Curtis Phelps went all in from early position off a short stack and was called by Satoshi Tanaka in the blind.
Curtis Phelps: A♦K♠
Satoshi Tanaka: K♣Q♠
Phelps was in the lead when the flop fanned out J♦9♦3♦. He remained ahead on the 2♥ turn but the 10♥ river rolled off a dagger to the heart, sending Phelps to the payout desk.
Action was picked up preflop involving three players. Harry Lodge was all in and had both James B Long and Jeremy Joseph covered.
James B Long: K♦J♥
Jeremy Joseph: 4♥3♦
Harry Lodge: 8♣8♦
The board ran out Q♣8♥7♦2♣6♠, and Lodge's set of eights was good to drag in the massive pot sending two players to the rail.
Level: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
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Vernon Barruga raised to 1,200,000 from early position and Benjamin Horgan three-bet all-in for 5,500,000 on the button. Barruga called, having Horgan covered.
Benjamin Horgan: A♣9♣
Vernon Barruga: K♠Q♠
The board ran out J♠K♥J♦9♥7♥, and Barruga's two-pair, kings and jacks, sent Horgan to the rail.
Cards were face up at showdown in a hand between Darrin Gerr and Radoslav Stoyanov.
On a board that read 6x2xJx3x10x, Stoyanov's pair of queens Q♠Q♣ bested Gerr's ace-high A♠4♦, and Gerr's tournament run came to an end.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634 | 1 | Harry Lodge | 16,250,000 | 41 |
| 634 | 3 | Michael Wills | 6,500,000 | 16 |
| 634 | 4 | Howard Mann | 7,500,000 | 19 |
| 634 | 5 | Jeremy Joseph | 7,350,000 | 18 |
| 634 | 6 | James B Long | 2,000,000 | 5 |
| 634 | 7 | Radoslav Stoyanov | 10,500,000 | 26 |
| 634 | 8 | TJ Murphy | 7,500,000 | 19 |
| 634 | 9 | David Rosenbloom | 2,200,000 | 6 |
| 626 | 1 | Peter Placey | 14,050,000 | 35 |
| 626 | 2 | Hai Nguyen | 7,000,000 | 18 |
| 626 | 3 | Leo Sigurdsson | 5,500,000 | 14 |
| 626 | 4 | Raymond Mancini | 11,500,000 | 29 |
| 626 | 5 | Vernon Barruga | 9,000,000 | 23 |
| 626 | 6 | Mengqi Chen | 6,500,000 | 16 |
| 626 | 7 | Payam Ataie | 5,800,000 | 15 |
| 626 | 8 | Tao Chu | 10,000,000 | 25 |
| 626 | 9 | Benjamin Horgan | 6,200,000 | 16 |
| 642 | 1 | Matthew Hendler | 10,925,000 | 27 |
| 642 | 2 | Satoshi Tanaka | 5,275,000 | 13 |
| 642 | 3 | Lei Yu | 3,000,000 | 8 |
| 642 | 4 | Curtis Phelps | 4,750,000 | 12 |
| 642 | 5 | Phillip Beck | 4,475,000 | 11 |
| 642 | 6 | Craig Mason | 7,875,000 | 20 |
| 642 | 7 | Anatoly Korochensky | 3,825,000 | 10 |
| 642 | 8 | Yuvaraj Rai | 8,400,000 | 21 |
| 642 | 9 | Dimitre Dimitrov | 6,500,000 | 16 |
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