The under-the-gun player raised to 22,000 and John Kim three-bet shoved all in for 56,000, putting himself at risk. Under the gun made the call.
John Kim: 2♠2♥ 
Under the gun: K♥Q♣
The board ran out 5♣8♠9♠3♣5♦, and Kim's pair of deuces held to secure him the much needed double up.
In a heads-up pot on a flop of 7♦7♠5♠, the big blind led out for 40,000 and Fabiano Kovalski raised to 77,000 on the button. The big blind called.
The big blind checked on the A♥ turn and Kovalski sized down to 40,000. The big blind called.
The A♣ river completed the board and the big blind took some time before leading out for 40,000. Kovalski gave it some thought and called. The big blind could only show a bluff with 8♣5♦ as Kovalski showed 9♠7♥ to win the pot with sevens full of aces.
The tables in the blue section keep on breaking to balance the shrinking field, which has already reached around 1,150 hopefuls still in contention. There was a short waiting line at the payout desk with last year's WSOP Main Event final table dealer Tyler Mitchell among those eliminated.
He was joined by Scott Blumstein, Jack O'Neill, and Matt Waxman, among others.
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior raised to 21,000 in middle position, Hiroyuki Noda moved all in for 141,000 in the cutoff, and Aziz Junior called.
Hiroyuki Noda: A♠Q♣
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior: 6♣6♦
Noda was racing for his tournament life against the tournament chip leader and found no help on the 7♠9♥3♥7♣8♦ board as Aziz Junior added to his stack with a bustout.
First to act, Christopher Staats jammed for the last 68,000 and the player one seat over reraised to 125,000 to isolate successfully.
It was a flip for Staats with 7♥7♠ versus A♦K♥ and the pair remained ahead on the J♦9♥5♥6♦4♣ runout.
Adrian Garcia opened from middle position to 20,000 and David Yokoyama called from the hijack. Richard Warnicke then three-bet the minimum to 30,000, which both Garcia & Warnicke called.
All three players saw a flop of 6♥8♦5♣ which Warnicke checked, Garcia bet 30,000, Yokoyama folded, and Warnicke raised to 80,000. After thinking for a while, Garcia called.
On the 8♥ turn, Warnicke led out for 150,000, and Garcia called.
A 9♥ landed on the river and after around thirty seconds, Warnicke shoved for around 250,000. Garcia took just two seconds before he flicked in a call, which put Warnicke at risk.
Warnicke confidently tabled 7♥4♥ for a flopped straight that backdoored a flush, but Garcia had A♥5♥ for a bigger flush, which ended Warnicke's run in the Main Event.
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