Alejandro Lococo raised to 800,000 from the button and Chase Bianchi defended his big blind to see a flop of , which both players checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Bianchi bet 1.2 million and Lococo called.
Bianchi then upped his bet to 2.5 million on the river and Lococo called. Bianchi tabled the for a straight and it was good as Lococo sent his hand to the muck.
Jareth East raised to 800,000 from under the gun and was called by Demosthenes Kiriopoulos and Andreas Kniep in the blinds. All three players headed to a flop of .
The blinds checked to East who continued with a bet of 1,100,000. Kiriopoulos called and Kniep check-raised to 3,300,000. East thought for a couple of minutes before ditching his cards to the muck and Kiriopoulos quickly followed suit.
Nicolas Dumont moved all in for 2.65 million under the gun and Nicolas Vayssieres isolated by three-bet jamming over the top for 8.67 million from middle position. The rest of the players folded and it was off to the races.
Nicolas Dumont:
Nicolas Vayssieres:
The flop have Vayssieres a set and left Dumont looking to go runner-runner. The turn took away any shot of that happening, and Dumont was drawing dead headed to the river, which was the meaningless .
Jack Oliver completed in the small blind and Sean Ragozzini checked his option in the big blind.
Oliver checked on the flop of and called a bet from Ragozzini. Oliver checked again on the turn and Ragozzini checked back.
Oliver led out with a bet of 500,000 on the river and Ragozzini raised to 2,600,000. Oliver called and then mucked when Ragozzini showed for trip jacks.
Jareth East raised to 800,000 in the hijack and was called by Sean Ragozzini on the button and Arkadi Onikoul in the big blind. The flop fell and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Onikoul led out with a bet of 1,800,000 which got East to fold but Ragozzini stuck around for the on the river. Onikoul checked this time and Ragozzini thought for a brief moment but decided to check it back. Onikoul turned over for a straight and Ragozzini conceded.
Arkadi Onikoul opened to 800,000 in middle position and Mitchell Halverson three-bet to 1,800,000 as the player next to act. Andreas Kniep in the small blind then four-bet to 4,000,000. Onikoul took a moment before announcing a five-bet shove worth about 15,000,000. Halverson folded and Kniep called.
Arkadi Onikoul:
Andreas Kniep:
Onikoul's rail broke out in song when they saw their guy was all-in but quieted down when he informed them he was behind.
"Bad timing, guys," he said.
The flop of gave Onikoul additional outs with a backdoor flush draw and his rail was calling for a heart, which didn't come on the turn.
"Heart!" someone on the rail yelled before Jareth East informed them that a heart on the river wouldn't help Onikoul.
Onikoul needed a king and a king only to stay alive, and the table went silent when the river brought the .
"Sorry, man. I was getting ready to shake your hand," Onikoul timidly told his opponent after the suck-out.
Andreas Kniep opened to 800,000 from under the gun and was called by Jack Oliver in middle position. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos was in the big blind and dropped in a stack of 1,000,000 chips. Kniep and Oliver were both put to the test for the tournament life but opted to fold.
In the next hand, Kiriopoulos limped in from the small blind and Kniep checked his option. The flop came and Kiriopoulos led out for 400,000 which Kniep folded to.
A couple of hands later, Kiriopoulos opened to 800,000 in the cutoff and Oliver defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Oliver check-folded to a bet of 600,000 from Kiriopoulos.