Ka Kwan Lau opened late position and Joao Vieira raised in the small blind to put his opponent all-in. Lau called.
Ka Kwan Lau: 
Joao Vieira: 
The board ran out 
and Lau made a straight to save himself from elimination and secure a double-up.
[Removed:321] Arani was all-in with a short stack after a 
flop and big stack Shaun Deeb called.
[Removed:321] Arani: 
Shaun Deeb: 
Deeb held a gutshot but didn't get there, as the 
turn and 
river kept Arani in the lead with aces up.
"Not even a dent," Arani said as Deeb lost a fraction of his massive stack.
The hot streak of LaDarren Banks continues as he also knocked out Joseph Cheong. The latter hit top and bottom pair with a flush draw on the 
flop with 
but Banks had that crushed with the 
for the top set and nut flush draw.
Cheong was drawing to four outs with an off-suit nine for a straight or the case nine of diamonds for the straight flush but the 
turn and river kept Banks' nut flush as the superior hand.
Ben Yu raised to 85,000 in middle position and Ben Lamb three-bet to 290,000 on the button. The action folded back to Yu who called to see a flop of 
. Yu jammed all in for around 300,000 and Lamb snapped him off.
Ben Yu: 
Ben Lamb:
Yu flopped the best hand with two pair but the and runout gave Lamb a straight to eliminate Yu.
Picking up the action on a board reading 
, Charles Sinn bet out and Ian O'Hara raised all-in in the heads-up pot. Sinn called with his opponent well-covered.
Ian O'Hara: 
Charles Sinn:
O'Hara was ahead with a set against the two pair of his opponent. But the river brought the 
and Sinn scooped the pot with a straight.
"Sorry, man," Sinn said as O'Hara stood up to leave.
Five ways to the 
flop, Tommy Le bet 75,000 out of the small blind and was only called by Bryce Yockey in a late position. The turn slowed down Le and he checked, Yockey bet 150,000 and Le reluctantly called.
Both then checked the river and Le flashed the 
for a full house first, then also revealed the 
as Yockey mucked to forfeit the pot.
Charles Sinn opened to 60,000 on the button and Matthew Wantman re-raised to 205,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Sinn stuck in a four-bet. Wantman only had 300,000 total chips and they were all in the middle.
Matthew Wantman:
Charles Sinn: 
The flop came to give Wantman the best hand with a pair of queens. The on the turn and the 
on the river changed nothing as Wantman doubled his stack.
Former chip leader Eric Kurtzman was seen on the way to the rail and the board was already killed. The cards were still exposed as LaDarren Banks prevailed with versus 
to send Kurtzman out in 32nd place.
"You are killing it," Kurtzman said on his way out as he bumped fists with Banks.
Nathan Zimnik then looked up the all-in of Michael Kamran for the last 210,000.
Michael Kamran: 
Nathan Zimnik: 
The 
board kept Kamran in contention.
The cards were already on their backs as Gabriel Andrade got the short stack in with the . Joseph Sanders was aiming to deal the final blow with the but didn't get there on the 
board.
Nathan Zimnik was already one of the chip leaders coming into the money bubble, but he continued to build his stack with some constant pressure during hand-for-hand play.
In one hand, Zimnik led out for 100,000 on the turn with the board reading . Eric Kurtzman called and the paired the board on the river. Zimnik fired out another bet of 300,000 this time and Kurtzman was forced to fold.
Just a couple of hands later, the board read and Zimnik took the lead with a bet of 75,000. Michael Kamran called this time and the river was the . Zimnik sized up a bet of 225,000 and Kamran dumped his cards to the muck.
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