James Alexander raised to 75,000 from under the gun, and Josh Prager defended his big blind. The flop fell 
, Prager checked, and Alexander continued for 90,000. Prager called.
The turn was the 
, Prager check-called another bet of 175,000, and the 
completed the board. Prager led out for 300,000, Alexander tank-called, and Prager mucked.
Alexander showed 
for kings and queens, raking in the pot.
Noah Schwartz opened to to 65,000 from early position and Matthew Elsarelli three-bet shoved from the next seat over for abut 275,000. Action folded back to Schwartz who called.
Schwartz: 
Elsarelli: 
The flop came down 
, giving Schwartz the lead with a pair of kings. Elsarelli took it right back on the turn when the 
fell, but the 
landed on the river to give Schwartz trips kings to eliminate Elsarelli.
From under the gun Jonathan Depa and Sami Rustom exchanged a series of preflop raises before Depa found himself all in for 1,260,000 with Rustom making the call.
Depa: 
Rustom: 
The dealer spread a 
flop to keep Rustom in the lead, and when the fell on the turn, Depa would be down to just four outs. The river landed the and Depa was bounced to the rail as Rustom soared to 5,950,000 in chips.
It folded around to Vitaly Lunkin in the hijack seat who raised to 115,000, then Jan Nakladal reraised to 275,000 from one seat over. The button and blinds folded, and the action was back on Lunkin.
Lunkin spent a little time studying Nakladal's bet as well as looking over his own stack. Finally he told the dealer he was calling the reraise, and that he wished to bet all in dark prior to the flop cards arriving.
Several at the table reacted to Lunkin's move. "So weird," said one, while Brandon Steven said he'd never seen a player do it before.
In any event, Lunkin was all in for his last 430,000 when the flop came out 
, and Nakladal was left with the decision whether or not to call an opponent's shove that had come without knowledge of the first three community cards.
Finally Nakladal called, tabling , and Lunkin showed his 
. All leaned forward to see the dealer deliver the 
turn and 
river, and Lunkin survived with a double-up.
Cary Marshall fired 100,000 on the 
flop. Erkut Yilmaz raised to 300,000, and Marshall tank-shoved all in for 635,000. Yilmaz called with the 
. Marshall held the 
.
The turn was the and the river the 
. Yilmaz sent over the chips and Marshall doubled up.
Jonathan Jaffe raised it up to 65,000 in middle position, and Michiel Brummelhuis called from the cutoff. Goran Mandic reraised to 215,000 from the small blind, and it folded back to Jaffe. In a matter of seconds, Jaffe reraised to 375,000, Brummelhuis folded, Mandic moved all in 860,000, and Jaffe called.
Jaffe:
Mandic:
Jaffe was slightly ahead going to the flop, which came down 
. Jaffe kept the lead, and the turn brought the . That card drew a groan from the Jaffe supports, as it gave Mandic the second nut flush draw. He could not catch an ace, king, or spade to win the hand, and the river completed that runner runner flush, .
Mandic notched the double up to 1.855 million, while Jaffe drops to 3.77 million. Despite taking that big hit to his stack, Jaffe still has more then 1.5 million more than anyone at his table.
Aleksejs Ponakovs and Matthew Reed were heads up on a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the , Ponakovs led out for 160,000, and Reed made the call. Ponakovs slowed back down when the completed the board, checking to Reed who fired out 375,000 Ponakovs tanked silently for over two minutes, then called.
Reed ripped over for a pair of queens, and Ponakovs mucked his hand.
Carl Hanning opened the cutoff to 60,000 and David Benefield made the call from the big blind to see a 
flop.
Both players checked, and when the 
landed on the turn, Benefield tossed in 75,000 which Hanning called as the landed on the river.
Both players tapped the table and Benefield tabled his 
as Hanning declared a chop and tabled his 
.
We arrived at the table with the board showing 
. Erkut Yilmaz checked from the big blind, before Steven Watts slid out a bet of 190,000, which was called. The completed the board, and after facing another check, Watts bet out 360,000. Yilmaz made the instant call, as Watts mucked his hand.
Philip Long raised to 65,000 from middle position, Danard Petit called, and Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind. Long continued for 85,000 on the 
flop. Petit folded, but Mortensen check-raised to 200,000. Long thought for a minute and then called. The turn was the , and both players checked. They both checked the river as well, and Long turned over for top pair on the flop. Mortensen mucked, and Long took pot.
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