Short-stacked throughout the final hour, Ryan Riess saw action fold to him in the small blind and he committed his final chips with Kx5x. Yoshinori Funayama called with Ax10x in the big blind and held up to eliminate the 2013 Main Event champion.
Rommel Liscano raised to 120,000 from early position, David Niedringhaus moved all in from the small blind for 1,200,000. Liscano, having Niedringhaus barely covered, went deep into the tank before making the fold.
David Froyalde was all in and at risk holding pocket eights against one of the chipleaders in the tournament, Michael Wang. Wang had pocket jacks but an eight on the flop helped Froyalde get his double.
Rudy Cervantes moved all in from early position, and Steven Borella called. But action wasn’t finished, as Frank Zheng came over the top by also moving all in.
Borella, who had both players covered, thought about the action around before making the call to put both his opponents at risk.
Frank Zheng: J♦J♥ 
Rudy Cervantes: 10♣10♥
Steven Borella: 2♦2♥
Borella found himself way behind, but the table let out an audible stunned gasp after the dealer fanned K♥A♠2♣ on the flop. The K♥ gave Borella a full house, and the 3♣ on the river sent Zheng and Cervantes packing.
Action showed a large pot even before the dealer fanned cards on the board.
Yves Kupfermunz then announced an all-in bet, which prompted Thanh Hoa to ask for a count. The dealer announced 710,000 and Hoa called.
Yves Kupfermunz: 9♦9♠
Thanh Hoa: A♠Q♣
Hoa took the lead when the dealer fanned 6♥A♥4♥ on the flop. The 4♠ on the turn and 5♦ on the river secured Hoa the win – and a rather large pot – to send a disappointed Kupfermunz to the rail.
Niveau: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Day 1 chipleader Qiang Xu was all in from the small blind and called by Stephanie Miya in the big blind.
Qiang Xu: A♥K♣
Stephanie Miya: A♠Q♠
The board ran out J♥7♠7♥6♥J♠ for a chop, and Xu rolled his eyes at a missed opportunity to add to his chip stack.
Daniel Negreanu was in a hand with Addam Smith with the board reading A♠9♣2♣. Negreanu check-called a bet of 175,000 before both players checked the K♠ on the turn.
The river was the J♦ and Negreanu fired a tiny bet of 50,000. Smith appeared somewhat confused before flicking in the calling chips.
Negreanu tabled A♣5♣ but Smith revealed A♥J♠ for the better hand.
"You win!" Negreanu pipped. "Had the flush draw too," he added. Despite the minor setback, Negreanu is firmly in command with 75 players left.
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