8♦ flop. The 9♥ turn changed nothing and the 8♥ river confirmed the bad beat and Kuznetsov's departure.
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