Action folded to the button who called, and after it folded to Benjamin Mintz in the big blind, he checked his option.
The flop came Q♦7♠6♣ and Mintz checked to the button who bet out 100,000. Mintz made the call to see a turn.
The turn was the 2♠ and Mintz check-called the 100,000 bet once more.
After the K♠ river, both players checked, and the button showed Qx10x but Mintz had him out kicked with QxJx to take the pot.
Action folded to a player in early position who raised to 200,000. When it folded to Ari Engel in the cutoff, he three-bet to 575,000. After it folded back to the player in early position, he four-bet all in, and Engel quickly made the call.
Early Position: A♦K♠ 
Ari Engel: Q♠Q♣
It was a classic race between queens and ace-king, and when the board ran out 5♠5♣9♠6♦10♥ Engel's pocket queens were still best, to give him the pot and eliminate his opponent.
Rick O'Connor waved over PokerNews to explain a hand that he had recently.
The under-the-gun player raised and the middle position player and late position player moved all in. O'Connor made a call from the big blind and all three players revealed their hands.
Middle Position: A♣9♣
Rick O'Connor: 10x10x
Late Position: A♥K♥
Ari Engel who was also on the table remembered that the board came 10x10x5x7x3x for O'Connor to have his opponents drawing dead after the flop.
The action was caught with approximately 250,000 in the middle with two players looking at a full board of 5♥2♥7♦J♥Q♥.
Luiz Torres, in the big blind, checked and the player in the cutoff checked back. The cutoff rolled over A♣J♣ for a turned pair of jacks, while Torres' 8♥5♦ had made a flush to take down this pot.
Action was picked up with a player in the hijack all in for 350,000, and Ran Kadur on the button making the call to put him at risk.
Hijack: 7♥7♦
Ran Kadur: J♠J♥
Kadur was in a great spot to get a knockout, and when the board ran out 3♠J♦9♥5♣4♣ Kadur improved to a set of jacks and eliminated his opponent.
A player in middle position opened to 80,000 and Eli Cohen three-bet to 220,000 from the small blind. The middle position player called.
On the A♥10♠3♥ flop, Cohen continued for 120,000, and the middle position player called.
Both checked the 2♣ turn to see the 9♣ fall on the river. Cohen eyed up his opponent's stack and upon seeing it was around 500,000 chips, he fired a bet of 420,000. It took just a few seconds for the middle position to fold.
On the same table, Greg Raymer has around 1,400,000 chips and mentioned he wished PokerNews covered Day 1 of the Colossus as he claimed to have made the best fold of his long poker career.
Jeevandeep Singh open jammed from the hijack for his last 305,000 and was looked up by the big blind.
Jeevandeep Singh: 8♦5♠
Big Blind: 3♥3♠
Singh's holding was flipping against the pocket threes of his opponent and the 10♣10♥7♥8♠5♥ runout saw him pull ahead to double.
The button raised off a short stack and Liran Betito called out of the small blind.
On the J♣9♦J♦ flop, Betito check-called the shove of the button who had 180,000 chips remaining.
Button: Q♦10♦
Liran Betito: 7♥7♣
Betito had the best hand but had to fade a lot of outs as his opponent had both straight and flush draws, plus overcard outs. The 4♣ turn was a brick, as was the J♠ turn which meant the button was eliminated and Betito boosted his stack to well over two million chips.
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