It took a long while before the dealer let Lucas Martin and Diego Aro play the hand in such a big field. Martin went all in in the cut off and got called by Aro in the big blind.
Once the players flipped their cards, the room got excited because it was a classic battle, aces versus kings.
Lucas Martin K♦K♠ 
Diego Aro A♦A♠
The dealer revealed the board: 4♥7♦5♠4♠2♠. And it was Martin who got sent home with his kings.
During hand-for-hand play during bubble time, Alli Mallu bet 120,000 on a pot of 400,000 with a board of J♦3♦8♥J♠A♥. Igor Picone, his heads-up opponent, went into the tank to consider his options. Finally he made the call.
The moment Picone called, however, Mallu immediately mucked his hand. Picone turned over Q♦7♦ for queen-high.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The tournament director instructed the dealers to complete the hand they were on and to hold up for hand-for-hand play.
The money will be reached after one more elimination.
Fiodor Lavagetto raised from the hijack to 16,000 and was re-raised by Chris Brewer for his 87,000 chip stack.
Minh Phan called from the button, and Vinh Ho re-raised to 210,000 from the big blind. Both players folded, and they were off to see five.
Chris Brewer: Q♦Q♥
Vinh Ho: 10♣10♠
Brewer was able to fade a ten, and found slightly more than a triple up.
The action was picked up when the board showed the flop: 2♣J♥Q♠. Haven Taylor in early position check-called Eliud Lopez for 31,000. The dealer revealed the turn Q♣. Both players checked to the river 4♥. The action was back again, to Taylor who decided to throw in 30,000 in chips. Lopez gave it a thought but quickly folded his cards.
Joshua Bergman raised to 16,000 in middle position and got a 50,000 three-bet from Nirath Rean, on his left. With action folded to the big blind, Kenneth Gregory shoved all-in for about 172,000. Bergman folded but Rean made the call putting Gergory's tournament life on the line.
Kenneth Gregory: A♣A♥
Nirath Rean: Q♠Q♣
Gregory's aces held on the J♥7♣3♣ flop. He secured a much-needed double up on his action-packed table with the runout K♣5♦.
Action was picked up in a blind-versus-blind battle, with Alexander Greenblatt all in and at risk from the big blind for roughly 260,000. He was up against Steven Jones in the small blind.
Alexander Greenblatt: 10♠10♥
Steven Jones: K♣7♣
The dealer ran out a board of 9♥9♦Q♠A♠10♣, securing a much-needed double up for Greenblatt
Andrew Hulme raised from early position to 16,000 only for Adam Walton to move all in from middle position for 125,000. Brian Roff called from the cutoff, and Hulme folded.
Adam Walton: K♠K♣
Brian Roff: J♣J♥
A healthy flop came for Walton with 4♠7♠5♠ peeling off, and when the K♥ came on the turn, Roff was drawing dead and Walton was guaranteed a double up and more. The 4♦ came on the river to fill him up, and the pot was shipped his way.
Ichun Chiu was in the cutoff, and Nathan Rosinger was on the button. The board already showed: 6♠9♣4♦5♥. Chiu check-called Rosinger, who bet 35,000. The river showed A♣. Both players checked for the showdown:
Nathan Rosinger 7♠7♦
Ichun Chiu Q♥9♠
Chiu didn’t show any emotions when he took all the chips from the middle; his pair of nines were holding. Rosinger, on the other hand, tried to stay composed with only 240,000 chips left.
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