A short-stacked Michael Wang moved all in preflop for about 100,000 and was put at risk by Samuel Welbourne. Wang was racing with the against Welbourne's .
No help came from a board and Wang departed in 17th place.
Gary Friedman opened from the cutoff sparking a raising war with Jesse Vilchez on the button that ended with Friedman four-bet shoving and Vilchez putting him at risk.
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Friedman was racing for his tournament life but blew a tire and failed to gain any traction on a board, busting in 18th place.
Alexander Ziskin scored yet another double, cracking the aces of Thomas Kim. We picked up the action when it was all over but it looked that all the chips went in on the flop.
Ziskin finished with the best hand on the board as his turned trips against . Kim shipped him 107,000 and play carried on.
On the flop of , Minh Trinh was all in from the big blind, trailing with against Harry Pozefsky's . Trinh was looking to connect to one of his five outs but he missed on the turn and river.
To say Thomas Kim has been on a roll since the final three table redraw might be a tad of an understatement. Kim has more than quadrupled up since the redraw took place and is now the tournament chipleader after a sizeable pot against Alexander Ziskin.
Ziskin opened to 13,000 from middle position getting called by both players in the blinds including Kim in the small. A flop fanned out and both players checked to Ziskin who continued for 19,000. Kim flatted and the big blind folded.
The hit the turn and Kim checked once more. Ziskin bet 56,000 and Kim raised to 115,000. Ziskin flatted and the peeled off on the river.
Kim led with a bet of 87,000 and Ziskin called only to muck when Kim tabled the , flopping the nuts.
Alexander Ziskin raised to 16,000 in the cutoff and shoved a total 57,000 over Jonathan Bryan's three-bet from the button. Bryan called for the extra few thousands.
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Bryan:
Ziskin hit the nuts on the board and doubled with a straight while Bryan dropped to last 52,000.
Jonathan Bryan made it 12,000 on the button and Adam Hendrix jammed for 125,000 or so. Kevin Iacofano came over the top, reshoving out of the big blind. Bryan escaped and Hendrix found himself spinning with against . The board went out and Hendrix was eliminated in 20th place.