No-Limit Hold'Em
Joseph Couden jammed for 490,000 from the hijack and was called by Masafumi Iijima in the small blind.
Joseph Couden: K♥Q♥ 
Masafumi Iijima: Q♦Q♣
The board ran out 6♣5♣2♠8♠6♠, and Couden could not pair his king and was eliminated in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,900,000
375,000
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375,000 |
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Busted | |
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There are around 53 minutes left in the level and the new seat assignments for the final eight players are as follows.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Gluszko | Poland | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,040,000 |
| 3 | Nicholas Julia | United States | 2,820,000 |
| 4 | Joseph Couden | United States | 500,000 |
| 5 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 125,000 |
| 6 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 2,700,000 |
| 7 | Masafumi Iijima | Japan | 3,525,000 |
| 8 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 2,475,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,525,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
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2,820,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
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2,700,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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2,475,000 | |
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2,040,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
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1,300,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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500,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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125,000 | |
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Pot-Limit Omaha
Nicholas Julia raised to 120,000 in the small blind which saw Richard Ashby move all in for 315,000 and Julia called.
Richard Ashby: K♠Q♠Q♣9♠
Nicholas Julia: A♠A♦10♣9♦
The board ran out 6♦J♣10♦8♣3♦ and the river flush brought the pot over to Julia while Ashby was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,510,000
660,000
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660,000 |
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Busted | |
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No-Limit Hold'em
Warwick Mirzikinian raised to 95,000 from under the gun and on the button, Masafumi Iijima three-bet to 225,000. Action folded back to Mirzikinian who moved all in for 380,000 and Iijima called.
Warwick Mirzikinian: A♣7♣
Masafumi Iijima: 9♣9♥
The board ran out 5♦4♦K♥10♦3♦ and the board brought no help to Mirzikinian and he was eliminated from the tournament in eleventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,150,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
Busted |
Seven-Card Stud
Yuri Dzivielevski: XxXx / 7♥5♠7♣
Joseph Couden: XxXx / K♠8♥4♦ folded on fifth street
Yuri Dzivielevski completed and called a raise by Joseph Couden, then bet fourth and earned a call. Dzivielevski bet his lead on fifth and Couden reluctantly folded.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Couden was then all-in against Nicholas Julia on a flop of Q♦J♠6♠ in the next game rotation.
Joseph Couden: A♦9♣3♣2♥
Nicholas Julia: A♠10♦5♦2♠
The 5♣ turn and 3♦ river gave both the nut low and Julia had the superior pair to earn three quarters.
Down to 120,000, Couden was all-in preflop against Richard Ashby.
Joseph Couden: A♣J♥10♥6♥
Richard Ashby: K♦Q♣Q♦4♠
The A♦K♥3♣2♥10♣ board ensured a full double for Couden as he kept his hopes alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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|
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850,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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|
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825,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
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240,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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2-7 Triple Draw
Ashish Gupta raised from the cutoff, Warwick Mirzikinian called from the small blind, Adam Friedman three-bet all-in from the big blind, and both players called.
All players drew two. Mirzikinian check-called a bet from Gupta.
On the second draw, Mirzikinian took one, Friedman took two, and Gupta took one. The action went check-check.
Mirzikinian drew one, Friedman drew two, and Gupta stood pat on the final draw. The action checked around.
Gupta revealed a made 8x7x6x5x3x, Mirzikinian made Jx9x8x6x5x, and Friedman mucked as he was eliminated in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,850,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
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420,000
210,000
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210,000 |
|
Busted | |
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No-Limit Hold'Em
Joseph Couden opened the button to 60,000, which earned calls from Nicholas Julia in the small blind and Richard Ashby in the big blind.
On the Q♥6♥3♠ flop, Julia led jammed for 345,000 and Couden put in the call.
Nicholas Julia: Q♣J♦
Joseph Couden: K♥8♥
Julia was ahead with top pair but Couden was live to his flush draw. The board ran out 7♦10♠ and Julia survived again to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
915,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
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|
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340,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
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Stud Hi-Lo
Ben Yu: 6♥3♣ / 10♥9♠9♣K♠ / 2♥
Adam Friedman: Q♠Q♥ / J♥4♠4♣3♦ / 3♠
Ashish Gupta: 6♣5♥ / 4♦9♥8♣8♦ / 3♥
Ben Yu completed and Adam Friedman raised. Both bumped fists and Yu joked "it's probably me" before Ashish Gupta also came along. Yu called all-in for 90,000 and added "now it might be you" to Friedman, who had a shorter stack behind.
Friedman bet fourth and fifth street with Gupta calling and was they got it in after sixth with Friedman at risk for the last 135,000.
Yu had a pair of nines and didn't improve while Friedman had the high pot with queens up by then. Gupta needed a seven or eight to scoop but only hit the low. Yu's short stack was chopped up and he was eliminated in 13th place for $11,120.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,750,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
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|
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500,000
75,000
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75,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Stud Hi-Lo
Adam Friedman: XxXx / 6♠7♥5♦
Ashish Gupta: 5x6x / 3♠J♣9♦ folded on fifth street
Adam Friedman was all-in and at risk with aces in the hole against Warwick Mirzikinian and one street away from a double up or elimination, as he made aces up. Mirzikinian had a wheel draw but only hit the low and they chopped.
Friedman then completed and Ashish Gupta defended the bring-in. Friedman bet again fourth street to earn a call and bet fifth to force a fold, as Gupta flashed a five-six with his bad runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
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|
|
425,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,600,000 | |
|
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|
|
2,580,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
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||
|
|
1,550,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
|
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||
|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
|
1,220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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|
|
1,055,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
1,040,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
990,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
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|
700,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
580,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
460,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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|
|
235,000 | |
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