We're not sure how the action went down, but we do know that Shinwon Kim was all in preflop for his last 190,000 and squaring off against Jonathan Godfrey.
Showdown
Godfrey:
Kim:
Start your engines, because it's off to the races! Kim was ahead and needed to stave off paint cards, but the exact opposite happened as the flop fell . The turn left Kim looking for a nine on the river, but it didn't happen as another paint card, the , appeared on the river.
Kim exited the Amazone Room while Godfrey increased his stack to 975,000.
Evan McNiff opened for 27,000 from the cutoff, then Carter King reraised all in from the button. It folded back to McNiff who snap-called, showing . Bad timing for King, who had .
The flop came , leaving King looking for running cards to survive. But the turn was the , making the river no matter, and King hit the rail.
McNiff was back in action on the next hand, five-betting Elder out of a hand preflop to pick up still more chips. He up to 1.932 million now.
We found Cory Albertson all in preflop for 147,000 and at risk against Jeet Shetty.
Albertson:
Shetty:
Shetty was behind and it stayed that way through the flop. The on the turn gave a nice sweat as Shetty could now knock out Albertson with any queen, ten or club. The river was the though and Albertson doubled up with his top-top.
On the flop, Sam Barnhart and Hilton Laborda checked before action fell on Nicolas Fierro. He fired 80,000 and Barnhart folded. Laborda then raised to 200,000. Fierro made the call.
The turn was the and Laborda bet 215,000. Fierro tanked for a little bit and then asked Laborda if he had ace-king. Fierro folded eventually and Laborda tabled the for just six high.
Paul Chauderson raised in early position, and a reraise forced the last 250,000 of his chips into the middle. He was working with for his tournament life, and he'd soon become just another victim of the fishhooks. It was Thomas Pedersen with the , and the board earned him the knockout, increasing his stack to 1.221 million in the process.
Brian Park was all in preflop for 270,000 with the . He was up against the dominating that Timothy Adams held. The board ran out and Adams won the hand. Park was eliminated and Adams climbed to 1.15 million in chips.
Philipp Hochhuth, the man with the double letters, was looking for a near-double-up with . He opened to 25,000 from early position, and Richard Lyndaker three-bet to 72,000 from the small blind. Hochhuth shoved all in for just about 450,000, and Lyndaker called with a slightly smaller stack. He had , and Hochhuth had some work to do. Jacks into aces again.
The board ran out blanks, coming , and the aces hold to give Lyndaker the double.
On the flop, Chamath Palihapitiya was all in for 426,000 and called by Hoi Lee. Palihapitiya held the and Lee the . The turn was the and the river the . With that jack on the turn, Palihapitiya was able to crack Lee's aces and double up.
Tony Hachem had been pressing right along through this Day 5, but he's run into a stumbling block by the name of Alexander Debus. The two men were heads-up on a flop, and Debus got his last 262,000 in. Hachem put him to the test with , but Debus' had him in a good spot to double.
The turn and river were no good for Hachem, and he's been forced to part with a good chunk of his stack.
. The 
turn left Kim looking for a nine on the river, but it didn't happen as another paint card, the 
, appeared on the river.
. Bad timing for King, who had 
.
, leaving King looking for running cards to survive. But the turn was the 
, making the river 
no matter, and King hit the rail.
flop. The 
on the turn gave a nice sweat as Shetty could now knock out Albertson with any queen, ten or club. The river was the 
flop, Sam Barnhart and Hilton Laborda checked before action fell on Nicolas Fierro. He fired 80,000 and Barnhart folded. Laborda then raised to 200,000. Fierro made the call.
and Laborda bet 215,000. Fierro tanked for a little bit and then asked Laborda if he had ace-king. Fierro folded eventually and Laborda tabled the 
for just six high.
for his tournament life, and he'd soon become just another victim of the fishhooks. It was Thomas Pedersen with the 
, and the 
that Timothy Adams held. The board ran out 
and Adams won the hand. Park was eliminated and Adams climbed to 1.15 million in chips.
. With that jack on the turn, Palihapitiya was able to crack Lee's aces and double up.
flop, and Debus got his last 262,000 in. Hachem put him to the test with 
