Heads-up on a flop of 8♠5♥3♦, Shahar Levi bet 85,000 from the hijack and Edouard Sacrispeyre called in the big blind.
The turn was the Q♦ and Levi bet another 165,000. Sacrispeyre again called, and the J♠ fell on the river.
Levi then moved all in, and Sacrispeyre snap-called for 490,000. Levi showed A♠K♣ for just ace-high, while Sacrispeyre had rivered two pair with J♥8♥ to win the pot and double up.
In a pot of 755,000, Steven Stanton bet 315,000 from the big blind on the 6♣J♥2♦A♦ turn. Ihar Soika responded by raising to 630,000, an action which sent Stanton into the tank.
After a few minutes, Stanton let go of his cards, surrendering the seven-figure pot to Stoika.
At the same table, Maxime Chilaud was seen with a stack of over 200 big blinds, while Mason Vieth had departed after losing his remaining chips.
Richard Mullen was already all in for his last 355,000 preflop from the big blind against Zhao Liu, who had Mullen covered from the cutoff.
Richard Mullen: A♠10♣
Zhao Liu: Q♣Q♠
Mullen would need some help, but the 2♥8♣K♦K♥4♦ runout kept Liu's queens best to end Mullen's Main Event run.
Sachin Joshi raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Brian Yoon three-bet to around 200,000 from the small blind. Joshi called.
The dealer spread a flop of Q♣6♠Q♦, and Yoon continued for 110,000. Joshi elected to just call.
The 8♦ landed on the turn, and Yoon checked before folding to Joshi's bet of 225,000.
Liubomyr Melnyk opened to 55,000 on the button and Lester Edoc called from the small blind. John Weiss defended his big blind and the players went three-ways to the flop.
The A♠8♠5♦ was dealt and action checked to Weiss who bet out 110,000. Both Melynk and Edoc mucked, leaving Weiss to pick up the pot. All three players are sitting with more than double the average stack having accumulated over a million more chips each in the first level of the day.
Andrew Voor shipped in his last 220,000 from the cutoff, and Michael Mizrachi called in the small blind.
Andrew Voor: K♠4♠
Michael Mizrachi: A♥8♦
Mizrachi remained ahead on the 5♦10♣5♠Q♦ flop and turn, and secured the elimination by rivering top pair on the A♦.
John Weiss raised to 50,000 from middle position and Turlough McHugh three-bet to 155,000 from the button. Weiss came back with a four-bet to 410,000, prompting McHugh to fold.
At the next table, with about 700,000 already in the pot on a board of 6♠K♦2♦8♥2♥, Jason Wheeler checked from under the gun and Jamie Shaevel bet 525,000 from the hijack.
With only a few big blinds more than the bet behind, Wheeler went into the tank before eventually deciding to fold.
Kyosuke Nagami raised to 50,000 under the gun and was called by Curtis Nare in early position, as well as David Moreno and John Reading in the blinds.
All four players checked the 2♠K♠10♠ flop. Moreno then led out for 75,000 on the 6♦ turn and Reading called. Nagami got out of the way, while Nare then raised to 275,000. Only Moreno called.
The river was the K♣ and Nare bet 500,000, enough to put Moreno all in. He ended up tanking for more than five minutes until the clock was called. He allowed his 30-second countdown to run out, and his hand was declared dead as Nare took in the pot.
The action was joined as Soheb Porbandarwala three-bet to 150,000 from the hijack, over the raise of Peng Shan one seat to his right. When the action returned to Shan, he four-bet to 425,000, but met the ultimate resistance, as Porbandarwala five-bet jammed.
Shan took some time to think about it, given that he would be the player at risk if he were to put his 1,435,000 into the pot. After a minute or two passed, he called.
Peng Shan: A♦K♦
Soheb Porbandarwala: A♣7♣
Porbandarwala did pair his seven on the 8♠4♦8♦7♦J♥ runout, but it was to no avail, as Shan had made the nut flush at the same time.
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