Ari Shin raised to 125,000 from under the gun, Nacho Barbero three-bet to 325,000 in middle position, Shin four-bet to 750,000, and Barbero called. The flop was J♠6♠4♥ and Shin continued for 300,000. Barbero called.
Both players checked the 2♥ turn and 8♠ river. Shin showed a whiffed K♥Q♠ and Barbero tabled the winner with Q♥Q♦.
Kai Cohen moved all in for 480,000 from under the gun before Michael Arellano reshoved for 610,000 from middle position. Gonzalo Almada called from the button. Action folded to Peter Park, who chucked away his A♦J♣ in the big blind.
Kai Cohen: Q♠Q♦
Michael Arellano: 10♠10♥
Gonzalo Almada: A♣A♠
Park was relieved he folded and felt even more vindicated after the flop came A♥J♦8♣. The K♥ turn gave both at-risk players outs to Broadway but the K♣ river filled ALmada up and he downed the two short stacks.
Alisson Piekazewicz raised from under the gun and Yung Hwang called from the small blind. On the 7♦4♦4♣ flop, Hwang checked, Piekazewicz bet 130,000, Hwang check-raised to 320,000, and Hwang called.
The 7♥ on the turn double-paired the board and Hwang bet 220,000. Piekazewicz called in position.
The river was the 4♠ for a full house on the board. Hwang shoved all in for 900,000 and Piekazewicz folded.
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Fred Goldberg raised all in for 75,000 on the button and Kai Cohen slid a large stack of T-100,000 forward in the small blind. David Dongwoo Ko slammed down calling chips in the big blind. Dongwoo Ko did a double-take to check if the large raise from Cohen was enough to cover him before revealing his hand.
Fred Goldberg: 10♠5♠
David Dongwoo Ko: 9♥9♣
Kai Cohen: A♠J♣
The board came down Q♦6♣3♦K♣5♣ for Dongwoo Ko's nines to hold up for a big double.
With the field about to break down to its final four tables, David Algarra got his final chips in with ace-king against the pocket eights of David Guay. Guay's eights held up to send Algarra to the rail.
Ari Shin opened to 125,000 from the button before Jeffrey Yanchek three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind. Shin made it 1,275,000, leaving 5,000 behind. Yancheck was slightly covered by the original bet and he called for his tournament life.
Jeffrey Yanchek: Q♦Q♣
Ari Shin: A♠K♦
The A♣10♦6♦ flop left Yankchek with few outs. Unfortunately for him, the 3♦ turn and 8♦ river improved Shin to a better flush and Yankchek departed.
