Aaron Duczak opened to 650,000 in early position and Philippe Souki shipped all in from the small blind as the big stack. The big blind folded and Duczak quickly called off his stack of 8,700,000.
Aaron Duczak:
Philippe Souki:
Duczak held the better of the two pocket pairs and the flop of gave him nothing to worry about. The on the turn and the on the river was a safe runout as the Canadian doubled up once again.
Jimmy Setna raised to 625,000 from under the gun and Damian Salas made the call from the small blind. Matthew Su three-bet shoved for 5,275,000 from the big blind for Setna to fold. Salas needed some more time but decided to fold after tanking for 158 seconds.
Imran Bhojani moved all in for 4,600,000 from under the gun and was called by Kamal Bittar in the big blind.
Imran Bhojani:
Kamal Bittar:
The flop gave Bhojani a straight draw that his rail calling for a six, but the turn and river couldn't save Bhojani and he was eliminated in 33rd place.
Picking up the action after the flop, Jonathan Rosa in early position was involved in a hand with Espen Jorstad in the big blind. With the board reading Jorstad checked and Rosa led out for 900,000. Jorstad made the call to see the turn.
Jorstad checked for a second time on the turn and Rosa responded by moving all in for his last 6,100,000. After some thought and with a "good luck" directed towards Rosa, Jorstad called with the covering stack.
Jonathan Rosa:
Espen Jorstad:
Though ahead, Rosa would need to dodge a plethora of outs to survive. Unfortunately for him he was unable to do so as the rolled off on the river, bringing his deep run to an end in 34th place.
Efthymia Litsou completed her small blind and Adam Dermersseman checked his big blind. They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Litsou bet 350,000 for the fold.
On the next hand, Demersseman raised to 1,250,000 from the small blind for Kenny Tran to fold.
Matthew Shepsky shoved for 2,650,000 from the middle position and everyone folded.
Adrian Attenborough raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Vadim Rozin three-bet to 2,100 in the big blind, which Attenborough called. On the flop, Rozin bet 1,500,000 and Attenborough folded.
In the next hand, Jonathan Rosa jammed the last 3,600,000 preflop and Attenborough called in the big blind.
Jonathan Rosa:
Adrian Attenborough:
The inferior ace got there on the board and the "blessed" Rosa doubled.
Tzur Levy then defended his big blind against a button raise by Rozin and check-called the flop for 600,000. He also check-called another 1,400,000 on the turn and they checked the river. Levy tabled the and that won the pot.
Andy Taylor then faced a raise to 650,000 by Robert Welch and the call by Rozin. He three-bet to 2,600,000 and Welch jammed, Rozin folded and Taylor called.
Robert Welch:
Andy Taylor:
Welch was delighted when the appeared in the window but sheer horror followed for him with the . Two blanks later, on the turn and river, Welch sat back down to continue his Main Event journey.
Just moments after Evan Krentzman's double-up versus Philippe Souki, the two were back at it again. Souki raised to 625,000 in the cutoff and Krentzman three-bet to 1,600,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Souki jammed all in, getting a fold from Krentzman.
A couple of hands later, Aaron Duczak raised to 650,000 on the button and Tom Kunze called from the small blind. The flop fell and Kunze checked to Duczak who continued for 775,000. Kunze check-raised to 1,900,000 and Duczak instantly shoved all in for around 4,000,000. Kunze snap-folded and Duczak collected the pot.
Matthew Su completed his small blind and Jimmy Setna opted to check in the big blind. The flop came , Su bet 300,000 and Setna raised it up to 1,000,000 to get the fold.
Efthymia Litsou raised to 600,000 from early position, then Matthew Shepsky defended his big blind. The flop came , Shepsky bet 525,000, Litsou raised to 3,325,000 and got the fold.
Matija Dobric raised to 600,000 under the gun and was called by Philippe Souki in the small blind and a short-stacked Evan Krentzman in the big blind.
Souki and Krentzman checked the flop and Dobric bet 750,000.
Only Krentzman called and the fell on the turn. Krentzman then moved all in for his last 2,300,000 and was called by Dobric.
Evan Krentzman:
Matija Dobric:
The turn had given Krentzman what seemed like a world of potential outs to go with his pair of nines, but Dobric held a jack-high straight.
The river however brought the , eliciting a fist pump and a loud scream of "yes" from Krentzman, who hit his flush to double up and stay alive in the tournament.