Daniel Palau moved all in preflop for 1,530,000 and action folded to Steve Yea in the big blind who made the call to put him at risk.
Daniel Palau: K♥Q♥ 
Steve Yea: A♠J♥
Palau needed to improve to stay alive, and it wasn't looking good on the turn 6♣5♥8♦6♠, but the Q♣ smacked on the river to give him top pair to secure the double.
Tommy Nguyen raised in the cutoff for 1,200,000 and Anthony Marquez three-bet for all the chips which would put Nguyen at risk. Nguyen made the call for 1,000,000 and the board would reveal the winner.
Marquez stated, "I need a lot of help."
Tommy Nguyen: 10♣10♥
Anthony Marquez: A♠6♥
The board ran out as 3♣J♦Q♦8♥A♦ and Marquez received the help on the river to win with top pair.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 2,100,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 2 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 6,975,000 | 58 |
| 1 | 3 | Francisco Vazquez | Spain | 2,750,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 4 | John Henry Gordon | United States | 8,530,000 | 71 |
| 1 | 5 | Anthony Marquez | United States | 12,820,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 6 | Mark Dube | United States | 5,600,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 1 | Corey Wick | United States | 3,995,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 2 | Jeremy Joseph | United States | 2,190,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 3 | Joseph Brumpacheco | Brazil | 4,400,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 4 | Steve Yea | South Korea | 3,450,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 5 | Daniel Palau | Mexico | 1,590,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 | Chih Fan | United States | 9,300,000 | 78 |
It was a battle of the blinds and they both woke up with monster hands heads up. Anthony Marquez raised from the small blind to 360,000 and Matthew Dodd three-bet for all of his chips 3,500,000 and Marquez made a quick call.
Matthew Dodd: A♣J♥
Anthony Marquez: K♦K♥
The board gave a small hope to Dodd with a possible straight with an eight, but ultimately the kings held on the runout of 10♥7♠9♦6♣4♦.
Daniel Buzgon got his chips into the middle against Simeon Spasov, with both hands turned up.
Daniel Buzgon: 7♥7♦
Simeon Spasov: Q♣Q♦
Bad timing for Buzgon, as he ran into a bigger pocket pair. Spasov held through the 8♣4♥Q♠5♠J♣ runout, sending Buzgon to the rail in 14th place.
Simeon Spasov moved all in for 2,060,000 on the button and was at risk when Daniel Palau called in the big blind.
Simeon Spasov: A♣10♥
Daniel Palau: A♥9♣
Spasov was in great shape and held through the 7♦K♦4♣8♠K♥ runout, doubling his stack while leaving Palau short.
Steve Yea moved all in preflop for 1,395,000 and was called by Chih Fan to put him at risk.
Steve Yea: 6♣6♥
Chih Fan: K♥Q♠
Yea started off in the lead with his pocket pair, and the flop of 3♦6♦4♣ was huge for him as it gave him top set, which left Fan dead to a running straight for a chop. That did not happen on the runout of 9♦5♠ and Yea was awarded the pot for the double.
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Hand #1:
Chih Fan opened to 220,000 from the button, Tommy Nguyen three-bet from the small blind, and Fan called.
On the flop 2♠7♥Q♥, Nguyen continued for 350,000, and Fan called to see the turn 6♦. This time Nguyen checked, Fan bet 450,000, and Nguyen folded.
Hand #2:
Fan opened to 220,000 from the hijack, Tommy Nguyen called from the button, and Steve Yea defended his big blind.
On the flop 7♦2♣10♦, the action checked around and the three players saw the turn peel the 6♣. Yea led for 325,000 but then Fan raised to 900,000, which resulted in a quick fold from Nguyen and a call from Yea.
The river fell the 9♥ and Yea checked to Fan, who fired out a bet of 650,000 and received a fold from Yea to scoop the pot.
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