In a heads-up pot, Claude Ngangacodru bet 280,000 on a board J♦K♠5♦4♠ and received a call from Michael Allen seated on the button.
The Q♦ completed the board on the river and this time Ngangacodru checked. Allen sent a bet worth 360,000 and Ngangacodru tanked for a few minutes before sending his cards into the muck.
Action was caught after a three way all in as all players had revealed their holdings.
Tony Gregg: Q♥J♥
George Rotariu: A♥K♦
Myles Mullaly: A♣A♦
The board ran out 3♠K♥2♣8♥6♦ for Rotariu to scoop the pot. He explained after the hand that he "Only saw the first Ace before he jammed all in and wasn't very excited to have received multiple calls."
The cards were already tabled, with Myles German standing up after loosing all his chips. German went all in preflop with A♥K♦ and had good hopes for a double up, facing A♣J♠ in Anton Smirnov's hand.
However, Smirnov managed to find a board with four spades, giving him the flush and German was eliminated from the tournament.
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Gokul Dharmarajan raised to 200,000 and Jinhua Li jammed on the button for 2,770,000. Benjamin Spragg, in the big blind, reshoved for a stack round 3,000,000 and after some thinking, Dharmarajan folded.
Jinhua LI: 8♣8♠
Benjamin Spragg: A♥K♦
Li had to win the flip to survive, which he did thanks to a board 7♣3♠J♠Q♠8♥, while Spragg was left with crumbs.