Aram Zobian raised in the hijack to 20,000, Justin Vaysman called in the big blind.
Zobian fired out a bet of 11,000 when the flop came Q♦K♠7♦, Vaysman called. Zobian fired another bet for 51,000 when the 6♠ hit the turn, Vaysman folded.
Cary Katz shoved for 83,000 from the cutoff and Yang Zhang called with a covering stack on the button to put him at risk.
Cary Katz: K♠10♠
Yang Zhang: A♣5♣
Zhang was ahead preflop but Katz had a bunch of outs on the 4♣5♠7♠ flop with two overs and a flush draw. The rest of the board ran out 3♣8♣ bringing in a backdoor flush for Zhang to send Katz to the rail four spots shy of making the money.
On the soft bubble, Renji Mao open ripped his stack of 110,000. Small blind Zachary Grech then ripped, covering Ryutaro Suzuki in the big blind. Suzuki then tanked for over four minutes, before folding Q♣Q♥ face up.
Renji Mao: A♥J♦
Zachary Grech: 9♣9♦
The dealer had evil intentions, putting out 8♣Q♠9♥ on the flop, giving Grech a set, and Mao a straight draw. Suzuki looked sick as the board ran out 5♠5♦ as he would've had top boat. Either way, Mao was heading home just before cashing.
With 216 players remaining and 214 spots paid, there were six all-in and calls during the same hand of hand-for-hand play, with five players total being eliminated.
Table 281
Manas Gandhi opened from under the gun and Yita Choong three-bet to 70,000 from the button, leaving one T-1,000 chip behind. Gandhi called.
The flop came K♦5♥2♠. Gandhi bet and Choong called off with his last chip.
Yita Choong: Q♣Q♦
Manas Gandhi: K♠J♣
Gandhi was ahead with top pair and held on the 2♥J♥ runout to eliminate Gandhi.
Table 298
Ronald Slucker shoved for 35,000 from under the gun and Todd Rosenthal called from the button with a covering stack.
Ronald Slucker: A♣5♥
Todd Rosenthal: A♦Q♣
Slucker was dominated and couldn't catch up on the 2♥Q♠J♠8♦4♣ runout, resulting in his elimination.
Table 291
There was roughly 60,000 in the pot on a board of 5♠9♥7♣6♣8♠. Pierce Mckellar led for 10,000 on the river and said "you're dead, you should save that 1 chip".
Abdul Rahim Amer only had a 1,000 chip behind ended up making the call and showed K♥Q♥. Mckellar tabled 10♣3♣ for the ten-high straight and this call eliminated Amer on the stone bubble.
Table 280
Benjamin Underwood raised to 22,000 on the hijack, and Joe Serock three-bet all in from the big blind for 37,000. Underwood made the call.
Joe Serock: A♥8♥
Benjamin Underwood: A♦10♠
The board came out with hope for Serock with 10♠8♦Q♠, but the turn 6♥ and the river J♥ gave Underwood, also known as the Deepstack King from last year's Deepstack Tournaments, the straight for the win and the knockout.
Table 294
Jared Jaffee was forced into the pot for 16,000 in the big blind on the stone bubble, Michael Mizrachi was in the small blind play was paused during hand-for-hand play. The floor resumed play and the players revealed their hands.
Jared Jaffee: Q♠Q♣
Michael Mizrachi: A♠Q♦
As the board ran A♣J♣10♦A♥4♦ giving Mizrachi trip aces, Jaffee was eliminated on the bubble.
Since there were five eliminations when players were two spots away from the money, the five eliminated players each received $3,600 for their share of the first three min-cashes.
For the second hand in a row, Igor Picone found himself all in, awaiting an opponent's decision and for the second hand ina. row, he offered his opponent: "Do you wanna see one?" Girish Reknar said no, and called anyway.
Igor Picone: A♥9♠
Girish Reknar: J♠10♠
Reknar took the lead on the 3♦8♦10♥ flop, and kept it on the Q♥3♠ runout, sending Picone packing.
Alex Keating opened the action from the cutoff, making it 35,000 to go. Button player Che Kuo then jammed for his 235,000, giving Davide Suriano quite the decision from the small. He elected to shove also, his stack being 405,000. Keating got a count, then after some deliberation, made the call with a covering stack
Che Kuo: 6♥6♣
Davide Suriano: A♣Q♠
Alex Keating: 10♠10♥
The board seemed relatively inconspicuous, as it seemed like Keating was going to secure a double elimination on the K♥2♣3♣2♥, but Kuo saw a miracle 6♦ on the river, to triple up and become the table's chip leader. Keating absorbed the remainder of Suriano's stack.
