Matt Cooper opened the action to 155K and John Yanni upped it to 350K. Cooper moved all in for just over two million in chips and Yanni made the easy call with . Cooper was in bad shape with his .
The board ran out and John wins the massive pot to move to the top of the leader board and Cooper, who was barely covered by Yanni, was eliminated.
Meanwhile, well known professional poker player Brett Richey has been eliminated.
Mark Sykes moved all in for around 10 big blinds or so on the button, Stephanie Hubbard re-shoved from the small blind, and the player in the big blind folded.
Sykes:
Hubbard:
Hubbard improved to a pair of aces on the flop of , but Sykes could survive with running cards to make trips, two pair, or a straight.
It was all over for Sykes when the bricked off on the turn, however, and the completed the board.
Sergei Rylkov's stint as chip leader was short lived, as Zbigniew Fido is our new chip leader with over four million.
Fido had an opponent all in and at risk preflop with against . He added a wheel draw on a flop of , and completed the straight on the turn. The player could actually chop the pot with an ace on the river, but the bricked off.
It's always good to get Aces late in a tournament. Even better when someone else picks up a big hand. Such was the case moments ago when Sergei Rylkov found and his opponent looked down to see . The two would get it all in pre-flop with Sergei's opponent having him covered. Rylkov was at risk for 1.775 million in chips.
The flop came keeping Sergei in the lead and no need to worry about getting flushed out since he had the . The turn was the and the river was the and Rylkov doubles to 3.6 million in chips, which is good for the chip lead.
Hieu Tran is now the man to beat after his cowboys crushed a pair of nines
One of the biggest pots of the entire tournament just went down, with more 2.5 million chips being claimed by Hieu Tran.
Tran opened for 85,000 from middle position and Collin White three-bet to 185,000 from late position.
This move did not impress Tran though, and he coolly four-bet to 350,000 even. Both players started the hand with more than 1.2 million chips, and soon enough White's entire stack was shipped into the middle.
Tran snapped the bet off with his and found himself in great shape against White's . After the final board rolled out , Tran had secured the massive double through with his set of kings, while White sent the vast majority of his stack across the table.
There was a limp and a call of that limp and Kim Noun raised it to 100,000. Kenny Nguyen, two to her left, said "what, you don't want to see a flop for 40?" Kim smiled and nodded her head side to side to indicate that no, she didn't. Kenny and Brett Richey folded and the big blind looked down at his hand and announced he was all in - for approximately 500,000. The two limpers folded and Kim announced she was calling. The cards were turned over and we were off to the races:
All in player:
Kim Noun:
The flop came - a good flop for the all in player.
The turn was the and now any Ten, Ace, or King would give Noun the pot.
The river was the and a smile came over Kim's face as the dealer pushed her the pot. That win puts her over the 2.7m mark in chips and makes her among the chip leaders. A female spectator came over and told Kim "you're one of two women left, do it!" Kim laughed and said "I'll try."
John Yanni has scored a big double up to take him over the 1.5m mark in chips. He got it all in pre-flop with against a bigger stack and their . The board ran out to give John the pot.
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and John wins the massive pot to move to the top of the leader board and Cooper, who was barely covered by Yanni, was eliminated.
, but Sykes could survive with running cards to make trips, two pair, or a straight.
bricked off on the turn, however, and the 
completed the board.
. He added a wheel draw on a flop of 
, and completed the straight on the 
turn. The player could actually chop the pot with an ace on the river, but the 
bricked off.
and his opponent looked down to see 
and Rylkov doubles to 3.6 million in chips, which is good for the chip lead.
and now any Ten, Ace, or King would give Noun the pot.
to give John the pot.