David Pham raised from the button to 150,000 chips. Carlos Leiva went over the top all in, and Pham quickly called.
David Pham: J♦J♥
Carlos Leiva: A♣Q♦
There was no help for Leiva on the runout 8♦2♠5♠7♣7♥, so he had to double Pham's 580,000-chip stack.
Renat Bohdanov bet 60,000 on a pot of 150,000 and a flop of A♣K♠3♦ making Daniel Maor in the big blind fold. Hongru Zhang, called to see the next street.
After a check on the K♥ turn, Bohdanov was relentless with another bet of 140,000. Unbothered, Zhang called to see the board complete.
With action passed to him for a third time on the river 3♣, Bohdanov fired another 360,000. Zhang picked the chips out of his stack, but after some thought decided to fold his hand.
Lee Rogers called Simone Andrian's all-in and the race lasted only until the turn.
Lee Rogers: A♣K♠
Simone Andrian: J♠J♣
The runout 8♦4♠7♥J♥9♠ was in Andrian's favor, and Rogers was ousted.
Ripples and whispers had been surrounding John Hennigan, as several of his opponents were heard mentioning how aggressively the Poker Hall of Famer was navigating the tournament.
When Hennigan was seen leaving the tournament area, Simone Andrian let PokerNews know he had eliminated him holding aces against Hennigan's fives on a ten-high board.
Andrian now sits amongst the biggest stacks.
The board read 10♦J♣6♣J♠, and Aram Zobian was in the big blind with 15,000 in chips and was taking his time to decide whether to put the rest of his chips into the pot, which was about 350,000. His opponent, Michael Phillips, was in late position and called the clock, and Zobian called after the clock counted down 30 seconds.
Aram Zobian: K♥6♥
Michael Phillips: 8♠8♥
Zobian held two pair with sixes and jacks, and Phillips had the better two pair with eights and jacks. The river 5♥ did not affect the outcome, and Zobian was out, and Phillips collected a nice pot.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
After a pass, button player Michael Phillips fired 300,000 to add to a pot of 200,000 and a flop of 7♠10♥3♦. Amir Mirrasouli, the only other player in the hand in middle position, called.
The turn 2♠ saw a check from Mirrasouli. Phillips bet another 225,000. Mirrasouli replied with an all-in worth 800,000. With less than that behind, Phillips surrendered the hand and the pot to Mirrasouli.
Kristen Foxen had come into the day on quite the uptick, pushing her chip stack well over a million amongst the chip leaders.
In the last level her stack went on a downward spiral when she lost three barrels to Brian James.
She was seen leaving the tournament area shortly after break.
Niall Duffy made the all-in move with his last 310,000 chips. Kuo Chang made the call.
Niall Duffy: J♣J♠
Kuo Chang: A♦10♦
The 3♦A♣5♠7♠A♠ board run did Duffy no favors, as Chang paired his ace on the flop and got better on the river.
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