Simon Lau raised to 150,000 from the cutoff before Namit Patel made it 620,000 from the small blind.
Lau called a bet of 450,000 on the K♣J♦10♦, but snap-folded when Patel jammed on the 2♥ turn.
Alan Nosonchuk opened to 90,000 from the hijack and called when Christopher Shum jammed for 660,000 from the cutoff.
Christopher Shum: A♠J♠
Alan Nosonchuk: 8♠8♥
The J♥ was in the window, followed by the 10♥8♦, giving Nosonchuk a set. He locked up the elimination on the 4♠ turn and Shun bowed out after the 3♠ river.
On a three-way flop of A♥6♠4♦, Mario Damiao pushed all-in for 125,000 on the button and he was called by Matthew Faust from under the gun.
Mario Damiao: A♠10♠
Matthew Faust: 6♦6♣
The Q♥ turn left Damiao drawing dead to make the 2♠ river a formality.
Soon after on the same table, John Merriam pushed all-in against the big stack Shane Brown who quickly called.
John Merriam: J♦8♣
Shane Brown: A♥10♥
"There is a chance," Merriam murmuered but he couldn't find an escape on the Q♣7♦6♦7♠3♠ board.
After the elimination of James Driscoll, Yosef-Izhak Lider limped in from under the gun, with action folding to David Lu in the small blind. George Grabe checked his option in the big blind.
It checked to Lider on the J♠J♥6♠ flop, and he bet 45,000. Lu quickly folded before Grabe made it 575,000. Lider moved all-in for slightly more, and was snap-called.
Yosef-Izhak Lider: Q♣Q♥
George Grabe: J♣10♠
Grabe flopped trips and Lider's queens couldn't recover after the 2♠ turn or 7♠ river.
Alan Nosonchuk from under the gun was heads-up with Anthony LaRocca from the hijack with just under 400,000 in the middle on the turn.
With the board reading J♥6♣2♣, Nosonchuk led for 185,000 before LaRocca announced all in as the covering stack, and Nosonchuk could not have called faster for his 900,000 remaining stack.
Alan Nosonchuk: 6♥6♦
Anthony LaRocca: 2♥2♦
It was a brutal set over set cooler with Nosonchuk the beneficiary. The J♣ river did not deliver a one-outer, and Nosonchuk secured the full double.
On the final three tables, Nicholas Falcone was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and Anthony LaRocca claimed his stack from one seat over with the A♦J♠ still exposed.
That was good enough for jacks and deuces on the Q♠5♠2♦2♣J♥ runout to earn the bounty pull.
Level: 20
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
A player opened to 70,000 in early position before Adam Agaev jammed for 390,000 from the button. In the big blind, Shane Brown called and the opener got out of the way after some deliberation.
Adam Agaev: Q♥Q♣
Shane Brown: A♠K♥
It was the most classic of flips as the J♦4♠2♠ flop kept Agaev's queens in front. The 3♦ turn added a gutshot for Brown, but it was the K♣ river that paired him, giving Brown the winner to send Agaev to the rail.
Corrie Samuels went on a bounty hunt to try and knock out Todd Lewis, who had previously scored a double with a short stack already.
Todd Lewis: K♠Q♣
Corrie Samuels: K♥Q♥
The A♥Q♠2♣2♦10♠ board ensured the split pot.
Instead, Colbert Silva busted shortly after from that table before it broke.
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