Action was picked up with 22,000 in the middle on a rainbow 8♠3♣2♥ flop.
Hermilo Garza Villareal fired 7,500 from middle position and Dallas Wilson made the call in the cutoff.
Villareal moved all in for 23,100 on the J♥ turn and Wilson made the call.
Hermilo Garza Villareal: Q♠Q♥ 
Dallas Wilson: K♥K♣
The river 9♥ rolled off completing the knockout for Wilson and giving him a big stack as Level 2 winds down.
Action was caught on the flop of 7♥3♠8♦, in a hand between David Patent in the big blind and the player in the cutoff.
With 10,000 in the pot, Patent bet 3,500 and the cutoff called. The turn landed the A♦ and Patent fired out another bet, this time for 8,000.
The cutoff pondered his decision, before eventually arriving at a fold.
With two players seeing a board of K♣J♣7♦ and about 14,000 in the pot David McGowan checked from the blinds and his opponent checked behind.
McGowan bet 5,000 on the 10♣ turn and was called by his opponent.
Both players checked the 3♣ river. McGowan tabled J♠J♦ for a set of jacks which, despite four clubs being on the board, was good enough to take the pot.
Abby Merk raised from the cutoff, receiving calls from David Williamson on the button and Assaf Zeharia, in the big blind.
The 10♣7♥4♦ flop saw the action check to Merk, who continued for 800. Both opponents called.
The 8♦ turn saw Zeharia check. Merk bet again, this time for 2,500. Williamson put in a raise to 6,000 and Zeharia called. The action was back on Merk who bumped it up to 18,000. Williamson stepped aside and Zeharia moved all in.
Merk went deep into the tank, eventually making the call for her tournament life.
Abby Merk: 6♥5♥
Assaf Zeharia: J♣9♣
Both players had turned a straight, but Zeharia had the superior of the two holdings. The K♣ river couldn't save Merk and she was sent to the rail.
There were some celebrations and shouts from the corner of the room, which is expected with multiple final tables going on inside the horseshoe but upon closer inspection this celebratory cheering outburst was not coming from a final table but from a table in Level 2 of the Main Event.
The board told the story as it showed 6♠10♣8♣2♣2♠. Bradley Nessar's winning hand of 8♦8♠ had made runner-runner boat to upend the 9x7x flopped straight of his opponent to keep Nessar alive as he continued to celebrate with along with a bit of a rail supporting him.
Action was retold that Nessar had bet 6,000 on the flop, his opponent had raised to 15,000 and Nessar moved all in when he was snap-called to make it look like he was going to be eliminated before the savior ducks on the turn and river.
Matt Affleck raised to 800 from early position and was three-bet to 2,800 by Dimitrios Mylonas in middle position. Action folded back around to Mylonas, who called.
Affleck check-called a 3,300 bet from Mylonas on the 5♠3♥10♠ flop and then a 5,000 bet from Mylonas on the 10♦ turn.
Affleck checked a final time on the 8♦ river and Mylonas checked behind after a lengthy tank.
Affleck tabled J♣J♠, which were no good against Mylonas' A♣A♥ to send the pot Mylonas' way.
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Rob Kuhn in middle position and the player in the hijack.
With roughly 5,000 in the pot and the board reading 7♠9♣A♠Q♠8♠, Kuhn bet 1,000 and the hijack called.
Kuhn announced "two pair," and turned over A♥9♦ to take down the pot.
Chad Holloway three-bet to 1,600 before the flop and David Welch called.
The flop came A♦J♦8♣ and Holloway continued for 1,000. Welch called, then called another bet of 2,000 on the 10♣ turn.
The river was the 9♥ and both players checked. Holloway showed A♠A♣ for top set and Welch mucked.
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