With around 150,000 already in the pot on a board of A♣3♣2♠4♣, David Peters led out for 30,000 from the big blind and Han Feng made the call from the cutoff.
The 9♣ brought a fourth club on the river, and both players checked.
Peters tabled 5♦2♦ for a wheel, prompting Feng to send his cards into the muck.
In the hand after the bubble burst, Casey Glick opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Tianyu Zheng moved all in for his last ~80,000 from middle position. Glick called and the pair tabled their hands.
Tianyu Zheng: A♣Q♠
Casey Glick: Q♥Q♣
Zheng needed to hit to stay alive, but the 9♣10♦J♣ flop didn't change the standings. There was a chance of a chop with both flopping the straight draw. The 10♠ turn and 3♣ river confirmed his elimination, and Zheng was one of the first to make the money on Day 4 of the Main Event.
Nathan Fair opened to 22,000 from early position and Jack Wagner in the small blind called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 4♦5♠6♠ and Faire bet a single blind. Wagner quickly check-called off his last 6,000.
Jack Wagner: K♠9♣
Nathan Fair: A♣Q♠
The 7♥6♦ runout completed the board and Wagner was eliminated. The table broke after this hand.
Josh Mok jammed for 72,000 from the button, and Will Givens took a few moments before making the call with the covering stack.
Josh Mok: A♣J♠
Will Givens: 10♠8♣
Mok started out in front and improved to two pair on the A♦J♦9♦ flop, although Givens picked up an open-ended straight draw.
The K♠ turn was no help to Givens, but the Q♦ river completed his Broadway straight, sending Mok to the rail with a min-cash.
During the last round of hand-for-hand, there were multiple all-in and calls.
At Table 70, action folded to Gregory Brown in the small blind, who opened to 25,000. Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind three-bet to 75,000, but Brown four-bet all in for over 900,000. Madanzhiev, who had 490,000 behind, made the call.
Stoyan Madanzhiev: A♥K♥
Gregory Brown: 5♦5♣
Madanzhiev failed to improve on a board of 2♦9♠4♥2♣8♦, and he was eliminated.
On Table 169, Chris Moneymaker opened to 17,000 from the hijack and called a three-bet of 42,000 from Antonio Vargas in the big blind.
Moneymaker called a 20,000 bet from Vargas on the 8♥7♠7♦ flop, a 45,000 bet from Vargas on the 7♣ turn, and then called all in for approximately 100,000 after Vargas shoved on the 8♠ river.
Vargas turned over A♥A♠ while Moneymaker was playing the board with J♥9♦ and was eliminated.
At the same time, on Table 152, Zhaken Seitbekov raised to 18,000 in early position, which only Dan Stavila called in the cutoff. Seitbekov continued with a bet of 25,000 on the 5♠6♣A♦ flop, which saw Stavila respond with a raise to 80,000, and Seitbekov called.
The 3♦ turn saw Seitbekov check to Stavila, who fired 180,000. Seitbekov then check-raised to 360,000, which Stavila called.
When the 10♣ river completed the board, Seitbekov moved all in for 361,000, putting himself at risk of elimination. Stavila called, and when the cards were tabled, he showed 6♠6♦ for a flopped set. That was more than enough to send Seitbekov to the rail, who flipped over A♥9♥.
All three players split two min-cashes of $15,000 to earn $10,000 each, but a seat worth $25,000 for the WSOP Paradise Main Event was still up for grabs.
The three players were guided to the Paris Green section, where they flipped for the seat. They took their spots at the table while Jack Effel instructed the dealer to deal them all two cards and the board.
The board read Q♦9♦Q♣J♣4♥.
Seitbekov revealed his K♥2♦ for the king-kicker with the pair of queens on the board. Moneymaker first revealed the 2♣, which didn't do anything for him, and neither did the 5♥. Madanzhiev had already shown his 5♣, which didn't help him, and then slowly revealed the 6♣ to keep Seitbekov ahead and claim his seat.
Fabian Quoss from the big blind and Aaron Pinson on the button saw a completed board of K♠7♦3♠J♠A♥ with 184,000 in the pot.
Pinson jammed for 313,000 effective as the covering stack, and Quoss made the call.
Fabian Quoss: K♥10♦
Aaron Pinson: 9♠9♥
Quoss made an incredible call with second pair as Pinson went for the bluff with his nines with a spade. By the time the camera crew came around to capture the moment, Pinson had already left the room, forcing Jack Effel to flip over his hand as Quoss dragged a massive one.
On the stone money bubble, Ziv Bachar open-jammed from the small blind, covering Rassoul Malboubi's 234,000 stack in the big blind. Malboubi called and put himself at risk. With six other all-in and calls, Malboubi had to wait a while to see his fate, but when the cards were turned, he was ahead.
Rassoul Malboubi: A♠A♦
Ziv Bachar: Q♥10♣
The 2♦8♦2♠ flop didn't change anything, and Malboubi locked up the double and kept his seat in the Main Event after seeing the 8♠ turn and 10♠ river.
In a battle between the blinds, David Orlando bet 27,000 on a flop of K♣4♠5♥ and Johan Guilbert called.
Orlando then moved all in on the Q♥ turn, and Guilbert snap-called for 139,000.
Orlando accidentally exposed his hand while they were waiting for tournament officials to arrive. "I have good news for you. You can still win," Guilbert said.
"I have two pieces of good news. Either I double up, or I have a good video for the channel. I can't lose," Guilbert added. More than 10 minutes went by before they finally got to reveal their cards.
Johan Guilbert: K♠Q♦
David Orlando: 7♥4♣
Guilbert was ahead with top two pair, while Orlando was looking for a four for the bubble bustout. The river was the A♦, and Guilbert held on to double up.
Shaun Deeb bet the 4♠3♥7♦ flop for 20,000 from middle position. Delmiro Toledo raised it to 60,000 in the hijack, and Deeb called.
Deeb then checked the 9♦ turn. Toledo shoved all in, covering Deeb's massive stack of 765,000. Deeb snap-folded to concede the pot.
Over at another table, in a small pot, big blind Craig Waikem bet 175,000 on the 2♠7♠6♥2♣10♣ river. Alec Alameddine looked him up under the gun with AxAx, but it was no good as Waikem had 9♠8♥ for a straight to take the pot.
With the seat of Yang Zhang already vacated prior to the stone bubble, there was pending action on the only table in the gold section still. The turn showed J♥6♣5♦9♥ and Masato Hattori checked from under the gun. Denys Shafikov then bet 19,000 only for Hattori to check-raise to 95,000.
Shafikov tanked for nearly five minutes before he folded.
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