A player in middle position open-ripped his 42,000-chip stack into the middle. Leno Thomas made the call in the big blind.
Middle Position: A♠K♠ 
Leno Thomas: 6♥2♥
The board came down 8♥7♥9♥2♠6♦ and Thomas flopped his opponent dead with just six-high, as he dragged in the pot and crossed the 400,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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410,000
346,800
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346,800 |
Richard Milo opened from the cutoff with a raise to 6,500, and was called by Kareem Ibrahim in the small blind, and Jessica Shu in the big blind.
The flop came A♦8♦K♦ and Ibrahim checked to Shu, who led out for a bet of 7,000. Milo then raised to 20,000, before Ibrahim three-bet to 40,000. Shu quickly folded, and Milo tossed his cards into the muck as well.
After the hand Ibrahim showed Q♦10♦ for the flopped nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
4,500
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4,500 |
|
153,000
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
90,500
164,500
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164,500 |
A player in early position opened to 6,000 before a player in middle position reraised all in for 40,000. Mukul Pahuja reraised all in from the button and the initial raiser mucked.
Middle Position: K♦2♦
Mukul Pahuja: A♣K♣
The dealer put out 8♥9♣5♥J♠A♥ and Pahuja sent his opponent to the rail, while adding to his table leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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Action was picked up on the flop, with the board showing 9♥8♥2♣.
A player in the big blind checked to Richard Milo in the hijack, who bet out 18,000. Frank Adams on the button made the call, before the big blind raised all in for 34,800. Milo made the call, and Adams went all in for 23,300.
Frank Adams: A♥2♥
Big Blind: Q♥10♥
Richard Milo: J♣9♦
Milo was ahead with his pair of nines but would have to fade the flush draw of both players, a jack, or a queen to get the double knockout. The 8♣ on the turn, and 6♣ on the river were clean cards for Milo, to take the pot and the double knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
255,000
187,000
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187,000 |
|
Busted |
Jason Nguyen opened to 5,000 from middle position before the big blind moved all in for 41,000. Nguyen made the call.
Big Blind: A♠Q♦
Jason Nguyen: A♣K♥
Two big hands colliding, the board came down 3♣J♠9♥9♣A♠ and Nguyen stacked his opponent while chipping up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
A player in middle position opened to 4,000 before Bin Weng three-bet to 12,600 from the button. Divyam Satyarthi four-bet jammed his 23,000-chip stack into the middle from the big blind and the initial raiser folded but Weng made the call.
Divyam Satyarthi: A♠K♥
Bin Weng: J♠10♣
The board ran out 5♥7♦9♥4♦4♣ and Satyarthi survived to extend his tournament run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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58,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Action was picked up with the big blind player all in and at risk for his last 40,000 chips. He was up against Jeremy Brown in the small blind, who had him covered.
Big Blind: Q♦J♦
Jeremy Brown: A♣K♣
The board ran out 5♣5♥2♣8♣2♥ and Brown eliminated his opponent while adding to his table leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
156,700
|
156,700 |
Bin Weng raised to 5,000 from under the gun and was called by a player in early position. Once it folded to Rosendo Veras Guerrero in the cutoff, he three-bet all in for 65,300. The button folded, and Hyon Kim in the small blind four-bet all in for 125,800. Weng and the early position player folded, leaving the two players heads up, with Veras Guerrero at risk.
Rosendo Veras Guerrero: K♥K♣
Hyon Kim: Q♦Q♣
It was a cooler for Kim who ran into the pocket kings of Veras Guerrero. Once the board ran out 7♠8♦8♥J♠5♠ the pocket kings remained best, and Veras Guerrero secured the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
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|
|
125,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
60,300
49,700
|
49,700 |
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