Darryl Shaff opened to 25,000 from middle position and Patrice Ah-Nien three-bet to 100,000 on the button. Elai Mazor then four-bet jammed out of the small blind and Shaff folded, kissing goodbye to his raising chip.
Ah-Nien asked for a count and then called when it was deemed to be for 282,000 total.
Elai Mazor: J♣J♠ 
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♣K♣
The flip went to Mazor on a board of Q♦8♠6♣9♣Q♥ and that left Ah-Nien on ten big blinds.
Three ways to the 9♦6♥2♥K♠ turn, Anand Kumar bet 65,000 out of the big blind. Hennie Appel called in the cutoff for Marko Nortje to then push all-in with the covering stack on the button.
Kumar had around 220,000 total and opted to call it off while Appel folded.
Anand Kumar: K♥10♠
Marko Nortje: K♦Q♥
The kicker played after the A♥ river and Nortje clapped loudly to celebrate.
Over on table ten, the action escalated in a big preflop confrontation when Huawei Sun was all-in and at risk for 414,000 from under the gun, up against start-of-the-day chip leader Benjamin Lingenfelder.
Huawei Sun: Q♦Q♠
Benjamin Lingenfelder: A♦K♦
The K♥8♥5♥ flop propelled Lingenfelder into the lead and he further improved to trips on the K♣ turn. Neither player had a heart in the hand, which made the 2♥ river a blank to eliminate Sun.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Kinesh Pather defended his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Danny Dayani and they got it in after the J♥6♥6♣ flop.
Kinesh Pather: J♣9♥
Danny Dayani: A♠A♣
The 2♦ turn and 4♠ river allowed Dayani to double for 127,000. Pather was left with 3,000 chips and busted in the next hand.
Marvin Torres doubled through Anand Kumar with an ace versus the Q♠Q♥ of Anand Kumar thanks to a board of A♥7♥6♠J♦J♠.
He was then all-in for 165,000 with the 10♦10♠ and Marko Nortje had pushed into him with the K♦9♦. There was no shenanigans on the A♦3♥2♥A♥4♣ runout this time for Torres to double again.
Chad Khoury open-jammed for 119,000 with the Q♦J♦ and Benjamin Lingenfelder reshoved with the A♥K♥.
Khoury demanded for his one time and took the lead on the Q♣9♠5♠ flop. The 4♠ turn was a blank but the K♦ river restored the preflop order to knock out Khoury.
Michael Gossayn then bowed out on the feature table before John van der Westhuizen was all-in for just shy of six big blinds against Marko Nortje.
John van der Westhuizen: K♥Q♣
Marko Nortje: J♣10♣
Both had a piece of the K♠10♠2♣ flop and Nortje asked for a club.
That came with the 6♣ turn and he already said sorry. Indeed, the suckout came with the J♦ river for van der Westhuizen to depart on a pay jump.
Make that three seat open in a mere five minutes over on table 11. Teren Rumnundlall had barely headed to the payout desk when Kosta Kotsikaris jammed for a short stack on the button, Ronit Chamani did so from the small blind to isolate.
Kosta Kotsikaris: A♥2♥
Ronit Chamani: 8♦8♣
The K♦8♠8♥ flop gave Chamani unbeatable quads to make the K♥ turn and Q♠ river a formality.
Over on the live stream table, Menesh Keshav three-bet jammed for 135,000 with the A♦7♥ in the cutoff and he was called by Stephen Courtney with the Q♦Q♥ in middle position.
Courtney left his opponent dead with quads on the Q♠Q♣4♣ flop to make the K♦2♥ runout a formality.
Raymond van der Vyver was all-in before the flop and called multiple ways. Nick Sissou bet the A♠5♥4♦ flop and isolated successfully.
Raymond van der Vyver: A♦Q♥
Nick Sissou: 4♠4♣
Van der Vyver needed running cards but it was all over on the 7♠ turn to make the 6♥ river a formality.
The fireworks continued on the same table when Benjamin Lingenfelder was all-in for 454,000 on the 7♠5♥2♣6♦ turn only to get snapped off by Roy Bitton.
Benjamin Lingenfelder: 8♦6♥
Roy Bitton: 9♣8♣
"Only the nine," another player at the table remarked and that's what came with the 9♠ river to ensure an unlikely split pot.
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