Over on the right hand feature table, Nicholas Howard in the big blind got his short stack of 2,900,000 in and he was up against Adrian Lopez on the button.
Nicholas Howard: A?2? .
Adrian Lopez: A?J?
The J?7?6? flop left Howard on the ropes and the 8? turn sealed his fate, which made the 2? river a formality.
Yong Han raised it up to more than two million out of the small blind and Cameron Mixson went into the tank in the big blind, as the clock still showed 72 players remaining, after a table had just been broken. The pay jump was worth $20,000 and Mixson eventually called all-in.
Cameron Mixson: Ax9x
Yong Han: A?Q?
The 10?5?5?K?Q? board kept Han ahead all the way and Mixson bowed out in 72nd place.
Bruno Porto made it 800,000 preflop, and left himself 125,000 chips behind. Kyosuke Nagami called and the rest of the table folded. Nagami exposed his cards as he thought that Porto had shoved, but the floor were called and action was allowed to continue with Porto knowing the cards of his opponent.
On the Q?6?7? flop, Porto put his last 125,000 into the pot, and Nagami called.
Bruno Porto: 8?8?
Kyosuke Nagami: A?K?
Porto was 60% of the way to a double-up but the A? turn crushed that hope and left him drawing to just two outs, neither of which appeared on the 9? river.
Sami Bechahed shoved for his last 525,000 from the cutoff and action folded around to Stephen Song in the big blind, who called to put Bechahed at risk.
Sami Bechahed: Q?10?
Stephen Song: 10?6?
Bechahed had Song dominated, but the K?5?6? flop paired Song's six to put him way out in front.
The 7?9? runout failed to improve Bechahed and Song took the rest of Bechahed's chips.
Arthur Morris raised to 300,000 and was called by Eliott Kessas in the next seat, Russell Rosenblum defended the big blind. On a flop of Q?8?3?, the action checked to Kessas and his bet of 350,000 won the pot.
Soon after, table short stack Gary Dishongh raised to 350,000 in the hijack. Rosenblum jammed the button and Dishongh called it off.
Gary Dishongh: 9?9?
Russell Rosenblum: A?K?
The Q?10?3? flop was devastating for Dishongh, as he now needed running cards to survive with a full house. Some hope came with the 10? turn but the miracle never happened as the 5? river reduced the field further after the dinner break.
Nazar Buhaiov moved all in for 950,000 in middle position as his supporters on the rail began howling. Stephen Song called in the hijack, while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Nazar Buhaiov: 2?2?
Stephen Song: A?K?
"Deuces never lose," Buhaiov's rail shouted when the cards were revealed. The 10?8?4? flop kept him in the lead, while the turn was the J?. The river, though, was the Q? and Song made a straight to win the pot and send Buhaiov to the exit.
Four players saw a flop of Q?2?A? where Kenneth Kim bet 375,000 in the hijack. Yegor Moroz then raised to 850,000 in the cutoff.
Malcolm Franchi and Brian Hawkins folded as action went back to Kim who called. The turn was the 2? and Moroz bet 2,075,000.
Kim then moved all in for 6,050,000 and Moroz tanked for a minute before calling. Kim showed K?Q? for two pair, while Moroz had A?Q? for aces and queens.
"He's dead," Moroz's passionate rail yelled out when the cards were revealed. The river was the 3? and they erupted in celebration as Moroz raised his arms into the air, then ran over and embraced his supporters as the massive pot was pushed his way.
"Your rail is very subtle," tablemate Charles Russell told him when Moroz sat back down.
Jonathan Tamayo opened from middle position, then Mathias Pedersen in the big blind three-bet to 1,075,000. Action back to him, Tamayo four-bet, and Pedersen waited a few seconds before making the call, finding himself at risk for 1,175,000.
Mathias Pedersen: 6?6??
Jonathan Tamayo:?A?K?
After the flop of Q?5?8?, Tamayo hit top pair with the K? turn. He found two pair with the A? river and Pedersen was eliminated.