Although the action was missed, Dustin Melanson was recently eliminated in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
In a preflop confrontation Anthony Bakri was all in from the button for roughly 105,000 and up against Danny Boyaci in the small blind who covered him.
Anthony Bakri: A♠Q♥ 
Danny Boyaci: A♦K♠
Bakri took the lead on the Q♦5♣4♥ flop but the rest of the board ran out 10♠J♥ giving Boyaci a Broadway straight to send Bakri to the rail after a brutal runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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410,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted |
Thomas Winschel opened to 15,000 from middle position, Ian Monahoyios called from the cutoff and Adil Morkos shoved for 360,000, covering all remaining players in the hand. Oleksii Mezhenkov called off his last 31,000 from the small blind and all other players got out of the way.
Oleksii Mezhenkov: A♦J♣
Adil Morkos: A♥K♠
Mezhenkov couldn't catch up on the 8♣6♥2♥K♥10♦ runout and was sent to the rail courtesy of Morkos who collected the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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495,000
188,000
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188,000 |
|
158,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
145,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In a preflop confrontation, Ian Monahoyios was all in from the small blind and up against Jorge Pacheco on the button who covered him.
Ian Monahoyios: Q♣J♥
Jorge Pacheco: A♦K♣
The board ran out 8♦2♦9♦J♦K♠ giving Pacheco the nut-flush to send Monahoyios to the rail in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
90,000
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90,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Players are now on a 45-minute dinner break
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
With three players seeing a board of 9♣7♥8♥, Evan Sparling checked in the small blind, Kevin Rivest checked in the big blind and Wenping Chen bet 25,000 from the button. Sparling called before Rivest raised to 225,000. Chen, who had slightly less, made the call while Sparling got out of the way.
Wenping Chen: J♣9♠
Kevin Rivest: 6♦5♣
Chen was in rough shape against Rivest's flopped straight and failed to improve on the Q♦ turn. The 10♠ river gave Chen a bigger straight to score a full double up while Rivest was left with just under 15 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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475,000 | |
|
166,000 | |
|
115,000 |
Theodore Doukas open-shoved for 62,000 from middle position and found a caller in Dhiraj Sharma who was on the button with a covering stack.
Theodore Doukas: A♥K♦
Dhiraj Sharma: A♦10♥
Doukas had the best hand preflop and remained ahead on the 4♦4♠6♥7♣2♠ runout to score a full double up at Sharma's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | |
|
144,000 |
Kevin Rivest shoved for 120,000 from middle position and Jorge Pacheco made the call from the cutoff with a slightly covering stack.
Kevin Rivest: 2♠2♣
Jorge Pacheco: A♣K♦
The deuces held up on the 10♥6♥8♥Q♠3♣ runout and Rivest scored a full double up through Pacheco who was left with just under two big blinds.
A couple hands later, Pacheco shoved for his remaining 15,000 from the hijack and was called by Wenping Chen in the big blind.
Jorge Pacheco: A♦Q♥
Wenping Chen: 10♣7♥
The board ran out 9♣9♠3♦4♦10♠. Chen's rivered ten was good at showdown and he took the pot while Pacheco was sent to the rail in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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435,000
-40,000
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-40,000 |
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260,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
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Busted |
