Following a raise to 5,000, Danny Tang called and Nick Schulman on the button then squeezed to 23,000. Two calls later, the flop brought 7♣7♠5♥ on which the action checked to Schulman. He pushed all-in for 24,000 and won the pot uncontested.
Chance Kornuth covered an opponent with both stacks in the middle and the cards turned up.
Small Blind: A♠Q♠Q♥2♥ 
Chance Kornuth: A♥K♠K♥J♥
Kornuth's kings were ahead and he improved to a full house on the 4♠6♦6♣J♣K♦ board, knocking out his opponent and taking down the pot.
Justin Smith and Josh Arieh were heads up to the turn of a board showing 6♥A♦3♦Q♠. Arieh fired out a bet of 25,000 and Smith made the call.
The dealer turned over the 5♥ river, where Smith and Arieh both checked it down.
Smith flipped over A♠8♠6♠2♠ for two pair, adding to his stack as Arieh mucked.
Level nine is underway and the tournament clock shows a total of 721 entries so far, which is just ten entries shy of the attendance one year ago. However, the late registration remains open and it is expected that many hopefuls will take advantage of the extended late registration for Day 2.
The field has already been cut in half as only around 360 players remain.
In a three-bet pot to the A♦K♣8♣ flop with around 50,000 in the middle, Aleksejs Ponakovs checked. Rehman Kassam jammed for just 16,000 and Ponakovs reluctantly called.
Rehman Kassam: A♦K♦K♥10♣
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 6♣6♦5♦5♣
"Oh, I am not dead," Ponakovs exclaimed and then instantly added "okay dead" when Kassam further improved with the A♠ turn to make the J♦ river a formality.
Alex Foxen opened to 5,000 in early position and found a call from Kyle Knecht in the big blind.
The 7♠K♣10♦ flop saw both players check through to the K♥ turn, where Foxen led out for 7,500. Knecht made the call and the 8♣ river was revealed.
Another pair of checks led to Knecht showing down Q♣Q♦9♥3♦ for two pair, taking down the pot as Foxen folded.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the night, with the 100 chips being raced off.
Two more levels are scheduled to be played before bagging up for Day 2.
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