After a raise to 18,000 and two calls, action checked to the middle-position opener on 
. He bet 30,000 and only small blind Benjamin Pollak continued. On the 
turn and 
river, both players checked and Pollak opened 
to win the showdown.
Mike Takayama opened with a raise to 18,000 from late position and he was called by the player in the big blind only.
The flop came down 
and the big blind checked over to Takayama who put out a bet of 13,000. The big blind thought for a bit then put in a check-raise to 38,000. Takayama didn't waste any time applying his aggression and making it 100,000 total to go.
The player quickly folded and the bracelet winner from the Philippines was able to take down a nice pot on the flop with no showdown.
The action folded to Anatoly Filatov in the cutoff who raised it up to 17,000. Kao Saechao called from the big blind and the flop fell 
. Saechao checked to Filatov who continued for 15,000. Saechao called and the 
rolled off on the turn.
Saechao checked again and Filatov fired another 34,000 into the pot. Saechao stuck around to see the on the river. This time he led out for 80,000 and Filatov had a confused look on his face as he slid his cards to the muck.
The following players collected $17,025 for their efforts.
The action folded to William Kopp in the hijack, and he raised to 17,000. Lumni Zhuta called next to act in the cutoff, as did Darren Elias on the button, and the player in the small blind.
The player in the big blind then moved all in for 156,000, and Kopp called as the three players in the middle all folded.
Kopp: 
Opponent: 
The dealer spread a 
board, and Kopp eliminated his opponent and surpassed the one-million chip mark.
In the first hand back from break Rob Brown moved all in for about 120,000 holding 
but ran into 
. The board ran out 
and Brown rivered a straight to double up and stay alive.
Cliff Josephy raised to 18,000 from middle position and Gionni Demers re-raised to 36,000 leaving himself just 6,000 behind. It folded back to Josephy who looked at Demers' stack. "I'm thinking about calling and then shoving the flop" joked Josephy.
That was not the case as Josephy moved all in and Demers threw his last 6,000 into the pot.
Gionni Demers:
Cliff Josephy:
The dealer spread the 
flop and Josephy picked up a gutshot straight draw. The turn and river 
improved Demers to aces and jacks and he doubled his stack.
Shankar Pillai opened for 18,000 in middle position and called the three-bet shove of Jordan Siegel, who had about 100,000 on his left. Pillai had the goods with 
and Siegel was left shrugging in frustration and showing down . The board ran out 
and Pillai added to an already mountainous stack.
From the cutoff, Eric Hicks opened to 20,000 and Mark Zullo called on the button as the flop landed 
.
Hicks continued for 25,000, and Zullo called as the turn fell the 
.
Hicks bet 35,000, and after a minute of deliberation, Zullo mucked.
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