Recent Millionaire Maker champion Allan Mello was seen eliminating Alexandros Theologis with the board reading J♠3♦7♠6♠3♠.
Theologis held A♦J♦ for a pair of jacks, which was no good against the queens of Mello with Q♦Q♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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440,000
440,000
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440,000 |
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Busted | |
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Action was heads up with 8♣2♥3♥J♦5♥ on the board and Oleg Ustinovich was facing a bet from Luis Dono that would require risking the rest of his 115,000. Ustinovich eventually called and the cards were turned up.
Dono showed Q♥Q♣ to take the pot and send Ustinovich to the water slides. Ustinovich flashed 10x10x and tossed it in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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514,000
264,000
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264,000 |
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Busted |
Kenny Hallaert raised to 7,500 from the button and Alexandra Botez made it 16,500 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Hallaert called.
The flop was 4♣Q♥7♣ and Botez continued for 20,000. Hallaert called and the turn was Q♣.
Botez checked the turn and called when Hallaert fired 50,000. The river was 6♥.
Botez checked again on the river and Hallaert put out 120,000. With just 112,500 left, Botez spread out her time banks and went into the tank. After three extensions she called and Hallaert turned over 7♥7♦ for sevens full of queens. Botez showed 10♣10♠ and left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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435,000
185,000
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185,000 |
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Busted |
Emilien Pitavy limped in from the small blind and Darren Elias checked his option from the big blind.
The flop was K♦6♠5♠ and Pitavy bet 5,000 to a call from Elias. Pitavy continued for 26,000 on the J♦ turn, but that was too much for Elias and he tossed his hand in the muck.
Meanwhile, Nick Schulman was seen leaving the tournament area after busting out. He was inquiring about the rebuy process and it's likely that he will return.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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283,000
107,000
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107,000 |
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109,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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Busted | |
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Gabriel Shohet opened to 12,000 and Alex Keating called from the next seat before Chris Hunichen three-bet jammed a stack of 72,000 from the cutoff.
Action folded to Gytis Lazauninkas in the big blind, who called. The initial raiser folded and Keating called.
Lazauninkas and Keating checked down the board of Q♣K♦2♣5♦J♠ and Lazauninkas showed the winner with A♣Q♠ to beat out Keating's 3♠3♣ and Hunichen's 7♣7♦ to send Big Huni to the water park.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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460,000
460,000
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460,000 |
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130,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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Busted | |
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Jim Collopy was all in and at risk from middle position against early-position opponent Vincent Cafone.
Jim Collopy: J♦J♣
Vincent Cafone: A♥A♦
Collopy had run into aces and couldn't hit a jack as the board ran out 4♥6♥9♣10♠10♦ to mark his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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Busted | |
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Chris Brewer was out of position in a heads-up pot against Andre Moreira Marques on a board of Q♣6♥2♣2♥9♥.
Brewer checked on the river and Marques moved all in for around 350,000 with around 400,000 in the pot. Brewer went deep in the tank and eventually called off for around 280,000.
Marques showed top pair with AxQx as Brewer showed the no-good J♦J♥ before heading to the water slide.
At the next table, Ren Lin was all in and at risk against Renat Bohdanov.
Ren Lin: Q♦2♦
Renat Bohdanov: K♥K♣
Lin came close to cracking kings as the flop of 3♦6♥5♦ gave him flush and straight draws, but the board finished out A♥2♠ to mark his elimination.
"Cooler!" laughed Ren Lin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,200,000
385,000
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385,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Sosia Jiang open-jammed a stack of 129,000 from the hijack and Biao Ding called in the cutoff with a bigger stack.
Sosia Jiang: A♣9♥
Biao Ding: J♥J♣
Jiang couldn't spike an ace as the board ran out 10♣7♦6♠Q♣2♥ to mark her elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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830,000
447,000
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447,000 |
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Busted |
Chad Eveslage opened to 25,000 in the cutoff and Byron Kaverman three-bet jammed on the button. Eveslage called with a bigger stack.
Chad Eveslage: A♦K♦
Byron Kaverman: Q♠Q♥
Kaverman was in great shape to double up after the 3♦8♠10♦ flop and 5♠ turn, but the A♥ river gave Eveslage the winner to mark Kaverman's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Busted | |
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Maksim Vaskresenski open-jammed a stack of 115,000 from under the gun and Manuel Pochat re-shoved from the next seat to get things heads-up.
Maksim Vaskresenski: 8♦8♠
Manuel Pochat: 6♠6♥
Vaskresenski had the better pair and stayed ahead on the 10♦9♦Q♥ flop and 8♥ turn that gave him a set. However, the river brought the 7♣ to give Pochat a straight as the Millionaire Maker final tabllist was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Busted |
