Antonio Esfandiari raised to 1,300, and then Justin Bonomo reraised to 3,500 from the cutoff seat. Jason Mercier moved all in for 14,875 from the small blind, and action folded back to Bonomo. He called with off suit. Mercier had him dominated with .
On the flop, Bonomo sprung into the lead, though. The turn was a , and the river a . Bonomo had come from behind to win the hand, and with that Mercier was off to the cage to reenter.
From early position, Senh Ung raised to 1,700. Sorel Mizzi called from to cutoff seat, Mike Watson called on the button, and then Ole Schemion reraised to 6,200 out of the big blind. After Ung folded, Mizzi called, and then Watson folded. That left heads-up action to the flop between Schemion and Mizzi.
Schemion was first to act on the board, and he fired out 6,000. Mizzi called, and the dealer added the on the turn. Schemion bet 11,400, and Mizzi called.
The river was the , and Schemion counted his stack before looking at the dealer and announcing that he was all in. Mizzi got a count, and Schemion's shove was worth 39,300. After a little bit of time in the tank, Mizzi folded, and Schemion scooped in the pot.
Joe Hachem was all in with the versus David Steicke's . The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Hachem successfully doubled up to 25,000. Steicke was left with 48,000.
Action folded to Tony Bloom on the button, and he raised to 2,500. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu called from the small blind, and Grayson Ramage called out of the big blind. After the flop fell , Negreanu checked, Ramage bet 4,600, Bloom folded, and Negreanu called.
The turn was the , and Negreanu check-called a bet of 7,800 to see the pair the board on the river, Negreanu checked, and Ramage checked behind.
Negreanu tabled the to beat Ramage's , and he won the pot to move to 80,000 in chips.