On the last hand before dinner break, Jeonggyu Cho shoved all in for 5,200,000 from the hijack and James Rubinski called from the big blind.
Jeonggyu Cho:
James Rubinski:
The flop came and Cho was already tapping the felt and getting up from his seat as Rubinski hit top pair. The board ran out and Cho was eliminated while the remaining 16 players headed off on a 60-minute dinner break.
Erkut Yilmaz raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack before Todd Hansen three-bet to 3,500,000 from the button, leaving himself around 500,000 behind.
In the small blind, Georgios Sotiropoulos thought for a moment before moving all in for 18,000,000. Yilmaz folded after about 30 seconds, and Hansen called.
Todd Hansen:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
"How about some diamonds," Hansen asked. He got one on the flop, but the on the turn left him drawing to a gutshot straight. The river came the and Hansen was eliminated after his second deep run in a massive field in the past week.
Georgios Sotiropoulos opened from under the gun for 1,200,000, Peter Gross three-bet to 3,100,000 from middle position then Stuart Hilowitz shoved all-in on the button for 5,200,000 and Sotiropoulos called covering him, Gross folded and it went heads up to a flop.
Stuart Hilowitz:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
The board ran out and Sotiropoulos eliminated Hilowitz with the nut flush.
Jie Jie Zheng raised to 2,000,000 from the hijack and Georgios Sotiropoulos called from the cutoff. Heads-up on a flop of , Zheng continued for another 2,000,000 and Sotiropoulos called once again.
The turn came the and this time Zheng assembled a bet of 4,600,000. Sotiropoulos studied the situation for about a minute before announcing he was all in.
Zheng had around 2,500,000 left in his stack but decided to fold and save them for another hand.
Erkut Yilmaz raised to 1,675,000 from the hijack. On the button, Georgios Sotiropoulos asked how much he was playing before moving all in. Yilmaz snap-called for 18,500,000.
Erkut Yilmaz:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
"I'm in trouble," Sotiropoulos said after seeing Yilmaz's jacks. The board ran out and Yilmaz doubled up.