Thi Dao went all in under the gun for 44,000 chips. Jasthi Kumar made the call from the button.
Thi Dao: 8♣8♦
Jasthi Kumar: J♥J♣
It didn't take long for Dao to realize she was in deep trouble. On the runout Q♥J♦Q♦7♣7♦ Kumar flopped a full house and coasted.
Michael Allis jammed from the small blind and Huck Seed in the big blind called off his last 10,000.
Huck Seed: A♥6♠
Michael Allis: A♠9♣
Seed was dominated and lost to Alli's two pair on A♣3♥10♣Q♠9♦ to be eliminated a few places away from the money.
Frank Marasco opened the action with a raise to 12,000 from late position. Marc Karger then shoved for 26,000 in the cutoff, and both of the blinds tanked before eventually getting out of the way. Marasco stuck in the call.
Marc Karger: A♣K♠
Frank Marasco: 10♣9♠
Karger was dead by the turn, as the 8♠7♦2♦J♦4♠ runout had him banging the desk in frustration as he got up to leave.
Xiaohu Liu got all his chips in the middle from under the gun and was called by Marcelo Giordano Mendes from middle position to put Liu at risk.
Xiaohu Liu: A♣Q♦
Marcelo Giordano Mendes: A♥A♦
Liu held a formidable hand, but Mendes held the best starting hand possible, which was going to make it difficult for Liu to stay alive in the tournament.
The flop came 3♣8♠4♦, which did not offer much for Liu, and the K♥ turn and the 10♦ river were the final two cards of his tournament.
Alon Shahar in the big blind moved all-in for 53,000 and faced Chun Li under the gun and Sean Troha in early position who had approximately 80,000.
Alon Shahar: A♠9♥
Sean Troha: A♦A♥
Chun Li: Q♠Q♦
Troha kept the lead all the way through a board of 2♠6♦10♦K♠9♠ to secure an almost triple up while Shahar was eliminated.
Ethan Yau and Nicholas Palma got it all in preflop, with "Rampage" behind in equity, but ahead in chips.
Nicholas Palma: Q♣Q♦
Ethan Yau: 7♣7♥
Palma, almost instinctively, wasn't even looking as the flop rolled out 7♦3♣4♦ putting him way behind. The 10♣J♥ runout sealed his fate, as his World Series came to an end.
Omar Mehmood went all in with his final 20,500 chips from middle position. Stanley Lee called on the button.
Omar Mehmood: Q♠Q♣
Stanley Lee: A♦9♥
It was a rollercoaster of a runout, running A♥3♥7♥8♦Q♥. Mehmood was ahead, then behind, then thought for a second that he was a winner.
"Yes," he said when he hit a set of queens on the river.
But then he noticed that Lee had made a flush on the river for the knockout.
Garen Zobian moved all in from the hijack for his stack of 24,500 chips. Shawn Buchanan went all in for more in the cutoff. Oscar Alache called from the big blind.
Garen Zobian: 8♥8♣
Shawn Buchanan: 10♦10♥
Oscar Alache: A♣K♣
Buchanan began begging for a "special eight" and got his wish with the flop coming 8♠6♥2♦. But there were two cards to come.
The turn-river of 7♦9♥ led to a straight for Buchanan and an exit for Zobian.
Caio De Lucca Sobral chose to go all-in from early position for 30,500. Tom Eady went all-in from the hijack, and Alec Weller opted to join the fray and put himself at risk with a jam for 65,500.
Caio De Lucca Sobral: K♠Q♠
Alec Weller: J♥J♣
Tom Eady: A♥K♣
Weller was in the lead to start the hand and came out of the pack in the same position as the board came 2♦6♣3♠9♣2♠ to award Weller the double.
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