Yosef Lider opened the action and Koji Takagi defended in his big blind. The flop was the and Takagi checked to Lider who continued for 5,600,000. Takagi moved all in and Lider called for his tournament life.
Koji Takagi:
Yosef Lider:
Lider was all in with the best of it with top and third pair but the turn brought out a better two-pair for Takagi. With no three on the river, it was Lider's turn to hit the rail and Takagi has a similar amount Mi Ya now - joint top of the pack.
Down to his last two and a half big blinds, Kais [Removed:321] was all in preflop and Andres Korn made the call.
Kais [Removed:321]:
Andres Korn:
The flop improved Korn and [Removed:321] needed an ace or queen to avoid elimination. The turn was a blank, as was the river, and [Removed:321] headed to the payout desk to collect $21,411 for his 22nd place finish.
Jeff Madsen raised to 1,300,000 and Joseph Weinberger pushed all in for what appeared to be 4,700,000. Madsen asked for a rough count and made the call.
Joseph Weinberger:
Jeff Madsen:
Weinberger found no help on the flop and Madsen turned a set with the . Now Weinberger had chop and flush outs, but the river came a blank to eliminate Weinberger in 23rd place for $21,411.
The cards were all but rushed away as Benjamin Hinnemann took his belongings. The German had been all in with and Ben Alloggio called with , but failed to connect on a ten-high board that also gave him an additional gutshot.
Matthew Kurtz had dropped down in the counts and the shortest stack on the table and sat in the big blind. There was an all in from Peter Lubrano under the gun and Yi Ma called before the action folded to Kurtz, who was getting an excellent price to call the rest. He made the call and they turned over their hands.
Yi Ma:
Peter Lubrano:
Matthrew Kurtz:
With a set for Ma on the flop, Kurtz was drawing dead to a chop and Lubrano needed an eight for a straight. It was all over when the turn paired the , giving Ma a boat and the didn't matter. He is the runaway chip leader at the moment, with a cool 50 million chips.
Jeff Madsen tripled up for 4,575,000 with against the of Joseph Weinberger and the of Ankit Dahiya as the board came . Dahiya was not covered by Weinberger and had around a million left, but bowed out shortly after. Cesar Claudio followed to the rail soon after to reduce the field further.
Sergei Konovalov limped in and Liran Betito jammed for 5,075,000, which Konovalov snap-called with the inferior stack.
Sergei Konovalov:
Liran Betito:
Betito was about to lose a big portion of his stack but flopped the nuts on . Neither the turn nor the river provided any help for Konovalov and he was sent to the rail.