Nick Petrangelo raised to 2,700 in the cutoff before Alejandro Lococo three bet to 7,100 on the button. Action folded back to Petrangelo who called.
The flop came 
and Petrangelo check-called the 4,500 continuation bet from Lococo.
The 
was the turn and Petrangelo checked. Lococo paused before firing 11,600 which got an instant fold from Petrangelo.
Picking up the action on the 
turn, Rajat Sharma checked in the cutoff. Andre Akkari bet 6,200 on the button and picked up a call by Sharma. Another check by Sharma on the river followed and Akkari now bet 27,000. That sent his table neighbour into the tank as the TV crews started rushing to the table.
Sharma pondered about the decision for half a minute and folded.
Juan Pardo raised to 2,500 from the hijack and was called by Ezequiel Waigel in the cutoff and Martin Raus on the button. Andjelko Andrejevic also came along in the big blind.
The flop came 
and action checked to Raus who moved all in for around 10,000. Action folded around to Waigel who snap-called.
Martin Raus: 
Ezequiel Waigel: 
Raus had top pair while Waigel had flopped a set. The turn came the 
and the river the 
which eliminated Raus from the tournament.
After losing a majority of his once big stack to Eric Afriat moments ago, Pedro Garagnani was all in for his last 14,000 from the button and was called by Daniel Neilson from the small blind.
Pedro Garagnani: 
Daniel Neilson: 
Garagnani was unable to pair up on the 
runout and was eliminated. He has however hopped back into the PCA Main Event as late registration is open until the end of the level.
Franck Makaci opened to 2,500 from under the gun before Martin Stausholm made it 10,000 on his direct left. Action folded back to Makaci who reraised to 20,000. Stausholm quickly jammed for 70,000 total and Makaci snap-called.
Martin Stausholm: 
Franck Makaci: 
Stausholm needed a lot of help and a lifeline as extended as he paired his king on the 
flop. However, the 
turn and river kept Makaci ahead and Stausholm exited the room.
PokerNews caught the hand as Marcello Del Grosso and Chris Moorman were all in on a flop of 
.
Marcello Del Grosso: 
Chris Moorman:
Moorman was well in the lead with his flopped set, and the board completed with 
to improve him to a full house to win the hand, eliminating Del Grosso in the process.
When asked when the all-in occurred, Moorman replied, "On the flop of course!" But was soon corrected by the table that they did, in fact, get it all in preflop.
"Noooo, then they'll think I got it in bad!" Moorman joked, "I always get it in good!"
Meanwhile, Del Grosso re-entered the tournament at a nearby table.
Action was three ways to the flop with around 8,000 in the pot. Jonathan Proudfoot was in the hijack, Nick Petrangelo in the cutoff and Michael Addamo in the big blind.
The flop came 
and action checked to Petrangelo who bet 2,300. Addamo called before Proudfoot raised to 7,500. Petrangelo quickly folded while Addamo thought for a few moments before also conceding the pot to Proudfoot.
Cary Katz was all-in with a severe short stack holding the . Noah Schwartz looked him up with the 
and the flip went to Katz, who made a straight on the 
runout.
Diogo Cardoso opened to 2,500 from the button and was called by Eric Afriat from the small blind. Pedro Garagnani, who previously bested Afriat in preflop raising war earlier on, three-bet to 11,000.
Cardoso folded but Afriat then put in the back-raise to 27,500. Garagnani was taken by surprise and inquired about Afriat's stack size and Afriat did the same.
Garagnani, who was the bigger stack, moved all in and was snap-called by Afriat who had a stack size of 92,200.
Eric Afriat:
Pedro Garagnani:: 
Garagnani failed to connect on the 
runout and Afriat scooped in the sizeable pot.
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