Haiyang Yang shoved all in from the hijack for 2,455,000 and Mukul Pahuja called from the small blind.
Haiyang Yang: A♦6♥
Mukul Pahuja: A♠Q♣
Yang can thank the poker gods for his survival as he made two pair on the J♥A♥6♠4♣10♥ runout.
Haiyang Yang shoved all in from the hijack for 2,455,000 and Mukul Pahuja called from the small blind.
Haiyang Yang: A♦6♥
Mukul Pahuja: A♠Q♣
Yang can thank the poker gods for his survival as he made two pair on the J♥A♥6♠4♣10♥ runout.
Nicolas Vayssieres raised to 420,000 from under the gun, but George Tomescu in the cutoff three-bet to 3,500,000.
All the other players folded to Vayssieres, who called after a minute of reflexion.
Nicolas Vayssieres: A♠Q♠
George Tomescu: A♣Q♥
Both players had the same hand, so they split the pot on 4♦4♣10♥4♥A♥.
On a flop of 2♦6♣Q♦, Evan Benton under the gun bet 335,000 and he was called by Guofeng Wang in the big blind.
Both of them checked the Q♥ turn to find the 2♥ river, where Wang led out for 650,000.
Benton eventually made the call, but his cards went into the muck when Wang turned over 7♠6♥ for two pair.
Mukul Pahuja opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and Ruiko Mamiya called from the big blind.
Both checked the 9♦10♠5♥ flop to see an 8♦ fall on the turn. Mamiya checked, Pahuja bet 680,000, Mamiya shoved for around 2,700,000, and Pahuja called.
Ruiko Mamiya: A♦7♦
Mukul Pahuja: 8♠8♣
Mamiya had both straight and flush draws but never managed to hit any of them on the K♥ river which ended her run in the tournament.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Christopher Collier opened to 805,000 from under the gun, and he was called by Evan Benton on the button. Nicolas Vayssieres in the small blind went into the tank, but he eventually folded, and so did Nick Maimone in the big blind.
Christopher Collier: K♣K♥
Evan Benton: 8♠8♥
Benton flopped a full house on Q♥Q♠8♦ to crack Collier's kings. The A♣ turn and the 10♦ river didn't bring the king Collier needed and he was eliminated in 13th place for $24,094.
A full board of K♦A♣Q♦5♥J♥ was on the table with over 1,500,000 chips in the middle. Jason Corbett had checked the river and Fahredin Mustafov fired a bet of 675,000. Corbett contemplated for a while before he flashed the A♠ and folded.
George Tomescu in the hijack opened to 325,000, then Evan Benton in the small blind three-bet all in for 1,335,000. Tomescu asked for the count and called.
Evan Benton: A♠Q♥
George Tomescu: K♥10♥
Tomescu flopped a pair on 10♦2♣3♣, and the 9♠ turn changed nothing, but Benton was lucky enough to hit the A♣ river to double up.
Heads-up on a flop of K♥8♣10♠, Nick Maimone in the hijack bet 320,000 and Guofeng Wang check-called from the big blind.
On the A♦ turn, Maimone fired a second barrel of 700,000. Wang check-called again.
The Q♥ completed the board and Wang checked. Maimone checked back, but lost the pot as Wang flipped over 10♥8♠ for two pair.