Khorramshahi is the first casualty in the final two tables of the Main Event. In his last hand, he open-shoved under-the-gun for six big blinds, Tianhong Su called from one seat on his left, and Florencio Campomanes was in the big blind, announcing his own all in, with 1.2 million in total. Su got out of the way and they went to showdown.
Mansour Khorramshahi:
Florencio Campomanes:
The board ran out , and even though Khorramshahi picked up many outs on the turn, he didn't manage to spike anything, and hit the rail.
Another big pot went Shinagawa's way, and brought the elimination of Daji Chen. It was Shinagawa that opened the action with a raise, and Takayama along with Chen followed from the blinds.
The flop came , and after the blinds checked, Shinagawa bet 175,000. Takayama called, and Chen announced all in, for 400,000, a bet that both players flat-called, to bring that total size of the pot up to 1.4 million.
The turn was the and the two active players in the hand checked.
The river was the , and this time Shinagawa reached his hand to take some chips to bet, after Takayama's check, who instantly throwed his cards to the muck.
Chen had the second nuts in the flop with , but it wasn't enough since the turn have given a better flush to Shinagawa with .
19 players remain in the field, and after one more elimination there will be a redraw for the final two tables.
Duc Trung Vu was already high up the tournament chip counts, and he has now taken over the overall lead after eliminating Hirotaka Nakanishi who was all in for around 14 big blinds.
Yong Hui Tan busted the Main Event in one of the worst possible ways. He was all in preflop with against Duc Trung Vu's .
The odds were favoring a split, but the deck had other plans, since the gave a flush to Vu, and Tan was left taking photos of the unlucky board that sent him out in 24th place.