Suren Chelian shoved from the cutoff for 170,000 and [Removed:492] called from the button with a covering stack to put Chelian at risk.
Suren Chelian: 4♣4♥ 
[Removed:492]: 6♣6♥
Morkos was in great shape with the bigger pocket pair and remained ahead on the 5♣7♠Q♠5♦2♠ runout to eliminate Chelian on the final table bubble.
In a preflop confrontation Kyle Hucker was all in for his last 91,000 from the small blind and up against [Removed:492] on the button who covered him.
Kyle Hucker: K♦2♥
[Removed:492]: 7♥7♣
Morkos' held with his pocket sevens on the 10♥A♣5♥8♣3♠ runout to send Hucker to the rail two spots shy of the final table.
In a preflop confrontation Theodore Doukas was all in for 140,000 and up against Wenping Chen who covered him.
Theodore Doukas: A♣J♠
Wenping Chen: A♦10♥
Doukas was in great shape to double up with the bigger ace and remained ahead on the 5♥6♠8♥ flop. The 10♣ turn gave Chen top pair leaving Doukas drawing to just three outs. He could not spike a jack on the 3♣ river and was sent to the rail while Chen collected the last of his chips.
[Removed:492] opened to 20,000 from middle position, receiving calls from Danny Boyaci in the cutoff and Suren Chelian in the big blind.
The flop came A♣6♥2♥ and action checked around to Boyaci who bet 25,000. Chelian folded before Morkos put in a check-raise to 70,000. Boyaci made the call.
On the J♥ turn Morkos bet 110,000. Boyaci shoved for 329,000 and Morkos called with a covering stack to put Boyaci at risk.
Danny Boyaci: A♠J♣
[Removed:492]: K♥8♥
It was an action turn that had given Boyaci aces up but Morkos the second-nut flush. Boyaci was unable to iumprove to a full house on the 5♠ river and was sent to the rail while Morkos dragged in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Evan Sparling shoved from early position for 141,000 and was called by Francois Billard on the button who had a covering stack to put Sparling at risk.
Evan Sparling: A♣Q♦
Francois Billard: A♦A♠
Billard's aces held up on the K♣K♥J♦4♣6♣ runout and he took down another healthy pot while Sparling was sent to the rail in 14th place.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
With two players seeing a board of K♣5♦6♠ and roughly 80,000 in the middle, Dhiraj Sharma checked from under the gun and Francois Billard bet 28,000 from middle position. Sharma made the call.
Sharma check-called another bet from Billard on the 3♥ turn, this tiem for 46,000.
On the 4♥ river Sharma checked, Billard moved all in covering Sharma who had 102,000 behind and Sharma snap-called to put himself at risk.
Sharma tabled K♠Q♠ for top pair but Billard tabled A♦A♥ for an overpair to take down a sizable pot while Sharma made his exit from the tournament area.
Kevin Rivest shoved for 120,000 from middle position and Jorge Pacheco made the call from the cutoff with a slightly covering stack.
Kevin Rivest: 2♠2♣
Jorge Pacheco: A♣K♦
The deuces held up on the 10♥6♥8♥Q♠3♣ runout and Rivest scored a full double up through Pacheco who was left with just under two big blinds.
A couple hands later, Pacheco shoved for his remaining 15,000 from the hijack and was called by Wenping Chen in the big blind.
Jorge Pacheco: A♦Q♥
Wenping Chen: 10♣7♥
The board ran out 9♣9♠3♦4♦10♠. Chen's rivered ten was good at showdown and he took the pot while Pacheco was sent to the rail in 17th place.
Theodore Doukas open-shoved for 62,000 from middle position and found a caller in Dhiraj Sharma who was on the button with a covering stack.
Theodore Doukas: A♥K♦
Dhiraj Sharma: A♦10♥
Doukas had the best hand preflop and remained ahead on the 4♦4♠6♥7♣2♠ runout to score a full double up at Sharma's expense.
With three players seeing a board of 9♣7♥8♥, Evan Sparling checked in the small blind, Kevin Rivest checked in the big blind and Wenping Chen bet 25,000 from the button. Sparling called before Rivest raised to 225,000. Chen, who had slightly less, made the call while Sparling got out of the way.
Wenping Chen: J♣9♠
Kevin Rivest: 6♦5♣
Chen was in rough shape against Rivest's flopped straight and failed to improve on the Q♦ turn. The 10♠ river gave Chen a bigger straight to score a full double up while Rivest was left with just under 15 big blinds.
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