On a flop of J♦9♠4♠, Canada's Leslie Jones got it in with the K♥K♠ after he was jammed upon by Natham Neto with the Q♠3♠.
The 6♠ turn improved Neto to the queen-high flush and the 4♥ river ended Jones's run, who sighed that "nobody will remember this" and that he "should have just shoved" presumably preflop.
Tommy Nguyen raised to 3,000 on the button, Kevin Martin in the small blind called and the big blind folded.
The flop came A♠J♣Q♠, and both players checked. The J♥ on the turn did not ramp up the action as both players checked.
The 8♠ on the river saw Martin lead for 10,000, and Nguyen quickly called only to be shown the bad news as Martin rivered a set with 8♥8♣ to take the pot.
Brian Carraher opened to 3,000 from late position and Justin Warner called from the hijack. Ricardas Lukauskas three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind and Carraher called. Warner mucked and the players went heads up to the flop.
A 9♣7♥J♥ was dealt and Lukauskas bet 12,000. Carraher made another call and the 3♣ was turned.
Lukauskas checked and Carraher bet out 33,000 which prompted Lukauskas to make a swift fold.
Byungjin Kang three-bet to 10,000 in the small blind and Sean Perry called in early position.
Both players checked the Q♥7♠7♦ flop. Kang then bet 5,500 on the 8♣ turn, and Perry raised to 18,000. Kang called.
Kang checked to Perry on the 2♣ river, and Perry quickly checked back. Kang turned over Q♣Q♠ for a flopped full house and pretended to smack himself in the forehead as he raked in the pot.
Sebastien Guittard raised to 7,500 under the gun. Roman Romm three-bet all in for 47,000.
Guittard made the call.
Roman Romm: J♥J♠
Sebastien Guittard: 9♣9♦
Not that he needed the help, but Romm hit a set on the flop and took the double-up through a runout of J♦2♣3♣6♠5♦.
Aleksandar Jankovic raised from under the gun to 3,000. Masoud Jafari called from late position, and Christopher Skinner called from the hijack. The flop was A♠7♠K♦, and all the players checked.
On the turn K♠, Jankovic bet 3,000, and Skinner was the lone caller.
Both players checked the river J♠, and Skinner mucked when Jankovic showed A♥J♣ for two pair.
Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Robert Borkowski on the button and Eric Tsai in the big blind, with Borkowski all in and at risk for 41,500.
Robert Borkowski: Q♥Q♣
Eric Tsai: K♥K♦
The board ran out 9♠6♥3♥9♦9♥ and the nines full of kings was good for Tsai.
Ted Jackson-Spivack opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and William Linden called in the big blind.
On the J♦6♦2♦ flop, Linden check-called a bet of 3,000 from Jackson-Spivack.
Linden checked again on the 9♣ turn as Jackson-Spivack bet 6,500 and Linden quickly called again.
On the 5♣ river, Jackson-Spivack jammed as the covering stack and Linden called off his final 16,000.
William Linden: A♦3♦
Ted Jackson-Spivack: K♦Q♦
It was a cooler flop that saw Linden flop the nut flush and Jackson-Spivack the second nuts, and the money was destined to go in as Jackson-Spivack took a hit to his stack and Linden secured the full double.
Marco Meisser limp-called from middle position and Charles Moore, wearing a Santa hat to pair with his white beard, did likewise from the hijack.
Dylan Smith raised to 7,500. Meisser called, but Moore raised to 76,500.
Smith moved all of his 104,000 chips into the pot. Meisser tanked for several minutes before letting his hand go.
Moore made the call.
Dylan Smith: A♠K♦
Charles Moore: A♥Q♥
Already ahead, Smith hit the door card with a pair of kings on the flop and held through the full board of 3♥4♠K♠10♠7♦.
The typically jovial Moore, who was smiling and jingling his bells while waiting on Messer's decision as if this were Christmas in July, became agitated when a player at the table tried to help him match the all-in stack.
"Stay outta my kitchen," Moore screamed. "You're not in the hand, I am. I have a right to count his chips."
When he calmed down, he paid his debt and play continued.
Paul Hammerschmied pushed all in for the last 11,000 from middle position and was called by Jordan Siegel out of the blinds.
Paul Hammerschmied: Q♥5♣
Jordan Siegel: 9♣9♥
The pocket pair held on the J♦J♥4♥10♣7♠ runout to send Hammerschmied to the rail.
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