Bin Weng opened to 80,000 from the button. Russ Dunlevy called from the small blind before Austen Yueh jammed for 360,000 from the big blind. Weng clicked it to 600,000 and Dunlevy folded his K♠Q♠.
Austen Yueh: 8♥8♦
Bin Weng: A♠Q♣
Weng paired up on the Q♦7♣6♥ flop to take the lead, and Yueh couldn't recover as the board rounded out with the 3♣2♠.
Gregory Bauer raised to 80,000 under the gun and Michael Renna three-bet to 200,000 in middle position. Bauer then announced a reraise, and Renna instantly moved all in. "Do you have aces?" Bauer asked as he called for 850,000.
Gregory Bauer: Q♦Q♣
Michael Renna: A♥K♥
"Come on, hold up one time!" Bauer cried out as he was racing for his tournament life. The flop came 4♠3♦3♠, while the rest of the board ran out 7♦3♣ and Bauer shot out of his seat and raised his arms in the air in celebration of his double up.
Bin Weng raised to 80,000 from under the gun. Concetta Rinaldi and Maxwell Young called from the button and big blind.
The Q♥9♣8♥ flop checked to Weng and he bet 160,000 and then Rinaldi shoved for 480,000. Young folded 2♥2♠ before Weng snap-called.
Concetta Rinaldi: 8♠8♣
Bin Weng: A♣Q♠
The 2♦ turn locked up the pot for Rinaldi, who had a set of eights, ahead of the A♥ river.
Nicholas Verderamo raised to 80,000 under the gun and Ricky Landais called in the big blind.
The flop came A♣A♠8♦ and Verderamo bet 40,000. Landais called, and the K♠ fell on the turn.
Verderamo then bet 75,000, and Landais moved all in for 190,000. Verderamo took a minute before calling with 10♥10♦, but Landais had turned two pair with K♦3♦. The river was the J♣, and Landais doubled up.
Andrew Porter raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and was called by Bin Weng and Russ Dunlevy in the blinds.
The flop came Q♣10♠6♥ and Porter bet 70,000. Weng then raised to 190,000 and Dunlevy folded, while Porter called.
Weng checked the K♥ turn, and Porter bet 190,000. Weng called, and they both checked the 8♦ river. Weng showed 10♥10♦ for a set, and Porter mucked.
Mike Dentale raised to 65,000 in the cutoff before Concetta Rinaldi three-bet to 275,000 in the small blind. Dentale immediately moved all in for 800,000, and Rinaldi took a few seconds before calling.
Mike Dentale: A♥K♥
Concetta Rinaldi: 10♦10♣
Dentale was racing for his tournament life, and he took the lead with two pair on the A♣K♦5♠ flop. The rest of the board ran out 3♥9♠, and Dentale doubled up.
Joel Mitchell limped in from under the gun and Adam Kim moved all in for 180,000 in the small blind. "I'm gambling," Mitchell said as he called.
Adam Kim: 7♠7♦
Joel Mitchell: 10♣8♣
The 9♣2♥3♦ flop was safe for Kim, and he remained in the lead through the 4♠ turn and J♥ river to double up.
Adam Agaev moved all in for 200,000 on the button and Maxwell Young called in the small blind, while Bin Weng took a moment before giving up his big blind.
Adam Agaev: Q♣3♣
Maxwell Young: A♠8♣
Agaev picked up a flush draw on the J♣6♠5♣ flop, but he couldn't connect with the 7♥ turn or K♦ river and was eliminated in 18th place.
Weng admitted after the hand he folded king-jack. "Bin, you're too tight now. 2023, you would've been all in," Ricky Guan said.
John McDonald raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Bin Weng three-bet to 155,000 out of the small blind. The initial raiser jammed for around 510,000 and Weng snap-called.
John McDonald: A♥9♥
Bin Weng: Q♣Q♠
The 9♠3♣2♠ flop gave McDonald the top pair but it was not enough to survive when the 8♦ turn and 4♥ river bricked off.
McDonald was eliminated in 19th place for $12,475.
Mike Dentale raised to 100,000 on the button before Maxwell Young moved all in for 450,000 in the big blind. "Good luck," Dentale told him as he quickly called.
Maxwell Young: A♥A♦
Mike Dentale: A♣Q♠
"If I win this hand, I win the tournament," Dentale said as the flop came 7♠6♥2♣, while the Q♥ turn gave him some hope with a pair. The river was the 5♣, and Young doubled up.
"You know what my Twitter profile is? It's a set up. Every hand," Dentale said.
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