Jorge Herrera limped in from early position. Frank Brannan then shoved in his 250,000 as next to act. Herrara sighed as the action was folding around, but snap-called once it had gotten back to him.
Frank Brannan: 10♦10♣ 
Jorge Herrera: K♥K♣
The players switched outs on the Q♣A♠J♦ flop, but nothing changed on the 3♦ turn or 5♠ river. Herrara was awarded the pot, busting Brannan from the Main Event.
Charles "Woody" Moore limped in from the hijack before Chun Kwok raised to 50,000 in the small blind. Nathan Fair called in the big blind, as did Moore.
The flop came 4♥3♦Q♣ and Kwok continued for 60,000. Fair then raised to 150,000 and Moore moved all in for 175,000. Kwok folded, while Fair called to put Moore at risk.
Woody Moore: A♦Q♦
Nathan Fair: K♥K♣
"Good luck, Santa," Fair told Moore.
"I'm in bad shape," Moore added, and the rest of the board ran out 10♥9♣ to send Moore to the rail. Kwok then admitted he also had ace-queen.
"Who killed Santa?" one of the ESPN production crew asked.
"The grinch," Fair replied, and Moore went around the table to shake his tablemates hands before heading to the exit.
Todd Brunson was already all in for approximatley 150,000 from the big blind against Yannick Capocetti, who had Brunson covered from the small blind.
Todd Brunson: A♠K♦
Yannick Capocetti: A♥J♠
Brunson had Capocetti dominated, and the 9♠10♥2♥9♥8♠ runout gave him a relatively sweat-free runout for the double-up.
Kyle Grosshanten raised to 27,000 from under the gun and Cheng Zhao called on the button. George Owens then jammed for 151,000 from the big blind, and only Zhao made the call.
George Owens: A♦10♣
Cheng Zhao: 7♣7♥
It looked like Owens had taken the lead in the race after the dealer put the A♣ in the window, but it was followed by the Q♦7♦, giving Zhao a set and a stranglehold on the hand.
Owens was drawing dead after the 3♠ turn, making the 2♣ river a mere formality.
Owens shook Zhao's hand and wished the table good luck before making his exit from the cluster area.
Bradley Guan check-called the 9♠6♦4♠8♣ turn for 81,000 in the big blind when facing a bet by Robin Kleinbeck in the cutoff. Both checked the 3♦ on the river and Guan's A♠9♦ won the pot.
One hand later, Kleinbeck opened to 25,000 and Guan in the small blind squeezed to 105,000 which Kleinbeck called. Guan continued for 70,000 on the K♦J♦3♠ flop for 70,000 and scooped the next pot without any further resistance.
Lucas Lew opened from early position before Brian Green three-bet to 87,000 from the big blind, and Lew called.
On the 5♣3♠2♠ flop, Green led for 100,000 and Lew called.
Green bet again on the 10♣ turn for 173,000, and Lew called once again.
On the 6♣ river, Green emptied the clip, jamming as the covering stack for about 340,000 effective, sending Lew deep into the tank.
After a minute, Lew tried getting some information out of Green as he inquired, "Are you bluffing?"
"Do I look like that kind of guy to you?" Green replied, "I'm trying to win ten million dollars. You think I'd put all my chips in with a bluff?"
Nearly three minutes would roll off the clock before Lew let his hand go, and Green dragged a huge one without showdown.
Sam Snead raised it to 35,000 in the cutoff. Jeremy Hyman called in the small blind before Eugene Teibloom three-bet to 70,000 in the big blind.
Snead and Hyman both called, seeing Teibloom continue for 100,000 on the 4♥3♥8♠ flop. Snead quickly check-called before Hyman check-folded.
Teibloom sized up to 150,000 on the A♠ turn. Snead called again, after which Teibloom quickly moved all in for 300,000 on the K♥ river.
Snead snap-called. Teibloom tabled A♣K♣, fearing he might be in trouble, and he was right as Snead had 7♥5♥ for the rivered flush, knocking his opponent out.
Patrik Jaros fired out from the big blind for a pot-sized bet of 79,000 on the 6♥K♣9♥4♥ board, and was called by Naixuan Shi in middle position.
A 3♣ arrived on the river, causing Jaros to check. Shi bet 225,000, which was for the majority of Jaros' stack, and Jaros went into deep thought.
In the end, Joris elected to fold, and Shi added even more chips to his stack.
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