Jason Daly opened 525,000 in the cutoff and Dongying Ling three-bet 1,750,000 in the small blind. Rajesh Mehta tanked for about a minute before mucking the big blind, and Daly made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of 6♥3♠2♠, and Ling checked to Daly who announced all-in. Ling surrendered the pot.
Ilija Savevski raised to 500,000 from the hijack and was called by Lukas Hafner in the small blind. However Jeffrey Smith in the big blind three-bet all-in for 905,000. Savevski then four-bet to 2,200,000 and made Hefner fold.
Jeffrey Smith: A♣2♦ 
Ilija Savevski: J♣J♠
Savevski's jacks held all the way through a board of 2♥4♥9♥3♥6♦ and Smith was eliminated.
Action was caught on the flop of K♥K♠4♥. Chang bet 275,000 into a pot of around 1,500,000 from the cutoff and Pihela called in the big blind.
The turn was the 9♣. Pihela checked and Chang put a stack of blues in the middle for around 2,000,000. Without thinking for too long, Pihela declared all in, which was for just under 4,000,000 total. Chang called and had Pihela covered.
Igor Pihela: K♣6♥
Taowei Chang: A♠K♦
Both players flopped trip kings, but Chang’s kicker played. There were some chop outs for Pihela and three sixes for the win, but the river was the 7♦ and Pihela was eliminated.
Players were already counting out chips after Brandon Marsters took Daniel Yang's remaining stack. A player at the table commented after the hand that there was only a 300,000 difference between the two stack sizes before the hand began.
Daniel Yang: A♣Q♦
Brandon Marsters: 9♣9♦
Marsters held with his pocket nines on the K♦K♣7♥7♣2♥ board.
Yang was eliminated from the tournament with around 40 players remaining.
Ted Beckwith jammed his last 355,000 from early position and Abhishek Paul announced all-in next to act, forcing the rest of of the table out of the pot.
Ted Beckwith: Q♦J♠
Abhishek Paul: K♣9♣
The K♠Q♥7♠ flop paired both players but Beckwith couldn't improve to beat the pair of kings of Paul as the board completed with the 3♠ on the turn and the 2♦ river.
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Adam Levine opened from an early position to 650,000 and the button moved all in for a large stack. Levine didn't take too long to find a fold, but showed his A♠J♣.
A few hands later, Marc Rivera raised from the hijack to 400,000 and got a call from the small blind. Avi Cohen also defended the big blind.
The flop came 10♦10♥3♣ and all players checked to the K♣.
The blinds checked and Rivera bet 475,000. The small blind folded and Cohen found a call.
The players, now heads up, saw the 6♠ river. Cohen checked and
Rivera bet 850,000. Cohen took some time before folding.
After Dean Ruan limped from under the gun, Alex Milgrom in the cutoff raised to 650,000 and he was called by both Manoj Batavia in the small blind and Ruan.
On a board 8♣A♦10♦, Batavia led out for 2,000,000. Ruan then moved all-in for 2,600,000, and Milgrom went deep into the tank. He eventually folded. "How much is it?" Batavia asked before making the call.
Dean Ruan: A♠7♠
Manoj Batavia: 9♦9♥
Ruan hit two pair with the 7♣ turn, so he doubled up after the 2♣.
Two players saw the A♦A♠7♠ flop, and Ben Levy was in the big blind and check-called a bet of 300,000 from Ilija Savevski on the button.
The 8♦ fell on the turn, and Levy checked before Savevski fired 600,000. Levy check-jammed for about 3,000,000 and Savevski snap-called.
Ben Levy: K♥J♦
Ilija Savevski: A♥K♠
"Dammit, the one mistake I made all tournament," a frustrated Levy said as he stood up from the table, "Just got it in dead."
The board completed with the J♥ on the river as Levy walked away from the table.
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