Paul Cullen raised to about 13,000 from under the gun, David Rasmussen three-bet from the cutoff, Cullen four-bet all in for 49,700,000 and Rasmussen called with , leading Cullen's .
The board ran out , giving Cullen tens full of aces to double through Rasmussen.
Rafi Elharar raised to 8,500,000 and it was called by David Uvaydov in the small blind with 20,000,000 left behind. Adrian Curry thought about his move for a minute and raised it to 40,000,000. Elharar quickly moved all in and both Uvaydov and Curry folded. Curry tabled and Elharar mucked his hand.
It folded to Femi Fashakin situated in the small blind, who raised to put David Uvaydov at risk for his tournament, with only 20,000,000 left. The latter called and they tabled their cards:
David Uvaydov:
Femi Fashakin:
Uvaydov was in bad shape to win the hand, and the board fell , sending him to the exit.
On a raised pot, the flop showed when Rafi Elharar first checked before calling a continuation's bet from Atwood.
The turn brought the and no betting action. On the river , Elhararfired 18,000,000, putting Atwood into a decision. The latter ended up calling but mucked his hand when Elharar showed for top pair.
After action folded to Andrew McKenzie he shoved all in, which got immediate folds from Daniel Ghobrial on the button and Nicholas Chow in his small blind. From the big blind, Morten Christensen, with a chipstack close to McKenzie's, then went into the tank.
After about a minute he made the call, the players tabled their hands, and Mortensen was relieved to see that he was ahead.
Andrew McKenzie:
Morten Christensen:
Mortensen would stay ahead through the runout, and after the stacks were counted it was actually McKenzie who had the slightly shorter stack and he was eliminated just shy of the final table.
Hand #1: Nicholas Chow raised to 9,500,000 from the cutoff and David Rasmussen made the call. The flop came and went check-check, so did the turn .
The river was the and Rasmussen bet 11,500,000. Chow tanked for a few minutes and made the call with for ace high. Rasmussen sent into the muck.
Hand #2: Adrian Curry raised to 11,000,000 and no one called.
Hand #3: Chow raised to 9,500,000 and Morgen Christensen called in the small blind. The flop appeared and was checked.
On the turn , Christensen check-called Chow's bet for 10,500,000. The river brought no betting action. Chow tabled for a pair of jacks and Christensen folded .
Hand #4: Curry opened to 13,000,000 from the small blind and Daniel Ghobrial three-bet. Curry snap-folded.
Hand #5: Paul Cullen raised to 12,000,000 and Curry called on the button, as well as Walter Atwood.
The flop came and Cullen announced all in for about 49,000,000 after Atwood checked. Curry and Atwood mucked their hands.