Frank Funaro opened to 150,000 under the gun and Darren Elias jammed all in for 840,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Funaro who asked for a count before calling it off.
Darren Elias: 9♣9♦
Frank Funaro: A♣J♠
The flop came K♠4♥3♦ and Elias stayed in the lead with his pocket nines. The 7♠ and K♥ runout missed Funaro who passed over a double-up.
Elia Ahmadian moved all in for 965,000 effective from late position and in the cutoff, Roman Hrabec called to put himself at risk for 545,000 while everyone else folded.
Roman Hrabec: Q♥Q♠
Elia Ahmadian: 9♣9♥
The flop of J♣10♠7♦ gave Ahmadian a gutshot straight draw, but the turn 7♠ and river A♥ changed nothing for the pocket nines and Hrabec found a late night double.
Gergely Kulcsar opened to 120,000 in the hijack and Elia Ahmadian ripped all in for 385,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Kulcsar confirmed the count before making the call.
Elia Ahmadian: Q♠Q♦
Gergely Kulcsar: K♦10♦
The flop came Q♣5♠3♦ and Ahmadian grabbed a stranglehold of the hand with a set of queens. The J♠ hit the turn, giving Kulcsar an open-ended straight draw, but the 4♣ on the river locked it up for Ahmadian.
Kristen Foxen opened to 120,000 in the hijack which saw Tyler Cornell move all in from the small blind for 815,000. Action folded back to Foxen who called and the cards were on their backs.
Kristen Foxen: A♠J♦
Tyler Cornell: 10♠10♣
The board ran out A♣K♣K♥9♦A♥ and Foxen's full house was good for the pot while the 2021 WSOP $25k champion exited the tournament.
At one table Ryan O'Donnell raised to 120,000 in first position which saw action fold around to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind who three bet to 425,000. O'Donnell moved all in for 2,115,000 effective and Ponakovs called.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: K♦K♠
Ryan O'Donnell: Q♠Q♥
The board ran out 8♣7♦6♦K♣5♠ and Ponakovs found the double up with his pocket kings.
At the other table, Espen Jorstad raised to 150,000 in late position which saw Elia Ahmadian call from the hijack. In the big blind, Darren Elias moved all in for 360,000 which saw Espen fold and Ahmadian call.
Darren Elias: A♣8♣
Elia Ahmadian: A♠J♥
The flop of J♣9♣2♣ saw Elias flop a flush and have Ahmadian drawing dead to running cards. The turn 3♣ saw no improvement and the river 7♠ was a mere formality as Elias found the double.
Calvin Lee opened to 120,000 from under the gun and was called by Taylor von Kriegenbergh and Kristen Foxen in the blinds. The flop came 8♦6♥5♠ and Foxen led out with a bet of 150,000. Lee folded and Von Kriegenbergh quickly followed suit.
On the next hand, Isaac Haxton raised to 120,000 in early position and Lee defended from the big blind. The flop fell 10♦9♦3♠ and Lee check-called a bet of 190,000 from Haxton.
The turn was the K♣ and Lee checked again. Haxton tossed in a bet of 235,000 and Lee used two of his time banks before just calling. The river was the 5♣ and both players knuckled the table. Lee turned over K♠10♠ for two pair and Haxton sent his cards to the muck.
Michael Jozoff raised it up from the hijack and Martin Zamani defended from the big blind. Mid-hand, Zamani asked to borrow Jozoff's sunglasses and he obliged.
The flop came Q♣8♥6♥ and Zamani checked to Jozoff who continued with a bet. Zamani check-raised all in for around 800,000 and Jozoff snapped him off.
Martin Zamani: Q♥7♦
Michael Jozoff: K♦K♥
Zamani flopped top pair but it was no good against the pocket kings of Jozoff. The J♣ on the turn and the A♠ on the river changed nothing, sending Zamani to the rail.