In a preflop confrontation, Nicholas Mackenzie and Alex Plourde were both all in and called by Sergey Hovakimyan who covered both players.
Nicholas Mackenzie: A♦7♦ 
Alex Plourde: 7♣7♥
Sergey Hovakimyan: K♥K♣
Hovakimyan's pocket kings had the best of it preflop and he remained ahead on the 5♥5♦6♠6♣10♠ runout to eliminate both opponents and take down a colossal pot.
In a preflop confrontation Andrew D'Amato was all in and at risk against Wei Han Zhang.
Andrew D'Amato: A♦8♥
Wei Han Zhang: 6♥6♦
Zhang pulled way ahead with a set on the 6♣J♣Q♥ flop. The 6♠ turn improved Zhang to quads leaving D'Amato drawing dead and the latter player made his exit from the tournament area after the 10♠ river while Zhang began to stage an impressive comeback after losing most of his stack in the last level.
Level: 27
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
The final 19 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Although the action was missed, Colin Grant was recently eliminated by Boyan Shi, who currently holds the biggest chip stack in the room.
In a preflop confrontation, Rafik Zouaghi was all in from middle position, Aaron Grayer was all in from the small blind for slightly more and Maxim Kogay had called from the big blind covering both players.
Rafik Zouaghi: 7♠7♣
Aaron Grayer: Q♣10♣
Maxim Kogay, Q♠Q♥
The board ran out 4♠9♣4♦J♦Q♦. Kogay was good at showdown with a set of queens to score the double knockout and drag in a massive pot.
Seth Nuhn Jordan shoved for 1,275,000 from under the gun and was called by Maxim Kogay in the big blind who had a covering stack.
Seth Nuhn Jordan: K♣9♣
Maxim Kogay: Q♥Q♠
Jordan flopped top pair but it was no good against Kogay's set on the K♦Q♦5♠ flop. Jordan couldn't improve further on the 3♣ turn or 10♣ river and was eliminated in 23rd place while Kogay collected the last of his chips.
At the same time as Maxime Gravel and Gabriel Croteau were making their exits from the tournament area, Gorkem Sari was also eliminated in 24th place.
In a preflop confrontation Wei Han Zhang was all in from early position for roughly 600,000, Maxime Gravel was all in from the cutoff for slightly more and Paolo Balopoulos had called from the big blind covering both players.
Wei Han Zhang: J♠10♠
Maxime Gravel: AxQx
Paolo Balopoulos: 6♠6♣
The board ran out 7♥8♣2♠9♦4♦. Zhang had turned a straight to take the main pot, Balopoulos took the side pot with a pair of sixes and Gravel's deep run came to an end in 5th place.
In a preflop confrontation Gabriel Croteau found himself all in and at risk preflop against Brian Bond.
Gabriel Croteau: KxJx
Brian Bond: AxQx
Croteau found no help on the 3x5x2x4x4x runout and was sent to the rail while Bond continued to accumulate chips.
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