JC Alvarado opened the cutoff with a raise to 11,000 and Luiz Duarte called from the big blind.
Duarte checked on 
and Alvarado bet 9,000. Duarte check-raised to 23,000 and Alvarado called in position.
Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
completed the board. Duarte shoved for 115,500 and Alvarado tanked for a bit before he tossed in a single chip to call.
Duarte showed 
in defeat, Alvarado took it down with the 
.
Up at the featured table, Samuel Gagnon moved all in for 49,000 from early position and Denis Timofeev called from the button.
Timofeev: 
Gagnon: 
The 
flop paired Timofeev, but it also gave Gagnon a flush draw. He didn't have to wait long to hit it as the dealer burned and turned the , which left Timofeev drawing dead. The meaningless 
was run out on the river and Gagnon shipped the double.
Felix Bleiker was on the button and Vincent Allevato was in the hijack. Both players got all of their chips in the middle before the flop in a classic cooler situation.
Allevato held 
while Bleiker tabled .
The flop came 
, putting Allevato even further ahead than he already was.
The turn sealed the deal with the 
, prompting Allevato to jump out of seat to celebrate with his rail.
Bleiker was drawing dead to the 
on the river and was eliminated.
Pablo Gordillo raised in the cutoff and called the shove of Kliment Roussev Tarmakov, who had about 85,000 in the next seat.
Gordillo: 
Tarmakov:
Gordillo's three-outer appeared right away as 
flopped. No jack emerged to save Tarmakov, and he collected a payout ticket.
From late position, Jason Koon raised to 12,000. Lucas Blanco pushed all in from the blinds and Koon was quick to call.
Blanco showed the but was in trouble against the 
of Koon.
As the board came 
, Blanco hit the rail.
Tito Ortiz opened for 10,000 under the gun and Denis Timofeev responded with a three-bet to 25,000 one spot over. Action folded back to Ortiz and he called to see the 
.
Ortiz led out for 25,000, Timofeev called, and the appeared on the turn.
Ortiz bet the same amount and Timofeev called once again. When the 
completed the board on the river, Ortiz fired out 50,000 and that did the trick as Timofeev released his hand.
From the cutoff, Harpreet Gill shoved for 104,500. Over in the small blind, Arunas Sapitavicius asked for a count and glanced at Radoja's stack in the big blind. He eventually moved in over the top and Radoja folded.
Harpreet Gill:
Arunas Sapitavicius:
The board ran out 
and Gill scored a full double.
Vincent Allevato raised to 13,500 from early position and got a call from Michael Lech in middle position.
Felix Bleiker was in the cutoff and three-bet to 47,000.
Allevato quickly got out of the way and action was now on Lech. After about a minute, Lech moved all in. Bleiker wasted very little time and mucked his hand.
With about 120,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Kenneth Smaron was in the big blind and moved all in.
Anthony Diotte was on the button and had a decision to make for this tournament life.
After about a minute Diotte asked, "Will you show if I fold?"
Eventually, Diotte folded.
Smaron decided to show and tabled 
for a straight, scooping the massive pot.
Anthony Diotte moved all in for 55,000 from the big blind after a 
flop, and Vasyl Vertianov took some time before calling with 
. Diotte was on a draw, but it was a good one: 
. The turn gave him more outs as it paired him: 
. The river was a , completing his straight.
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