David "Bakes" Baker shoved for his last 570,000 from the hijack and [Removed:496] announced he was all in for more on the button. Everyone else folded and a showdown was held.
David "Bakes" Baker: A♠8♦
[Removed:496]: A♥K♦
Baker found himself dominated, and the J♦Q♣4♣2♦9♥ runout provided no help to send the rest of his chips Sopotnytskyi's direction.
Jessie Bryant opened to 160,000 from under the gun, and he was called by Kalyan Chivukula in the hijack and Malcolm Franchi who defended from the big blind.
Bryant continued for 300,000 on the 8♣9♦K♣ flop, but only Franchi called. Then on the 9♠ turn, Bryant fired a second barrel of 150,000. Franchi check-called once again.
The 7♣ river landed on the felt and after Franchi checked, Bryant bet 400,000. Franchi snap-called with J♥10♦ for a straight, but he ran into Bryant's full house with K♠K♦.
Edward Pak raised the button to 125,000 and Valentin Oberhauser called out of the big blind.
They both saw a flop of K♥Q♥7♠ where Oberhauser check-called a bet of 150,000 from Pak.
On the A♠ turn, Oberhauser went into check-call mode again after Pak fired 400,000.
Both slowed down on the 2♣ river and checked. Oberhauser showed Q♣J♠ for a pair of queens, and Pak mucked.
Jeffrey Copeland moved all in for 465,000 in the big blind and Jean Lhuillier called in the hijack.
Jeffrey Copeland: A♦9♣
Jean Lhuillier: 10♦9♦
Copeland had Lhuillier dominated as the flop came 8♦K♠7♥, giving Lhuillier a straight draw. The 10♥ turn gave him a pair and the lead, while Copeland missed the 4♣ river on his way to the rail.
On a new feature table, Laurent Manderlier raised K♥J♠ from an early position and Troy Quenneville called with A♦3♦ from the cutoff.
The players saw the A♣Q♥8♥ flop with Quenneville hitting top pair.
Both checked to the 4♥ turn, bringing in the flush draw for Manderlier. Manderlier bet 100,000 which got a call from Quenneville.
The 4♠ river didn't change much and Manderlier checked to Quenneville, who took paused, before raising to 525,000. Manderlier folded and Quenneville took the pot.
Nicholas Howard opened the cutoff to 125,000 and Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni defended from the big blind.
On the A♠8♣10♣ flop, Portaleoni check-called a bet of 125,000 from Howard.
The two then checked it to showdown where Portaleoni tabled 8♠5♠ for a pair of eights, but Howard had the winner with Q♦10♠ for a pair of tens.
James Kohl raised to 150,000 in early position, Niklas Astedt three-bet to 400,000 in the cutoff, and Kohl called.
The flop came 8♦10♥3♦ and Astedt moved all in. "Okay, let's go," Kohl said as he called for 700,000.
James Kohl: A♦4♦
Niklas Astedt: A♠K♠
Kohl had a flush draw against Astedt's superior ace, but he missed the 7♠ turn and 2♠ river as Astedt went past 9,000,000 with the bustout.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
The remaining 190 players are now on the last 20-minute break of the day. There is one more two-hour level left to play on Day 5 before players bag up their chips for the night.
Level 24 Highlights
Heads-up on a board of 8♠2♣K♣J♠ with over a million in the pot arleady, Kyosuke Nagami check-called a 540,000 bet from Kavin Shah.
The 5♣ completed the board and Nagami shoved for approximately two million, which was enough to put Shah all in for slightly less.
"Set no good?" Shah inquired as he weighed his decision. Nagami remained silent.
Shah eventually put in a call and Nagami turned over A♣J♣ for the nut flush.
Shah showed he held 8♣8♥ for a set of eights — eliminating him late in the evening.
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