Naoya Kihara and Carol Harmon checked a flop of 7♥9♣8♥ to see the 5♣ come on the turn. Kihara led out rom the big blind for 8,000 and Harmon made the call.
The 9♦ appeared on the river. Kihara bet again for 16,000 and got a quick fold from Harmon.
A player in early position raised to 4,000 and Frank Funaro called in the cutoff.
The flop came 5♠6♠J♣ and the early-position player continued for 6,500. Funaro called and faced another bet of 9,000 on the 7♦ turn.
Funaro this time came back with a raise to 25,000 and his opponent called. The river was the 9♥ and Funaro moved all in, having his opponent's remaining 50,000 well covered.
The early-position player took around a minute before folding as Funaro took down the pot.
2017 Main Event winner Scott Blumstein limped the small blind and the big blind checked their option.
The A♦J♣J♦ flop hit the felt, and Blumstein led for 2,000. The big blind stuck around with a call.
When the 6♦ fell on the turn, Blumstein continued for 7,000 and that was enough to drag the pot.
Action folded to Dimitrii Kamalov in middle position, and he raised to 5,000. Once it folded to Phil Galfond on the button, he made the call.
The flop came J♦6♥2♦ and both players checked to see a turn.
After the Q♠ on the turn, Kamalov checked to Galfond, who bet out 6,000. Kamalov called to see the river.
The river was the 7♦ and both players checked.
Kamalov quickly turned over K♦4♦ for a flush, and Galfond mucked his hand, giving the pot to Kamalov.
Zyad Qasem was in a great spot to take out an at risk opponent in a preflop all in.
At risk player: 7x7x 
Zyad Qasem: KxKx
The board ran out 5x10x9x6xAx to whiff the at risk player and create an empty chasm in seat 9 where he had been sitting and give Qasem a boost to his stack.
Arriving on the A♦5♣Q♥10♣J♠ completed board with 50,000 chips in the middle, Ibrahim Naim tossed in his final 22,500 and was eventually called by Youngmin Seo.
Naim showed K♠Q♠ for Broadway, and Seo had to table his 5♥5♦ for a set as the pot was shipped to Naim.
The pot had about 25,000 in it on the river as the board read 10♣9♣10♥6♠4♠. Action exploded from there as Jonathan Jaffe overbet for 36,000 from middle position. Niall Farrell was in the cutoff and made a chunky raise to 150,000.
Jaffe went into the tank to consider it for quite some time before he laid it down to send the pot the way of the Scotsman.
Three ways to the J♠5♦3♦5♣ turn, the small blind made it 5,000 to go. Tyler Cornell in the big blind raised it up to 16,000 and the initial preflop raiser folded. The small blind came to the same conclusion and Cornell earned the pot.
Bruno Lopes opened to 4,000 from under the gun and then called after a player three-bet to 14,000 from middle position.
Action checked through the Q♣4♥10♦ flop to the 2♠ turn at which point both players checked once more.
The 9♣ river saw Lopes bet out 8,000 and that alone was enough to get a fold from his opponent to keep the Frenchman chipping up late in the day.
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