Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - Out
Chris Ferguson was all in for his ante of 1,000 in early position. A player close by limped in, and Sander Lylloff put in a raise to 21,000. That was enough to fold the limper and put him heads up with Ferguson.
Lylloff tabled , and Ferguson was drawing live for his tournament life with . He wouldn't be drawing live for long though. The flop came out , leaving him dead to runner-runner. The on the turn was no help though, and that was that for Ferguson.
Australian Tian Shou has sent a short-stacked opponent to the rail to join the exclusive Millionaire's Club.
Romica Mihailov moved all in preflop and Shou called with in the small blind, as Mihailov was on the steal with .
The board produced a sweat, but ultimately fell safely for Shou with the board sending Mihailov to the rail. Shou is now sitting pretty with 1.05 million chips.
Mark Sykes may not have realized who he was tangling with when he got all of his chips in preflop with . David Benyamine had a mighty pair of threes, , and went for the kill. He got it on a board of . Adding Sykes' chips to his own increased Benyamine's count to 600,000.
J.C. Tran
After a flop of Jordan Smith bet out 23,000. J.C. Tran made the call. The turn brought the and again Smith bet, this time for 55,000. Tran called again.
The river paired the board with the and both players checked it down.
Smith said "Pair" and J.C. Tran inquired, "How big?"
Smith replied, "Small" and Tran then flipped over . Smith flashed pocket sixes and Tran took it down.
Terry Garner is out. Garner couldn't beat Jordan Rich's with .
Rob Perelman is also out. Perelman moved all in on the turn of a board. Paul Johnson called with , a hand well ahead of Perelman's . The river blanked , ending Perelman's dreams of winning the $8.5 million first prize.
Four players together helped build a pot of 90,000 before the flop came . It checked to Ludovic Lacay in middle position who bet 52,000, George Mazelis called behind him, Alexander Kostritsyn also called from the small blind, and the fourth player folded.
The turn was the . Kostritsyn checked, Lacay bet 150,000, then Mazelis called all in with his last 120,000. Kostritsyn folded.
Lacay showed for two pair and Mazelis for both straight and flush draws. The river was the , and Mazelis is out. Lacay now has 1.7 million.
Joe Sebok
In an all in preflop pot, Raymond Muster held against the of Joe Sebok.
The board came giving Sebok the king high flush and the pot.
Joe Sebok - 458,000
Raymond Muster - eliminated
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The addition of Muster's chips came at a great time, as just a few hands prior Sebok had lost about half his chips. With 225,000 in the pot the board was . Sebok was forced to fold after a 200,000 bet from his opponent.
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey made it 16,000 to play from early position and got called by Bingjian Wu. A flop of brought a continuation bet of 23,000 by Ivey and another call by Wu.
When Ivey bet 55,000 at the on the turn, Wu tanked before calling. The river brought the and an all in bet by Ivey, forcing Wu to put his tournament life on the line. Wu tanked again before making the call. Ivey showed and Wu was eliminated. Ivey is now near 900,000.
, and Ferguson was drawing live for his tournament life with 
. He wouldn't be drawing live for long though. The flop came out 
, leaving him dead to runner-runner. The 
on the turn was no help though, and that was that for Ferguson.
in the small blind, as Mihailov was on the steal with 
.
of Huub Verdonschot.
. Adding Sykes' chips to his own increased Benyamine's count to 600,000.
and again Smith bet, this time for 55,000. Tran called again.
and both players checked it down.
. Smith flashed pocket sixes and Tran took it down.
with 
board. Paul Johnson called with 
. Kostritsyn checked, Lacay bet 150,000, then Mazelis called all in with his last 120,000. Kostritsyn folded.
for two pair and Mazelis 
giving Sebok the king high flush and the pot.
board with 
