In a pot of already more than 300,000, the board read 
and Alexander Pope announced all in which forced his opponent Jeremy Stein to make a decision for his tournament life. Stein thought it over but relented to the shove, giving Pope a nice pot.
The floor was called over to the table which already had Gal Yifrach and Andre Akkari seated at it. James Calderaro had just been moved to this table as his old one got broken up. Yifrach claimed that he had seen one of big blind Akkari's cards. The dealer explained the situation to the floor, Yifrach explained again that he saw a red picture card. The floor looked at Akkari's cards and then got another floor person over to confirm the decision; the other floor ruled that play would just continue as is. Akkari looked a bit stumped but play did continue.
Yifrach raised to 8,000 from the late position and was called by the player in the hijack, Allen Nielson in the cutoff, and Akkari himself in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Akkari checked, Yifrach continued with a bet of 15,000. The hijack raised to 35,000 and both Nielson and Akkari folded.
"There I go with the picture cards..." Akkari commented.
Yifrach called to see the 
on the turn. Yifrach quickly bet 15,000, his opponent raised to 55,000 and Yifrach responded with a shove of 165,000 which was snap-called.
Gal Yifrach: 
Opponent: 
They had both flopped two pair and turned a full house but Yifrach was ahead with the higher full house.
The river completed the board with the 
as a formality and the bracelet winner got paid the full double-up.
Phil Hui was eliminated by Brandon Fraizer a few minutes ago and shortly after the next notable ended up all in and at risk over on the secondary feature.
Gus Hansen raised to 7,000 in the hijack and Alex Condon jammed for 36,000 in the cutoff, Hansen called.
Alex Condon: 
Gus Hansen: 
The board came 
and Condon doubled.
TK Miles was tanking in a battle of the blinds with 
on the felt. Preston McEwen had bet large with 50,000 into about 55,000 and Miles was lost in thought when someone called a clock. The supervisor arrived but Miles didn't need much longer before calling. He placed the chips in front of McEwen as if conceding them, and he was right to do so since McEwen had for queens full.
It was a three and four-bet battle between Mitchell Watson from the small blind and Archie Sneed from the big before all the chips ended up in the middle.
Mitchell Watson:
Archie Sneed:
Sneed didn't like what he saw but received a little help from the 
flop.
The turn fell the 
and Sneed was drawing to a king that didn't come as the river fell the and he was eliminated from the tournament.
With action picked up on the 
turn, John Hashem bet 60,000 out of the small blind and Faraz Jaka called in middle position.
The river was the 
and Hashem announced a huge wager of 250,000, equaling roughly the size of the pot. Jaka quickly called, but he learned that Hashem had him beat with 
for a rivered full house.
Jaka flipped for a flush and he conceded a big pot, allowing Hashem to vault over 1.4 million.
Mike Holm has added some much-needed chips to his stack after moving all in over a 9,000 open. His opponent asked for a count and thought about it for a minute or so before decided that fold was the best option.
Derek Sudell checked the 
board and Mike McDonald checked behind. The river was the 
and Sudell bet 24,000.
McDonald asked for a count but eventually folded. Sudell is up to over 100 big blinds after starting the day with just 26 big blinds.
Big blind Christian Stratmeyer was facing either a bet or a raise to 52,000 with only 40,000 in the middle. Jiang Qian had made the wager with 
on the felt and Stratmeyer responded with a raise to 110,000. Qian peeled his cards several times and then released.
"Nice hand," he said.
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