After limping preflop, three players went to a flop of 5♦3♠9♥ and action checked through to the 3♣ on the turn.
The small blind checked once more but then, miraculously, Jamie Kerstetter found the courage to bet 1,600 from the big blind with one player still behind!
The middle position player must have sniffed out this strong play and quickly folded while the small blind did the same to award Kerstetter the pot.
After a preflop betting war, short-stacked JC Tran and Joseph Quaile got it all in the middle with Tran at risk.
JC Tran: 6♠6♣
Joseph Quaile: K♦K♣
Quaile was a huge favorite to knock out Tran in this spot, especially when the flop came out K♠2♠5♠ to give him top set of kings, but the runout of 4♦7♠ gave Tran a six-high flush on the river to take the pot for the double.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are now on an extended 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 6:50 p.m. local time.
On a heads-up turn of 9♦K♠J♥5♥, Loren Cloninger led out 6,200 into the pot of 13,000 and Wesley Nally made the call after some thought.
The river came the 5♣, pairing the board and Cloninger fired again for 10,500 but then Nally moved all in to cover him.
"Arghhh!" Cloninger groaned as he did not like the position he was currently in. After some inner debate, he decided to make the call and tabled A♠A♦ for a big two-pair, but it was no good as Nally tabled Q♥10♥ for a flopped straight to win the pot, eliminating Cloninger.
On a heads-up flop of 4♥10♣3♥, the action checked around to Christopher Ewing who placed out a wager of 15,000 but was then check-raised all-in by Michael Abratique.
Ewing hesitated only for a moment before making the call to put himself at risk and tabled K♦K♥ for an overpaid of kings, but it was no match for Abratique's flopped set with 4♠4♣.
The runout of A♠5♠ did not provide Ewing the king that he needed and he was eliminated.
After some pre-flop back-and-forth, Jeffry Buchman moved all in and big stack Joey Gargiulo made the call to put him at risk.
Jeffry Buchman: A♣5♣
Joey Gargiulo: 6♥6♣
"No stop, sit down, you got this, I'm an ace magnet today," Gargiulo told Buchman as he began to stand up and gather his things.
Although no ace came, the flop of 8♠5♠5♥ was pretty good for Buchman as he made trip fives to crush Gargiulo's sixes.
"See! I told you!" Gargiulo told him as the board completed with the 3♥K♣ for Buchman to secure the pot for a double-up.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
On a completed board of J♣6♦4♦7♥J♦, Yousef Salameh checked it over to Paul Brown who set out a bet of 20,000 into the bloated pot of 52,500.
Salameh then stood up and went deep into the tank, as he only had around 24,000 left in his stack. After several full minutes, he finally tossed in his cards face-up to show 6♠7♠ for two pair on the two but he was counterfeited on the river.
"Absolute worst river," he said, shaking his head, as he watched the pot being pushed over to Brown.
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