Amit Ben Yacov used his newly found riches to raise to 2,000,000 from under the gun and it folded to Bryce Yockey in the small blind. He three-bet to 6,800,000.
Ben Yacov inquired about how much Yockey had behind and the answer was "about 10 million in total." Ben Yacov folded quickly after that.
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Daisuke Ogita raised to 2,500,000 from under the gun and Bryce Yockey three-bet to 8,700,000 from the cutoff. James Cavanaugh four-bet jammed for 15,400,000 for Ogita to think for a few seconds but opt to get out of their way while Yockey called for around 13,900,000.
Bryce Yockey: K♠K♥9♥4♦
James Cavanaugh: A♣A♠2♠7♥
The board ran out J♦8♦9♣6♠5♣ for Cavanaugh to hold with the aces to eliminate Yockey in seventh place.
Amit Ben Yacov had checked out of position on a 5♦J♥K♣ flop to Daisuke Ogita who bet 2,700,000. Ben Yacov called and the 10♦ was dealt on the turn.
Both players checked this time and the 6♣ completed the board and now Ben Yacov bet 4,500,000. Ogita called and Ben Yacov tabled K♦Q♠9♥8♠ for a straight.
Ogita didn't see the straight and tabled his set of tens, but then he quickly realized and sent his cards towards the muck.
Adam Adams limped from the cutoff and small blind Sascha Wilhelm completed his bet. Amit Ben Yacov sat in the big blind and he checked his option.
The flop fell 7♠6♠4♥ and Wilhelm and Ben Yacov both put 1,500,000 in the middle while Adams got out of the way.
The turn was the J♣ and Wilhelm check-called a bet of 4,700,000 this time. The 2♣ completed the board and Wilhelm checked again to Ben Yacov. He put a stack worth 7,000,000 in the middle.
While Wilhelm was tanking, Juan Lapido claimed one of his bounties and he pulled the sole remaining $5,000 bounty. All the other bounties remaining are worth $1,000.
Wilhelm ended up folding Ben Yacov raked in another pot.
James Cavanaugh raised to 2,000,000 from the button and Daisuke Ogita potted to 6,800,000 from the small blind. Adam Adams four-bet shoved for 16,600,000 for Cavanaugh to fold and for Ogita to call with the bigger stack.
Adam Adams: A♠A♣A♥2♣
Daisuke Ogita: K♦Q♦J♣8♣
Adams was ahead with the aces and Cavanaugh was reading out the board to the rail.
The dealer revealed the 7♦3♠6♣ on the flop and Adams was still ahead with the aces.
The turn was the 2♦ for Ogita to pick up the backdoor flush draw and he hit it when the 6♦ completed the board. Both Cavanaugh and Adams didn't realize it until the dealer pushed the relevant cards forward.
Adams said his goodbyes and made his way to the payout desk to collect his earnings for finishing in sixth place.