Rodney Pinkham opened to 16,000 from the hijack and was called by Glenn Difurio in the big blind.
Difurio check-called for 16,000 on the 
flop to see the 
turn. Pinkham sized up to 40,000 and Difurio quickly mucked.
Tszhim Pun is among the litany of early eliminations after he got his last 4 1/2 big blinds in preflop against Fahad Al-Thani.
Tszhim Pun: 
Fahad Al-Thani: 
The board came 
, with Al-Thani's queen pairing to eliminate Pun.
With roughly 260,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Fabian Schaefer Carreno bet 90,000 in early position and Andre Akkari called on the button.
The 
landed on the turn, Carreno jammed, and Akkari quickly called for his remaining stack of 439,000.
Andre Akkari: 
Fabian Schaefer Carreno: 
The completed the board to improve Akkari to top set, and the Brazilian pro secured the double early on Day 4.
Scotter Clark, once again dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from the famous movie series Pirates of the Caribbean, opened from early position to 18,000. Anthony Ortega called from the button.
The flop came 
and Clark continued for 20,000. Ortega called.
The turn brought the 
and Clark once again applied the pressure, this time to the tune of 31,000. Ortega called once more.
The action came to a halt on the 
river with both players tapping the table. Clark turned over 
, rhetorically asking "What other hand is Captain Jack going to get with his first hand?".
Jacks were good enough to win the pot and take Clark to over a million.
Guillaume Nolet opened the action before Oliver Biles moved all in for 71,000. Nolet called.
Oliver Biles:
Guillaume Nolet:
Nolet paired up on the 
flop and Biles began exiting his seat. The 
turn and secured the pot for Nolet and Biles left the tournament area.
Chris Moneymaker opened from late position to 18,000. Action folded to Daniel Buzgon who three-bet to 68,000. Moneymaker thought for a bit before moving all in for about 260,000. Buzgon called immediately.
Chris Moneymaker: 
Daniel Buzgon: 
Moneymaker ran into the aces and couldn't improve, Buzgon turned a set of aces to seal the deal and Moneymaker was sent to the payout line.
"I don't really have a backup plan", shared Moneymaker about his plans for the day. "If I came in with 100,000, I'd have made a backup plan, but I planned on playing longer. I might go hop into the Hall of Fame Bounty."
Terakun Karnchanakphan was all in for 71,000 and at risk of elimination against Canada's Landon Holloway.
Terakun Karnchanakphan:
Landon Holloway: 
Holloway had a lock on the hand following the 
flop but "Papa Karn" hit a miracle 
on the turn to make a set. The completed the board and yesterday's Feature Table participant boosted his stack.
The action folded around to Luke McIntosh on the button who raised to 16,000. Ryan Riess was in the big blind and moved all in for 210,000. McIntosh rechecked his cards and quickly called.
Ryan Riess:
Luke McIntosh:
The board ran out 
and Riess was unable to find any help on the runout. The 2013 champion will not be making another bid for the title this year as he was eliminated early on Day 4.
With cards on their backs, Gianluca Speranza was seen scooping a pot, while Andre Barrett and Tyler Hancock were preparing to head to the payout desk. On a runout of 
, Speranza held in early position for the winning hand against Barret's 
in the small blind and Hancock's in the big blind.
Barret had approximately 100,000 to start the hand, while Hancock appeared to have had just a bit more, and both players exited the table to collect a $15,000 min-cash, while the Italian Speranza collected the pot.
Farah Galfond just found herself in an interesting situation in her big blind as she awaited the action of a player in the small blind who chose not to be identified.
Her opponent had significantly fewer chips than she did, and was somewhat short-stacked, but chose not to act when action folded to him.
While players are exiting the tournament rapidly, the next pay jump was still 100 eliminations away, and the clock had to be called on the player.
Eventually, he folded, giving Galfond a walk, but it was certainly an odd situation to start the day.
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