Di Wu opened to 55,000 on the button and Matthew Gawel defended from the big blind. The flop came A♠10♥3♥ and Gawel check-called a bet of 25,000 from Wu.
The turn brought the 2♦ and both players checked to the 9♠ on the river. Gawel led out with a bet of 60,000 and Wu bumped it up to 300,000. Gawel flicked in a chip to call and Wu tabled Q♥J♣ for just queen-high. Gawel had 10♣6♣ for a pair of tens and added more chips to his stack.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Di Wu opened to 40,000 from under the gun and was called by Michael Hindi and Ronald Donaho in the blinds. The flop came J♣8♦3♠ and both Donoho and Hindi got all of their chips in the middle.
Ronald Donoho: J♥10♣
Michael Hindi: 8♥8♣
Donoho flopped top pair but it was no match for the set of eights from Hindi. The turn was a brick and Donoho was left drawing dead to the river.
It only took a couple of preflop raises for Jesus Ortiz and Di Wu to get all of their chips in the middle. It was Ortiz who was at risk for around 200,000 but was facing an uphill battle.
Jesus Ortiz: Q♥J♣
Di Wu: A♣J♦
The flop came 6♣6♦2♦ and Wu was still way out front. The turn was a brick and the river was the J♠, not enough for Ortiz to stave off elimination.
Kevin Meyers open-shipped all in for 275,000 from under the gun and Surya Ramjali reshoved all in for 308,000 in the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were tabled.
Kevin Meyers: A♠9♥
Surya Ramjali: J♠J♦
The flop came 10♠10♥4♣ and Ramjali was still out front with his pair of jacks. The Q♦ on the turn and the K♣ on the river was not going to save Meyers from elimination.
The action folded to Daniel Lujano in the cutoff who shoved all in for just over 100,000. Matthew Gawel was in the small blind and quickly called to put Lujano at risk.
Daniel Lujano: A♣6♣
Matthew Gawel: 5♠5♣
It turned out to be a coin flip but it was Gawel's pocket fives who maintained the lead. Lujano was unable to connect in any way and was bounced in 14th place.
The action folded around to Kevin Chan on the button who pushed all in for his last 128,000. Joseph Furmanek woke up with a premium in the big blind and quickly called.
Kevin Chan: K♣J♣
Joseph Furmanek: A♦K♥
"Best hand I've seen in a while," Chan said. "And you wake up with that!"
The board ran out 10♦5♣5♦2♣5♥ and Chan picked up a flush draw on the turn but bricked out on the river.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Francisco Anzar was one of the shorter stacks still remaining and he shoved all in for around 175,000. Di Wu called in position and the rest of the table folded.
Francisco Anzar: A♥3♦
Di Wu: J♣J♦
Anzar was looking for a miracle ace to stay alive but the 10♠7♣4♠7♦Q♣ runout was no help and he headed to the payout desk just behind Bradley Miller.
Phovieng Keokham opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Michael Lee defended from the big blind. The flop came K♣10♥3♥ and Keokham continued with a bet of 55,000. Lee check-raised to 200,000 and Keokham announced all in for 400,000. Lee snapped him off and the cards were on their backs.
Phovieng Keokham: Q♥J♥
Michael Lee: K♦10♦
Lee flopped two pair but Keokham had a wealth of outs with straight and flush draws. The 2♣ on the turn changed nothing and the 3♠ on the river also bricked out, sending Keokham to the rail earlier than he had hoped.
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