Tristan Wade opened from the cutoff+1 for 60,000 and Andrea Vezzani called from the small blind. The flop came
and Vezzani checked and Wade bet. Vezzani called and the turn came
. Wade bet 300,000 and Vezzani folded.
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The action folded to Allan Le in middle position who raised to 65,000 before the flop; Jeffrey Lavelle called and the others got out of the way before both players checked the flop of 

before Le led out for 80,000 on the turn of the
.
However, Le quickly folded after Lavelle raised to 180,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,675,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
975,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
||
Andrea Vezzani opened for 80,000 in late position. Foster Hays called from the button and Tristan Wade raised to 225,000 from the small blind. Action passed to Vezzani and he folded but Hays called.
The flop came
and Wade bet out 210,000. Hays folded and Wade is up to 2.24 million.
Jordan Young came in with a raise to 65,000 from UTG +1 and the action then folded around to Allan Le who called from the button, as did Foster Hays from the small blind, to make it three-handed to the flop of 

.
Hays checked to Young who led out for 110,000. Le was the only caller, but then Young check-folded to Le after he opened for 150,000 on the turn of the {6s).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,025,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
After a raised pot preflop, Foster Hays and Casey Kelton went heads-up to the flop of 

. Kelton opened from middle position for 85,000, but Hays raised to 250,000.
Kelton came back with a reraise, making it 550,000, but Hays moved all-in. Kelton sighed, put his hands behind his head and grimaced, then after about two minutes, he threw his hand into the muck with a loud sigh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
420,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
The action folded around to Jordan Young who raised to 65,000 from middle position; all the others got out of the way before Casey Kelton reraised all-in for 340,000 from the small blind. Andrea Vezzani took his time considering his option from the big blind, but no sooner that Vezzani's hand had touched the muck Young snap-called.
Kelton: 

Young: 

The flop was a very sweaty 

, but the turn of the
kept Kelton ahead, and it stayed that way after the repeat
appeared on the river, giving Kelton two pair and the much-needed double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
730,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
725,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
Andrea Vezzani raised on the button for 300,000 and Allan Le called from the small blind. The flop hit
, Le checked and Vezzani moved all in. Le insta-called and both players tabled pocket kings.
Le held
and Vezzani had
. The turn brought the
giving Le a king high flush. The turn was
and Vezzani slid 950,000 over to Le.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
240,000
1,460,000
|
1,460,000 |
Stanley Tavanese opened for 65,000 in middle position and Andrea Vezzani move all in behind him. Tavanese called and the hands were tabled.
Tavanese:

Vezzani:

The board ran
and Vezzani was eliminated, giving a start to the official final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,680,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,360,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,845,000 | |
|
|
1,615,000 | |
|
|
905,000 | |
|
|
830,000 | |
|
|
830,000 | |
|
|
800,000 | |
There's already been a couple of flops seen at this final table, with the remaining nine players not keen to slow down anytime soon and keep up the trend of the last two days.
In one of the first hands of the final table, the action folded around to Jeffrey Lavelle who completed the small blind before Jordan Young checked to go heads-up to the flop of 

. Lavelle then fired 40,000 and Young threw his hand into the muck.
A short time later, Casey Kelton raised from middle position to 80,000 and the action folded around to Lavelle who called from the button before calling Kelton's opening bet of 115,000 on the flop of 

, only to fold after Kelton shoved on the turn of the
.