Keiichiro Sugimoto moved all in for 112,000 from under the gun and he found a taker in Chane Kampanatsanyakorn. Sugimoto turned over and Kampanatsanyakorn showed .
The flop gave some hope to Sugimoto when it cam . The turn did improve either player's hand but the river gave Sugimoto the pot and the double up.
Christian Haggart raised to 55,000 and it folded to Keiichiro Sugimoto who moved all in. Sam Cohen also went all in and it folded back to Haggart who eventually folded. When the hands were tabled, it was Cohen who was ahead going to the flop with against the of Sugimoto.
The board ran out , eliminating Sugimoto from the tournament in 7th place, just two hands after he doubled up.
It's not been an easy final table for Sam Cohen so far, but she just had plenty of reason to smile after taking down a big pot from Christian Haggart to regain the chip lead.
Cohen raised to 50,000 preflop and Haggart responded with a three-bet to 125,000 from the blinds. Cohen called quickly and the flop brought out .
Haggart quickly flicked out another 125,000 and Cohen threw in the call. On the turn the popped up and confidently Haggart announced a bet of 200,000. Cohen did not waste any time and called creating a huge pot on the river.
The river was the and Haggart checked, after which Cohen quickly checked back and showed . Haggart mucked and Cohen raked in this very big pot.
With 200,000 in the pot and a flop of on the board, Sam Cohen checked over to Winfred Yu, who bet 80,000. Christian Haggart made a quick call and Cohen folded. Yu fired 125,000 on the turn and again, Haggart quicky called. The river came prompting both players to check.
Yu tabled and Haggart was going to muck but decided to show . Yu is stacking more chips and is currently second in chips to Cohen.
With the completion of the current level we say goodbye to the blue colored 1,000 chips. There is a short two-minute break for the players before we roll into the next level.