On the last hand before break, there was roughly 210,000 in the middle on a 
board when Arsh Grover checked to Sang Ho in the cutoff and Ho opted to shove for his last 237,000.
Grover was stuck and after a couple of minutes, the clock was called. With less than five seconds to make a decision, he folded 
face up.
Ho breathed a sigh of relief as he flipped over 
as he scooped the pot.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy opened to 16,000 from middle position and Luke Vrabel called in the big blind.
Vrabel let it go after his opponent bet the 
flop for 16,000.
"Did you have anything?" Vrabel asked. "I probably should have folded preflop," he added.
Kenny Hallert opened to 18,000 in middle position and was called by Phuoc Nguyen on the button. The two players went heads up to a flop of 
. Hallaert checked to Nguyen who bet 38,000 and Hallaert called.
The turn brought the 
and Hallaert checked again. Nguyen sized up a bet of 114,000 this time, which put Hallaert in the tank for a minute before he finally released his cards.
Nguyen happily showed 
for just ace-high as he raked in another pot.
Dan Shak opened to 23,000 in late position and was three-bet to 78,000 by Phuoc Nguyen in the big blind.
Shak then moved all in for 325,000. Nguyen took his time before deciding to call to put Shak at risk.
Dan Shak: 
Phuoc Nguyen: 
The board ran out 
, and Nguyen exuberantly jumped up and clapped, saying "you gotta go," as Shak gathered his belongings.
Shak handled his opponent's celebration well, with his tablemates showing support and telling Nguyen that his celebration and comments were excessive and that he should respect his opponents.
Nguyen said he didn't mean anything by it and apologized, but eyes will definitely be on him in any large future pots.
Koray Aldemir and Irfan Karajic were heading to a river in a heads-up pot with 125,000 up for grabs. The board read 
and the had just hit the river.
Aldemir led for a very small bet of 10,000 from under the gun. Karajic raised to 36,000. Aldemir thought for a bit before reluctantly tossing in the call.
Karajic showed 
but Aldemir had that beat with 
for the winner.
A middle position player raised before the next player to act three-bet to 43,000. The action folded to Jake Schindler in the small blind, who cold four-bet shoved a stack of around 550,000. Both opponents folded to win Schindler the pot.
In a bloated pot on a 
completed board, John Eames was in the small blind and contemplating a decision for his remaining stack of approximately 380,000 chips against Julian Milliard-Feral on the button. After some time, Eames put in the chips.
Milliard-Feral flashed his cards before turning them back over as Eames tabled to claim the pot and keep his tournament life alive.
"Good call, tough call," a player at the table noted. "Tough either way."
Action was caught in the flop with 65,000 in the middle. Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos bet 18,000 from middle position. The hijack called before Alexandre Reard mucked in the big blind.
Santos continued for 28,000 on the turn and his opponent quickly folded.
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