The hand was discovered on a completed board of with Barth Melius who held versus an all-in opponent with .
After all the dust had cleared the air, it was the two pair queens and treys alongside an eight-seven-five low that scooped the pot for Melius and eliminated his opponent.
The action was discovered on a completed board of and Mike Matusow who held versus the held by his all-in opponent.
After a minute or two of his opponent searching for a possible winner on either side, Matusow was awarded the scooped pot with seven-high straight and seven low, and chipped up to a comfortable 270,000.
The remaining players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the night. During this break, the tournament staff will color up the purple 500 denomination chips and remove them from the tournament. Play will resume at approximately 12:00 a.m. local (PST) time.
The prize pool and payouts for this event have been posted. A total of 725 players entered the event and 109 places will be paid. A min-cash is worth $2,413 and first place will receive $186,789 in cash.