Kelly Holes moved all in and got looked up by Ta-wei Tou with a bigger stack to put her at risk.
Kelly Holes: 9♥9♠
Ta-wei Tou: Q♠Q♣
The board ran out K♣5♥4♦8♣2♠ and Tou's queens held up to send Holes out in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Ryan Riess moved all in for his last roughly 4,500,000 and was called by Qiwen Chen with a bigger stack.
Ryan Riess: K♥J♠
Qiwen Chen: A♣Q♣
When the board ran out A♥10♦5♦7♦9♦, it was the end of the road for Riess as he was sent to the rail in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17
7,099,983
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7,099,983 |
|
Busted | |
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Catherine Valdes moved all in for roughly 6,500,000 and was called by the big stack of Qiwen Chen to put her tournament at risk.
Catherine Valdes: A♠J♦
Qiwen Chen: Q♣Q♦
Valdes was in need of help, but when the board ran out Q♠J♥10♠8♠A♥, it was the flopped set for Chen that took the pot to send Valdes out in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
22,999,983
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22,999,983 |
|
Busted |
Qiwen Chen opened to 1,200,000 from the button and Dinesh Alt raised from the small blind to 3,300,000 with less than a big blind back. The Qiwen Chen didn't wait long before putting Alt all in. Alt made the call.
The cards hit their back
Dinesh Alt: A♠3♦
Qiwen Chen: A♣A♥
The board ran out 3♠5♦Q♥5♠7♥ and Alt was sent to the rail in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,200,000
7,200,000
|
7,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Xiang Lin moved all in for 3,650,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Ta-wei Tou in the big blind who made the call.
Xiang Lin: A♠J♠
Ta-wei Tou: A♦2♣
Lin was in great shape for a double up, but when the board ran out K♠K♦K♥3♦2♦, it was the river that fell like a ton of bricks for Lin to be eliminated in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,800,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Adrian Troya went all in under the gun. Action folded all the way to Qiwen Chen in the big blind who made the call.
The cards were rolled over.
Adrian Troya: A♠A♦
Qiwen Chen: K♥10♠
The K♠10♦3♥5♥7♣ board ran out as cold as it gets for Troya and he hits the rail in 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
|
Busted |
Action folded to Cosmin Joldis in late position who went all in for his tournament life. Next to act was Matthew Elsby who rejammed and the remainder of the players folded.
The cards hit their back.
Cosmin Joldis: K♦J♦
Matthew Elsby: Q♦Q♣
The board ran out 8♥A♥9♠9♦7♣ and Elsby sent Joldis to the rail in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000,000
40,930,000
|
40,930,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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The action folded to Michael Younan in the cutoff who moved all in for 12,100,000 and Renji Mao snap-called in the small blind. Matthew Elsby took his time in the big blind, but in the end made the fold and the cards were shown.
Michael Younan: A♦7♦
Renji Mao: A♥K♥
Younan was in need of a seven or diamonds, but when the board ran out J♣5♦3♠9♣J♥, it was the ace-king high for Mao that eliminated Younan in ninth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000,000
15,500,000
|
15,500,000 |
|
||
|
|
29,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Action folded to Vito Branciforte on the button who went all in. Ta-Wei Tou was in the small blind and put in enough 500,000 chips to constitute a raise. The big blind folded and they were off to a full board for Branciforte's tournament life.
The hands were turned over.
Vito Branciforte: K♠5♠
Ta-Wei Tou: A♥J♠
The J♣K♣7♠ flop gave Branciforte hope. The turn Q♦ allowed him to hold the lead but the brutal A♠ hit the river and sent Branciforte to the rail in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000,000
13,000,000
|
13,000,000 |
|
Busted |
J.J. Liu opened to 3,000,000 from early position and it folded to Jesse Rosen in the big blind who moved all in for 11,800,000 total. Liu asked for a count, but after some thought, made the call with a bigger stack.
Jesse Rosen: K♣Q♣
J.J. Liu: A♠8♦
It was a fair fight preflop, but when the board ran out A♣J♦J♥2♦6♣, it was the flopped ace that stayed in the lead to send Rosen out in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000,000
19,500,000
|
19,500,000 |
|
Busted |
