Pier Papadia opened to 140,000 from under the gun and Tony Dam called on his direct left. Action folded to Quang Vu in the cutoff, who made it 520,000. Papadia jammed for around 1,560,000 and Vu snap-called.
Pier Papadia: J♥J♠
Quang Vu: Q♥Q♠
Any hope Papadia had quickly vanished as Vu made quads on the Q♣Q♦5♦ flop.
The 4♥8♥ completed the board, and Vu scooped in the chips.
Charlie Chiu three-bet to 410,000 from the cutoff and Ryan Tosoc called in the hijack.
The flop came 4♣4♦2♠ and Chiu continued for 250,000. Tosoc called to the K♣ turn and checked over to Chiu again, who this time fired out 900,000.
Tosoc called once more and the J♠ fell on the river. Tosoc checked and Chiu then announced he was all in.
"You got me," Tosoc said as he tanked for a few minutes. He eventually put his last 2,430,000 in and Chiu showed A♦Q♦ for a bluff.
"I just won the tournament," Tosoc yelled out as he turned over 6♣6♦ for just a pair of sixes to earn the double up. He ran away from the table with his arms raised in the air while the dealer counted out Chiu's chips.
"You realize you just had a pair of sixes, right," a tablemate said to Tosoc.
"He's the best," another added.
With more than two million in the pot to the 8♥7♦6♣Q♠4♦ river, Tyler Stafman checked from under the gun. Osman Ihlamur announced all-in on the button and that sent Stafman deep into the tank.
He ultimately announced call and one of the players instantly remarked "it's a good call", perhaps thinking that Ihlamur was still steaming from his ill-timed bluff in the previous hand.
However, as soon as Ihlamur exposed his 10♠9♠ for the flopped nut straight, they changed their mind to "oh, it's not a good call". Stafman mucked his cards but the K♠K♥ for an overpair were exposed.
Both stacks were very close but Ihlamur covered by a few big blinds. Not long ago, Stafman had flopped the nut straight with the very same cards against pocket kings and lost to now see his fate sealed the exact opposite way.
On the A♠Q♦7♥ flop, Amit Makhija checked to Koveh Waysei who fired a bet of 130,000. Makhija made the call.
The 8♣ fell on the turn, and Makhija check-called another bet of 225,000.
When the 5♣ fell on the river, Makhija checked for the final time, and Waysei checked back.
Makhija tabled A♣3♦ for top pair but it was so no good as Waysei showed Q♣8♦, turning two pair.
Pierpaola Lamanna opened to 125,000 from the button and Sam Stein three-bet to 390,000 from the small blind. Quang Vu put in a four-bet to 960,000 and Lamanna, who stated after the hand that he had 10x10x, got out of the way. Stein put in a five-bet jam for 3,705,000 sending Vu deep into the tank.
After a bit over three minutes Vu folded Q♠Q♣ face up to take down a hefty pot uncontested.
Andrey Pateychuk had a raise to 375,000 in front of him in early position before Alec Torelli reraised to 1,000,000 from the big blind.
Pateychuk then announced he was all in, sending Torelli deep in the tank for his last 3,300,000. "What a spot. One hundred and fifty left in the Main Event and here I am," Torelli said to himself.
"You put me in the absolute blender kid. What am I going to regret more," Torelli continued as the minutes ticked off the clock. He eventually slammed his cards into the muck and Pateychuk took the pot without showing.
Joshua Payne and Pei Li had gotten it all in on a board of A♠Q♣6♥3♦. Li was the one at risk of elimination.
Pei Li: A♦10♥
Joshua Payne: A♣3♣
Payne had two pair while Li was just working with one. The J♣ did not change that fact and Li took his exit.
Meanwhile, Payne shot over the ten million mark and is the third stack to play triple the average on the same table.
Hunter Barnett raised to 130,000 in the hijack and was called by Anirban Das in the cutoff, Patrick Tardif on the button and Gabi Livshitz in the big blind. The flop fell K♠7♠4♦ and Barnett continued with a bet of 225,000 which only Das called.
The turn was the 9♥ and Barnett fired out another bet of 350,000. Das still called and the 10♣ completed the board. Barnett checked this time and Das quickly checked it back. Barnett tabled 6♠6♣ but Das had a pair of sevens with 8♥7♥ to win the hand.
With an already decent pot to the K♠9♣3♥J♥8♥ river, Osman Ihlamur jammed out of the small blind with the covering stack. Sachin Joshi called all-in with the A♥9♥ for a flopped pair and rivered nut flush to double for 840,000.
Ihlamur tried to muck his cards but according to all-in showdown rule, his A♣Q♦ for ace-queen high were briefly exposed.
The action folded around to Hunter Barnett in the small blind and he jammed for 710,000. Anirban Das was in the big blind and wasted little time making the call.
Hunter Barnett: A♣10♥
Anirban Das: A♦7♦
The flop came K♥Q♣J♥, giving Barnett Broadway and he was able to fade the chop as the board completed with 5♥ on the turn and the Q♠ on the river.
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