The 78 remaining players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the day.
The 78 remaining players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the day.
Mark Leslie raised from the small blind to 450,000, putting maximum pressure on Aijing Jiao, who had the shorter stack, and Jiao moved all in for 545,000. Leslie called.
Aijing Jiao: A♥5♠
Mark Leslie: A♣8♠
The board ran with K♠Q♥6♣4♥J♠, and Leslie's eight kicker played for the win.
Benjamin Parent moved all in for 680,000 in late position and in the cutoff Seong Han raised to 1,400,000 to see everyone else fold.
Benjamin Parent: A♥7♥
Seong Han: 9♥9♣
The board ran out K♥8♣2♥4♠5♦ and the nines held up for Han to eliminate Parent from the tournament.
Bryan Piccioli went preflop all-in with his remaining stack of around 525,000 on the button. Christopher Elkins in the big blind decided to call.
Bryan Piccioli: A♦4♠
Christopher Elkins: A♣J♦
The dealer revealed the board: 2♠7♥5♣9♣10♠.
Elkins was already ahead preflop and the board kept it this way. Unfortunately for Piccioli who had to leave this tournament.
Mykhailo Lendel opened to 100,000, and Daniele Miniello reraised to 375,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Lendel made the call.
The flop showed K♠3♦6♠. Miniello bet 275,000 and Lendel called to see the turn 4♥.
Miniello took his time before betting 1,300,000. Lendel checked Miniello's stack and asked how much he had behind, to which Miniello replied, "Around 900,000." After a brief pause, Lendel opted to fold, and Miniello took down the pot.
Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Danny Bigelow all in for 315,000 in the big blind and Sven Pedersen all in for 300,000 in the cutoff, both covered by Yoann Saubot on the button.
Sven Pedersen: K♣J♦
Danny Bigelow: K♠Q♣
Yoann Saubot: A♥6♥
The board ran out 9♠7♣6♦A♠J♣ and the aces up was good for Saubot to take down the pot and eliminate both of his opponents.
Seong Han raised from the button to 125,000, and Franck Marescaux called from the small blind. The flop was 7♠7♣3♣; Marescaux checked, while Han bet 150,000. Marescaux called.
On the turn Q♦, Marescaux took the lead and bet 225,000, and Han called.
Both players checked the river 9♥. Marescaux turned over A♣J♦ and Han turned over 5♠3♠ for two pair.
Daniele Miniello made it 125,000 to play from under the gun and was looked up by Men Nguyen on the button.
The action went check, check on the 6♥4♥2♦ flop for the 6♦ to peel off on the turn. Miniello led out for 70,000 and Nguyen made the call.
On the A♦ river, Miniello checked it to Nguyen who, after cutting down his stack numerous times, pushed out a river bet of 125,000. Miniello thought for a while before he released his cards to send the pot to Nguyen with no showdown.
The action was caught with two players looking at a board of A♦K♥5♠6♣A♠. Junichi Murakami bet 450,000, waiting for the next move of Steven Abitbol.
It took a while, but Abitbol decided to make the call. Murakami instantly flipped over his cards A♣Q♦, showing he had rivered a set of aces. Abitbol straight away mucked his cards.