Dan O'Brien was all in preflop for about 120,000 with the against the for Joel Nordkvist. The flop, turn and river came , and Nordkvist sent O'Brien to the rail.
With around 30,000 in the pot and a flop of , Michael Tureniec got his remaining 91,700 all in and was in trouble against Brandon Barnes.
Showdown
Barnes:
Tureniec:
Tureniec had flopped top pair, but it was no good against Barnes' two pair. Fortunately for Tureniec, the turn delivered him trips and left Barnes drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river and Tureniec doubled through Barnes.
Joseph Cheong check-called a bet of 15,000 from John Duthie on the flop before the dealer placed the out on the turn. Here, Cheong led for 25,000, and Duthie raised all in. Cheong called with the and was beating Duthie's .
The river was the to eliminate Duthie and move Cheong to nearly 500,000 in chips.
Igor Kurganov was all in with the against the for Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano. The board ran out in Kurganov's favor, as it came . At the final count of the chips, Pagano was slightly out-chipped, meaning he had to exit the tournament. Kurganov climbed to 250,000 or so.
From the hijack seat, Igor Kurganov raised to 8,000. Igor Yaroshevskyy reraised to 21,500 out of the big blind, then Kurganov shoved for a little over 100,000. Yaroshevskyy quickly folded, and Kurganov won the pot.