Yashveen Mudireddy opened to 800 from the hijack, Daniel Ivers three-bet from the button, and Robert Kerr four-bet to 6,500 from the small blind, which only Ivers called.
On the J♠8♦5♥ flop, Kerr continued for 4,000 and Ivers called.
The 3♣ peeled off on the turn. Kerr sized up to 11,000 and Ivers let it go after some deliberation.
A player under the gun limped in for 300, and it started a chain reaction of raises.
A player in middle position raised to 1,500, resulting in action folding to Frederick Sliter on the button. Sliter peeked at his cards and immediately three-bet to 5,000, an amount that forced out the two blinds and the player who limped under the gun.
The player who originally raised paused a few moments before making the call.
The dealer fanned J♠8♠6♦ on the flop, and the player in middle position checked. Sliter reached into his chip stack to pull out chips, and then bet 7,000, which resulted in a fold.
As the pot was pushed his way, Sliter tabled A♠A♥.
The player in the cutoff raised to 800 and Ari Engel three-bet to 4,000 from the big blind. The cutoff made the call.
The flop came 8♠J♠10♦, Engel continued for 3,200 and the cutoff called, bringing the 10♠ turn. Engel slowed down with a check and the cutoff bet 5,900. Engel called.
On the 8♣ river, Engel checked again, and the cutoff moved all in. Engel asked for a count and the dealer confirmed a bet of 31,400.
Engel, who had about 34,000 behind, was clearly faced with a tough decision and went into the tank.
"I was not expecting to be in this spot," said Engel before eventually making the call and tabling Q♠8♦ for a full house. The cutoff turned over Q♦J♥ for two pair, and was eliminated from the tournament.
The action was picked up on a turn of 3♥2♦A♥6♣, where the player in middle position made a bet of 2,500 and received a call from Thomas Murphy on the button.
The player in middle position continued for 7,500 on the Q♦ river. Murphy spent some time in the tank before announcing a raise to 23,500.
His opponent needed some thinking time of his own before eventually folding and surrendering the pot.
Darrold Pare opened 700 in early position and David Melius called in the small blind as did Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 8♣4♣3♣ and Melius check-called a bet of 1,500 from Pare, while Jachtmann check-folded.
No more bets went in the middle on the A♠ turn or the 6♠ river. Pare rolled over 7♣7♠ but it was no good as Melius tabled 9♣9♥.
Neel Murthy raised to 800 and Richard Alati in the big blind called with the words "since it is you".
They checked the 10♥9♥3♣ flop and Alati then bet the 7♠ turn for 1,600 "since it is me". Murthy stuck around and they had some chatter back and forth on the 5♦ river after Alati had bet another 2,800. Murthy eventually called and mucked after he was shown J♠10♠ for top pair.
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