Kristen Bicknell opened to 525 from the cutoff. Action folded to Manig Loeser in the big blind, who defended.
The flop came . Loeser checked. Bicknell continued for 600. Loeser check-raised to 2,000. Bicknell took a look at her stack and went deep into tank before pushing her cards away.
During the break, one table in the room got particularly tougher. Already at the table were Jonathan Little in seat 1 and Christian Harder in seat 5. During the break, bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger sat down in seat 2 and November Niner Joshua Beckley was seated in seat 6.
The player in seat 4 asked his tablemates who has the most tournament earnings between the lot of them. The answer is Andrew Lichtenberger, who has over $8,000,000. The table combines for over $24,000,000 in tournament earnings, according to Hendon Mob.
When the missing player in seat 3 returned late from break, the player in seat 4 told him, "Our table got harder."
With the board reading and more than 5,000 in the pot, Rainer Kempe bet 4,500 from under the gun. His lone opponent in middle position called and the river was the .
Rainer thought for two minutes and moved all in for 14,675 effective. It was an all-in decision for his opponent and he went into the tank. After more than three minutes, he folded and told Kempe, "I had a big hand."
Before he mucked, Kempe showed him the .
His opponent shook his head and told him, "I folded a queen."
Charlie Carrel, first to act, opened to 800. Action folded to Antonio Esfandiari in the hijack, who three-bet to 2,025. Carrel called.
The flop came . Carrel checked. Esfandiari bet 1,825, and Carrel called. The turn was the . Carrel checked again. His opponent bet 1,825, and Carrel stuck around with a call. The river completed the board, and Carrel checked once more. Esfandiari moved all in.
Carrel started talking to his opponent for a few minutes, trying to get a read, but he didn't even get a response. He proceeded to call after a few minutes and tabled .
Esfandiari showed and said, ''Sorry, Dad,'' to his dad, who was on the rail.
According to Jonathan Little, he opened in middle position and Christian Harder called in the big blind.
On the flop, Harder checked, Little bet 1,000, and Harder called. The turn was the and Harder check-called Little's bet of 2,800.
The river was the and Harder checked again. This time, Little moved all in, putting Harder to a decision for his remaining stack of around 15,000. After thinking for awhile, Harder made the call and saw the bad news.
Little tabled for aces full and Harder was eliminated. Little is up around 80,000 chips, more than three times the starting stack.
First to act, Kyle Julius opened to 700. Action folded around to the big blind, who called.
On a flop, both players checked. The turn came the , and this time, the player in the big blind led for 850. Julius called. The river was the , and the big blind bet 2,900. Julius snap-called and showed . His opponent mucked.