Jason Mercier got himself in a three-way all in with against the of Renaud Desferet and the of Fabian Chauriye. The board ran out , giving the pot to Chauriye, who started the hand with 675,000. Desferet had just 275,000 and was eliminated, while Mercier was left with 111,000.
The PokerStars Team Pro called it off shortly thereafter when Ami Barer moved in on him from the small blind.
From middle position, Matt Waxman raised to 35,000. Randy Kritzer reraised on the button to 105,000, and then Kevin Wan reraised to 245,000 out of the big blind. Waxman folded, and Kritzer quickly moved all in for 799,000. Wan called just as quickly, and a massive pot of over 1.6 million chips was born.
Wan had the best of it with the . Kritzer had the .
Despite the lead going in, Wan fell behind on the flop. The turn was the , and the river was the . Kritzer won the pot with a set of queens, and Wan was crushed down to about 100,000 in chips.
Tony Gregg just moved over 1 million in chips thanks to busting Justin Oliver from the tournament. Oliver was all in with the against the for Gregg. The flop paired Gregg's king when it came , and that was followed by the on the turn and the on the river.
Gregg finished the hand with trip kings, and Oliver was off to the payout desk.
John Racener was all in for 134,000 with the and dominating the for Farid Jattin who had him covered.
The flop kept Racener in front, and the on the turn made things real interesting because it gave Jattin a flush draw to go along with his pair and straight outs.
The river completed the board with the , and the two players chopped up the pot.
Fabian Ortiz check-called a bet of 35,000 from Toby Lewis on the flop to see the land on the turn. Both players checked, and the river was the . Ortiz bet 75,000, Lewis folded, and Ortiz won the pot.
Mike Watson just won a big pot against Farid Jattin.
Jattin kicked off the action with a 37,000 preflop raise. Watson called in position.
The flop came and Jattin checked. Watson bet 40,000 and Jattin check-raised to 134,000. Watson called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Jattin checked to Watson. Watson bet 75,000 and Jattin called. Watson showed for a pair of jacks and Jattin mucked.
Kevin Wan has been all in several times throughout the day, on this hand he was all in and doubled up again.
Wan had pocket queens, , against the of Nanev. The flop came , giving Wan a set and it only got better from there as the board came running diamonds, , giving him a flush.