The remaining 20 players are going on a 15-minute break.
The remaining 20 players are going on a 15-minute break.
Maxwell Young and Hamza Azim went to the turn on a board of A♠6♥5♦3♠ when Young bet 275,000 from the hijack. Azim called on the button.
The river was the A♥ and Young bet another 700,000. Azim tanked for a few minutes into the break before calling, and Young showed A♦9♦ for trips to win the pot.
Rick Zhou raised to 200,000 in middle position and Thomas Yarbrough called in the cutoff.
Zhou continued for 100,000 on the J♣K♠4♦ flop, and Yarbrough raised to 325,000. Zhou called to see the 10♣ turn, where Yarbrough bet another 450,000. Zhou then moved all in for 2,200,000.
Yarbrough tanked for a few minutes, but he eventually gave up his hand and surrendered the pot to Zhou. "What did you have, kid?" James Calderaro asked Zhou.
"A good hand," Zhou replied.
Jason Simone moved all in for 800,000 in middle position and Jason Nguyen called on the button.
Jason Simone: Q♥J♥
Jason Nguyen: A♣K♦
Simone picked up a flush draw on the 2♥4♥10♣ flop, while the turn was the 4♦. The A♥ river gave Simone his flush, and he earned the double up.
Hamza Azim bet 100,000 from the hijack on a flop of 2♦9♠A♦ and Maxwell Young called in the big blind.
Azim bet another 200,000 on the A♣ turn, and Young again called. The river was the A♠ and Azim bet 400,000. Young called and Azim showed Q♣10♣. Young turned over 4♦2♥ for a full house to win the pot.
Willard Hunt raised to 400,000 in middle position before Elguja Gigauri moved all in from the cutoff. "Alright, I call," Hunt said with a sigh.
"Do you have aces?" Gigauri asked him.
"Did that sound like aces," tablemate Spyros Malkotsis added.
Willard Hunt: A♠K♣
Elguja Gigauri: K♦K♠
Hunt had run into Gigauri's kings as the flop came Q♠5♠9♠. The 10♥ fell on the turn, while the J♥ river gave Hunt a straight and the fortunate double up.
Christopher Anderson moved all in for 515,000 from under the gun and Hamza Azim called in the hijack.
Christopher Anderson: A♦7♠
Hamza Azim: 9♥9♦
Anderson was looking for an ace to survive as the flop came 2♥5♣Q♣, but the 9♣ turn gave Azim a set and left Anderson drawing dead. The river was the 7♣, and Anderson was sent to the rail.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Will Failla raised to 185,000 in middle position and Mukul Pahuja called on the button.
Failla continued for 155,000 on the A♥4♣Q♣ flop and Pahuja called. Failla checked the 6♣ turn, and Pahuja bet 250,000. Failla then moved all in for 600,000, and Pahuja snap-called.
Failla showed 4♠4♥ for a set, but Pahuja had top set with A♠A♣. "That's it for me," Failla said as the 9♦ completed the board on the river to seal his elimination.
"We were trapping each other," he added while heading off to the payout desk.
Chris Leon was also eliminated on another table.