Cutoff Tony Dunst had made it 66,000 to go preflop with what appeared to be a four-bet. Greg Mueller called in middle position, and the duo saw the K♥J♠Q♠ flop fanned.
Dunst continued for 50,000, which Mueller check-called. Dunst sized up to 170,000 on the 4♦. Mueller went deep into the tank, but check-folded after a couple of minutes to give up on the pot.
David Paredes raised to 18,000 and Robert Demille called. Blake Bohn then jammed for 140,000 and was called by both Paredes and Demille. On the J♥J♦5♦ flop, both active players checked to the 3♦ turn. Paredes now bet 75,000 and Demille pushed all-in.
Paredes asked for the bet to be pulled in and how much more it was to call, which happened to be 163,000 more on top. After some consideration, Paredes folded and was quite surprised when Demille rolled over the 7♣7♠.
Bohn was ahead with the K♦K♣ and asked for the board to pair, which it did with the J♠. Bohn jumped up from his on-table massage and left the tournament area for a quick celebration.
Steven Buckley moved all in for 32,000 under the gun, which Leo Worthington-Leese called on the button. Kevin Javier then re-jammed for around 290,000 from the small blind, which forced Worthington-Leese out.
"Don't bother writing this hand", Buckley told PokerNews, not feeling his elimination would be newsworthy.
Steven Buckley: 10♥9♥ 
Kevin Javier: A♣J♦
"Okay, now you can write it", a backtracking Buckley confirmed, as the K♣8♦Q♠6♥7♣ board gave him a straight and a full triple-up.
Jon Turner opened to 18,000 from middle position and was called by Dinesh Purohit in the big blind.
Both players checked on the 5♣Q♣9♠ flop and 4♠ turn, but Turner bet 21,000 after being checked to a third time on the 2♠ river.
Purohit looked up Turner, who turned over 8♥8♣. Purohit revealed 9♣8♠ for a pair of nines and was sent the pot as Turner flung his cards into the muck.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 16,000 and Adedapo Ajayi then jammed for 74,000 in the next seat. All players behind folded and Chidwick called.
Adedapo Ajayi: 4♣4♥
Stephen Chidwick: A♠6♠
The board ran out 7♠7♥5♦9♥9♦ and the two pair on the board counterfit the low pocket pair of Ajayi.
Leonardo Morales opened from under the gun and was called by Gnana Duddukuru in the small blind.
On the K♣Q♣5♦ flop, Duddukuru check-jammed over a bet for his final 78,000, and Morales called.
Gnana Duddukuru: K♥Q♦
Leonardo Morales: A♠K♦
Duddukuru went from dominated to dominating as he flopped top two pair. Nothing changed on the 3♥ turn, but the river brought the A♦ to give Morales a better two pair, and Duddukuru was eliminated in brutal fashion.
Wesley Fei opened to 16,000 from middle position. Michael Banducci in the cutoff three-bet to 52,000, and he was called by both Gregory Lyumkis on the button and Fei.
Banducci continued for 45,000 on the J♥8♣8♥ flop. Lyumkis folded but Fei check-called.
The J♦ turn was checked by both Fei and Banducci, bur Fei led out for 95,000 on the 3♠ river. Banducci called but ran into Fei's Q♥Q♠.
Justin Arnwine raised in early position, seeing Nicola Karl three-bet in the next seat over. Once the action had folded back to Arnwine, he shipped in his stack of 550,000, worth about 70 big blinds. Karl snap-called with the covering stack.
Justin Arnwine: 5♠5♦
Nicola Karl: A♥A♣
All of Arnwine's hopes were resting on a five appearing on the board, but 4♣Q♦2♦7♥10♦ emerged from the deck instead, sending Arnwine to the rail and shipping the massive pot Karl's way.
Michael Gathy raised to 16,000 in middle position and Evan Sandberg three-bet to 40,000 in the cutoff. Gathy called, and they saw a flop of 4♣Q♣K♦.
Sandberg then bet 12,000, and Gathy raised to 35,000. Sandberg called to see the 9♠ turn, where Gathy moved all in for 50,000. Sandberg called.
Gathy showed A♦A♥, but Sandberg had flopped a set holding Q♦Q♠. The river was the 3♠, and Gathy was sent to the rail.
"That's good news for us," tablemate Lara Eisenberg said as the four-time bracelet winner made his exit.
Iryna Tsikhanskaya moved all in for her last 20,000 from under the gun and saw three players call behind. Martin Gerloff called from late position, John Keller called from the cutoff and Yu-Tang Wang defended his big blind.
The 8♠10♣2♦ flop was checked to the 5♣ turn and again the whole table checked to see the Q♣ river. The action stagnated, and all players got to showdown.
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 2♥3♥
Martin Gerloff: Q♥J♠
John Keller: K♦J♦
Yu-Tang Wang: A♣3♠
There was a small sweat on the flop for Tsikhanskaya, but Gerloff took the pot after picking up a queen on the river. Tsikhanskaya started as one of the smallest stacks of the day as she returned with just 15,000. She held her ground and took home $15,000 after making it through the money bubble.
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