Stephen Chidwick and Smith Sirisakorn were in middle position and got three bets in preflop and both checked the first three cards. The board read on the turn and Chidwick check-called a bet for most of his stack. On the river, he checked and folded, preserving his remaining 900.
Mike Ross completed the bet on third and Justin Bonomo raised. Ross called. Bonomo had the lead on fourth and bet. Ross called. Fifth street gave Ross a pair and the lead. He checked and Bonomo checked behind. Ross bet sixth, Bonomo called, and both players checked seventh.
Ross showed for a pair of kings and Bonomo mucked his hand.
Kyle Bowker got locked in a hand with Mike Noori with the former pairing aces on fifth and the latter pairing kings. It was Noori taking the betting lead after Bowker checked to him, and Bowker called. Bowker then took the lead again with a bet after getting three to a wheel.
Bowker: /
Noori: /
Noori called this time, and he called a final bet on the end for all but his last 800.
Bowker showed for trip aces and a low. Noori had in the hole and revealed a useless on the river.
"Catch the ace on the end?" he asked.
Bowker said he had it the whole way. Noori busted a couple of hands later.
Jared Bleznick raised in middle position and Mike Ross reraised on his left in the cutoff. Ryan Paluf cold-called in the big blind and Bleznick called as well. The three saw a flop and Ross bet and got two calls. Paluf led out on the turn, though, and Bleznick folded. Ross waved his hands in frustration, then folded moments later as well.
Nick Guagenti got Stephen Chidwick all in and at risk on fourth street.
Guagenti: /
Chidwick: /
Chidwick was drawing to a flush and wasted no time getting there as the was dealt to him. He finished out with the to make a low as well, while Guagenti got dealt and had to send his neighbor a double.
Phil Hellmuth was in the small blind and called an Ashton Griffin three-bet from the button. Griffin played the remainder of the hand with Ashih Gupta.
The board ran out and Griffin showed he could only offer one pair of kings. Unfortunately for Hellmuth, he could only make a pair of sixes.
Below are some other updated counts from the field.