Andrew Kelsall lost a big hand with flush under flush against Kyle Loman, then doubled his short stack against Esther Taylor.
In a seven-card stud hi-lo hand, Max Pescatori started singing, "Beautiful diamonds," when he was the only one with a diamond as an up-card showing. Brandon Shack-Harris completed with a four, and Pescatori called. The Italian found another diamond on fourth street and bet, and Shack-Harris called.
On fifth street, the diamonds did look beautiful, as Pescatori picked up another, and his bet forced a fold from Shack-Harris.
Pouria Amiraslani was all in with a four-card low and was called by David Singer with showing. Singer picked up , and that was enough to bust Amiraslani in 25th place.
The 24 remaining players redrew for new seats at the last three tables.
Max Pescatori raised, and Kyle Loman called before Wayne LaMonica three-bet out of the small blind. Both opponents called, and LaMonica bet the flop. Two calls followed. The turn was checked, and LaMonica bet the river. Pescatori raised, and Loman called, as did LaMonica.
Pescatori tabled for a straight, and Loman had for the nut low. "I have a straight also," LaMonica announced. He showed before realizing that he misread the hand.
One table over, a six-way pot in Omaha hi-lo emerged. On the river, Paul Sokoloff bet out of the small blind, and Adam Dickson called. Jan Stein called, as well, and Brandon Shack-Harris folded. Sokoloff tabled for a low with a pair, and Dickson took the high half with for two pair.
Andrew Kelsall called a bet of Todd Dakake on fourth street and the latter then bet fifth street, Dakake called with two big bets behind. As soon as the sixth street was pitched and Kelsall was about to bet, Dakake grabbed all cards and mucked them to forfeit the pot and remain very short.
Joshua Karnard called all in on fifth street against Frederic Moss and ended up with a jack-high razz hand while Moss had a ten-high hand.
At the same time, Todd Dakake doubled his short stack against Yuval Bronshtein while Adam Dickson tripled up against David "Bakes" Baker and William Klevitz. In the previous hand, Dickson had lost almost all chips to Jan Stein and is currently working on a miracle comeback.
The outcome of it: Karnard was eliminated in 23rd place and had to settle for a payday of $5,882.
Adam Dickson was all in and at risk against William Klevitz and spiked the on seventh. Klevitz mucked his last card and Dickson doubled, but remains among the shortest stacks on the last three tables.