Bogdan Capitan raised to 70,000 preflop from middle position, and Elliot Kampen defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♥2♠2♦. Kampen checked before calling a bet of 55,000 from Capitan. Both players then checked the 9♥ turn.
The river came 8♦. Kampen bet 80,000, and Capitan called. Kampen showed K♥10♥7♠2♣ for trip twos, and Capitan mucked.
In a preflop all-in contest, David Wang was all-in and at risk with the A♠A♣9♠8♦. Ka Kwan Lau looked him up with the A♥K♠J♥4♥ and the Q♣10♠8♣8♠6♦ board kept Wang in contention as he doubled with trips eights, dodging the flopped wrap of Lau.
The board read 10♦5♥4♥ with two players remaining in the pot.
Ren Lin in the big blind checked the action to Sam Sovrel in early position. Soverel bet 75,000 and Lin check-raised to 440,000.
Soverel three-bet to the size of the pot putting Lin all in. The hand went to a showdown.
Ren Lin: A♥Q♥9♠5♠
Sam Soverel: K♥10♥6♥5♣
The turn fell the 7♠ and the river brought the 3♥.
"Touch down baby!" Lin exclaimed as his ace-high flush was ahead of Soverel's king-high flush, ensuring him the full double.
Sam Soverel raised to 85,000 in the cutoff and Joseph Liberta called on the button. Jay Harwood then raised the pot to 370,000 out of the small blind with fewer than that behind. Soverel opted to call and Liberta got out of the way.
"Put a seven out there," Soverel mentioned while he looked at his opponent before glancing at the 9♠6♦4♥ flop. Harwood pushed all-in and Soverel snap-called.
Jay Harwood: A♦A♣8♣2♣
Sam Soverel: 9♦8♠6♣5♦
Soverel was ahead with two pair and a gutshot. Nothing changed with the J♠ turn and K♥ river to send Harwood to the rail on a pay jump.
Orod Ashegh raised it up to get called by Ioannis Angelou Konstas on the button and Benoit Galland came along out of the big blind. The Q♠8♦4♦ flop was checked to Ashegh and he bet 85,000, picking up two calls. They checked the J♣ turn and Q♦ river for Galland to table the A♦9♦9♥2♠ for the ace-high flush, which won the pot.
William Kopp bet the A♦Q♠J♥4♣ turn for 200,000 to earn a call from David Wang and then fired a larger bet on the 2♣ river for Wang to fold.
One hand later, Frederick Hoban check-raised the J♠6♣6♦ flop from 75,000 to 300,000 and Travis Pearson called. The 8♥ turn was checked by Hoban and Pearson bet 200,000 to take down the pot uncontested.
Ka Kwan Lau raised from the cutoff to 65,000. Florencio Bunal in the big blind three-bet to the size of the pot for 205,000 and Lau called.
The flop of 10♥10♣K♥ saw Buncal slow down, now check-calling a bet of 150,000 from Lau.
Bunal checked in the dark as the K♣ was peeled. Lau checked back.
Again, Bunal checked in the dark as the K♠ fell. Lau thought for some time before checking back.
Bunal showed A♦A♥7♥7♠ for a full house.
The players at the table all laughed as one of them announced: "You get aces every third hand!".
On a flop of A♠K♥2♠, Keith Lehr ended up all-in and at risk out of the big blind against Jay Harwood from under the gun.
Keith Lehr: A♥5♣2♣2♥
Jay Harwood: A♦K♣Q♠3♠
Lehr was marginally ahead with the bottom set versus top two pair and flush draw. The Q♣ turn gave Harwood even more outs and he got there with the 8♠ river.
One minute later, Anthony Hu was the next to bow out and that reduced the field to the final four tables.
Just before the blinds had gone up, Anthony Hu raised it up from the button only for Adam Hendrix to three-bet the pot in the small blind with Hu coming along. Hendrix had 30,000 behind and check-called all-in on the 8♥7♣4♣ flop.
Adam Hendrix: A♥A♣6♠3♣
Anthony Hu: K♣Q♦J♣J♦
The 9♦ turn and 7♥ river changed nothing as Hendrix doubled to trade stack sizes with Hu.
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