In a three-bet pot to the 5?3?2? flop, the action checked to Alex Keating on the button, and he made it 300,000 to go. His opponent check-raised to 775,000, and Keating asked for his opponent's stack size before he called.
Both checked the A? on the turn, and the 6? river brought a lead for 200,000. Keating called with the A?5? for two pair and won the pot versus 10?10?.
Adrian Lopez opened from middle position, then called after James Tsou in the hijack three-bet to 310,000.
The dealer fanned a board of 8?6?5?, and Tsou continued for 200,000. Lopez check-called. Tsou fired a second barrel of 650,000 on the 8? turn, but Lopez didn't back down and called.
The 7? completed the board, and Lopez checked again. Tsou prepared 1,200,000 and pushed his chips forward. Lopez snap-called, revealing 9?9? for a straight.
"Good call," Tsou said, flipping over J?10? for a bluff. "Let's go! I knew I was going to get you," Lopez shouted to celebrate.
Jan Nakladal opened from early position to 100,000 and Nicholas Howard three-bet from the cutoff. Once the action returned to Nakladal, he shoved for around 900,000, and Howard made the call.
Jan Nakladal: A?10?
Nicholas Howard: A?Q?
Nakladal couldn't overtake the hand of Howard despite flopping a flush draw on the 9?6?8?A?K? runout.
Brian Rast raised to 115,000 from an early position with A?2? and Manuel Machado defended A?10? in the big blind.
The 4?8?10? flop gave Machado top pair and Rast was looking at a nut flush draw. Machado checked and Rast bet 155,000, Machado made the call.
The 6? turn got another check from Machado and Rast raised to 440,000. Machado called, taking the players to the river.
The diamond came in on the river for Rast, with the 6? completing the board. Machado checked and Rast bet 1,000,000. After just over a minute of tanking, Machado called with the pair of tens, giving the stack to Rast.
In a massive preflop showdown, Iaron Lightbourne was the player at risk for 2,385,000 against Luigi Curcio to unleash the following coin flip.
Iaron Lightbourne: A?K?
Luigi Curcio: Q?Q?
The A?9?8? flop vaulted Lightbourne into the lead, but he had a sweat to endure on the J? turn, as Curcio picked up a gutshot. No ten or queen came on the 8? river, and the Brit doubled to join the bigger stacks in the penultimate level of the night.
Tomoki Matsuda opened to 120,000 and was called by Stephen Song in the big blind.
Song checked to Matsuda on the 10?5?Q? flop and he continued for 115,000. Song then check-raised to 375,000 and Matsuda called.
Matsuda called a 650,000 bet from Song on the 2? turn and Song announced he was all in on the 6? river, which was enough to put Matsuda all in for his last 1,700,000.
Matsuda went deep into the tank and the clock was called after about eight minutes.
The floor counted Matsuda down from five seconds and Matsuda stuck in a call at the last moment.
Song turned over Q?10? for top two pair and Matsuda showed he called with A?K? for just ace-high �� eliminating him from the tournament and sending the massive pot Song's way.
David Miscikowski opened from early position with a min-raise to 100,000 and Taras Sopotnytskyi shoved from the next seat for 865,000. The action folded back to Miscikowski who stuck in the call, which put Sopotnytskyi at risk.
Taras Sopotnytskyi: J?J?
David Miscikowski: A?Q?
Sopotnytskyi was in front and extended his lead when he improved to a set on the J?5?K? flop. Miscikowski did have outs to Broadway but the 5? turn gave Sopotnytskyi an unbeatable full house, and the 4? filled out the board.
Picking up the action on the river, Leonard Maue in the cutoff was involved in a hand with Malcolm Franchi in the big blind.
With the board reading 8?J?10?3?A? and around 1,600,000 in the pot, Franchi checked. Maue went for almost all of it, pushing 2,100,000 across the betting line to leave himself with just 5,000 behind. That send Franchi deep into the tank as he considered a decision for most of his chips. After a couple of minutes, Matt Stout called the clock and, after using most of his thirty second allotment, Franchi folded to give Maue a big boost to his stack.
John Ciccarelli raised to 100,000 in early position before Hongru Zhang three-bet to 265,000 in the cutoff. Gabriel Moura four-bet to 450,000 on the button and Ciccarelli folded.
Zhang, though, checked the tournament clock to ensure he had made a pay jump before moving all in for 900,000 more. Moura snap-called.
Hongru Zhang: K?K?
Gabriel Moura: J?J?
Zhang was far ahead and poised for a double up with his kings as the flop came 8?10?7?. The 9? turn, though, gave Moura a straight, and he secured the knockout once the 10? completed the board on the river.
"I felt like it was coming after that flop," tablemate Adam Kharman said as Zhang made his unfortunate exit.
Francis Anderson was eliminated from this table a few hands earlier.