On a flop of 
we found Mark Newhouse leading out from under the gun with a bet of 24,000. His opponent in Timothy Nuter made the call as the 
landed on the turn.
Newhouse checked and Nuter tossed in a bet of 45,000 only to have Newhouse check-raise to 105,000. Nuter released his hand and Newhouse was pushed the pot to move to 1,330,000 in chips.
Jacke Glazier raised to 16,000 in early position, 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Simon Charette called in the hijack seat, and Roman Verenko defended his big blind. The trio checked on a flop of 
, and the turn brought the 
. Verenko and Glazier both checked, prompting Charette to bet 24,000. Verenko check-raised to 54,000, and only Charette called.
The river was the 
, Verenko led out for 104,000, and Charette tank-called. Verenko turned over 
for trip aces.
"Wow," Charette said, genuinely shocked. "Nice hand."
Verenko chipped up to 615,000, while Charette is down to 135,000.
From early position, Vivek Rajkumar raised to 19,000. Seaver Kyaw made the call from the small blind, and Allen Cunningham called out of the big blind.
The three players saw a flop of 
, and Kyaw led for 36,000. After Cunningham folded, Rajkumar called.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked. They also checked after the 
paired the board on the river.
Kyaw showed the 
, and Rajkumar mucked his hand.
We came upon a postflop situation involving Andrew Carini and Jaime Kaplan just now that saw a board come 
, Carini check, and Kaplan put out a bet of 21,000.
Carini came back with a check-raise to 62,000, then Kaplan deliberately replaced his previous bet with a reraise back to 162,000. Carini considered for just a few moments, then let his hand go.
Blake Yu raised to 17,000, and Neil Walker shoved all in. Yu called immediately and showed . Walker turned over 
, and the players were in a classic flip. The flop came 
, giving Yu top pair, but also giving Walker a set and a commanding lead in the hand. The fell on the turn, giving Yu a straight draw, and then the hit the felt on the river. Yu made his runner-runner straight, busting Walker from the Main Event in brutal fashion.
Eddie Blumenthal fired 18,000 on a flop of , and [Removed:532] came out with a check-raise to 47,000. Blumenthal wasted little time in calling. [Removed:550] bet 66,000 on the 
turn, and Blumenthal called that bet as well. After the hit the river, [Removed:550] upped the stakes considerably with a 255,000 bet. Blumenthal let his hand go.
We arrived at the table with the flop spread out 
. Both Kenneth Hsiung and Giuseppe Zarbo checked from the blinds, before Bastian Fischer bet out 33,000. Vincent Robert was the final player in the hand, and opted to raise it up to 93,000 from the button.
Hsiung then went into the tank for several minutes, before announcing a raise, and sliding out 265,000. Zarbo paused for a moment, before folding his hand, as did Fischer.
With the option back on Robert, he tanked for a minute, before announcing all in for an extra 9,000. Hsiung made the call, and both players rolled over their cards.
Robert: 
Hsiung:
Both players had flopped a flush draw. Robert was in front after flopping a pair, but didn’t want to see any clubs or an ace come out. The 
on the turn was a great card, as was the 
on the river. Hsiung missed his draw, as Robert jumped from his chair in excitement after holding onto the win.
We walked up to find Mark Newhouse and Jason Brauda looking at a 
board. Newhouse had a bet of 46,000 already in front of him, and Brauda raised to 115,000. Newhouse reraised to 346,000, and Brauda instantly moved all in. Newhouse called.
Brauda: 
Newhouse: 
Brauda needed a king to survive, but the turn and river filled up Newhouse's boat, increasing his stack to nearly 1.3 million.
We're unsure of the action, but a short-stacked Lauren Kling has just been eliminated holding pocket tens. She was dominated by Jamil Ogunmakinwa's , and the board ran out 
.
Gregory Liang has seen his Main Event run come to an end about halfway through Level 18.
We arrived for the aftermath, with Liang's having been beaten by Adeep Harb's 
after the board had run out 
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