With the last break of the evening on tap, Jeison Berdugo Rojas put his tournament at risk with a call of Stefan Jauslin's all-in.
Jeison Berdugo Rojas: K♣K♥
Stefan Jauslin: A♣K♠
The faceless rainbow flop and low card runout 2♠10♣2♦3♦5♣ was to Rojas' liking, and he went into the break with a healthy amount of chips.
David Gradic raised to 2,400 from the button and was called by Marcelo Lopes in the big blind.
The dealer revealed a A♦9♥4♦ flop. Lopes checked, Gradic bet 1,600, and Lopes called.
Action checked through on the 8♦ turn card.
The river was the A♥. Lopes bet 5,500 and Gradic tossed his cards into the muck.
Steven Jones raised from middle position to 2,500 only to face a three-bet from Arthur Peacock in late position to 8,500. Jones decided to four-bet to 28,000, and Peacock called.
The flop came 4♣6♣J♠ and Jones led out for 20,000. Peacock called, and the players saw the 9♦ fall on the turn. Jones announced that he was all in, and this sent Peacock into the tank before eventually releasing his hand to send the pot to Jones uncontested.
Spencer Champlin raised to 2,500 in early position and Christopher Kelley three-bet to 6,500 in late position. Bin Weng called for 2,300 in the hijack to put himself at risk, and Champlin continued, creating a side pot.
The flop came 6♣A♣Q♣ and Champlin check-folded when Kelley fired out a bet of 25,000.
Bin Weng: 8♦6♦
Christopher Kelley: QxQx
The turn landed the 4♣, giving Weng outs to a chop but the 10♠ river ended his tournament hopes.
Nozomu Shimizu held a few chips back preflop, as he wanted to stay alive in the tournament if the were not to his liking. Noah Schwartz made the call.
After the flop hit 3♠J♥2♦ Shimizu flipped in the three holdovers, and again Schwartz called.
Nozomu Shimizu: Q♥Q♦
Noah Schwartz: A♦K♥
The turn and river J♠7♥ didn't deliver either overpair Schwartz needed to eliminate Shimizu, who did a little dance in his chair to celebrate his double-up.
Erik Lemarquand raised to 2,400 from middle position and was called by Qui Nguyen next to act and Jonathan Mcann on the button.
Action checked through on a 9♠Q♥6♦ flop.
The turn card was the 7♣. Erik Lemarquand bet 15,000, which got folds from both of his opponents.
Action went six ways to a flop of Q♣7♥A♠, with a little over 15,000 in the middle.
It checked around to Vanessa Kade in middle position, who put out a bet of 2,500.
The small wager was enough to take it down, as all five of her opponents quickly folded.
Pingfeng Wu raised to 2,400 under the gun and Jeff Platt three-bet jammed in the big blind for 33,100 to put himself at risk. Wu took some time to think through his decision before flicking in the call.
Jeff Platt: A♠Q♥
Pingfeng Wu: 9♣9♥
The flop came J♦10♣8♦ with Wu still in the lead but Platt picked up a double-gutter. The J♣ landed on the turn, giving Platt even more outs with a ten.
The 7♥ river was a brick for Platt and he was sent to the rail. He elected to rebuy and will receive a fresh 40,000 starting stack.
Mark Wagstaff called an all-in from Kostya Zaks on the turn, putting his tournament life at risk, with the board reading: Q♠9♦A♦7♣.
Mark Wagstaff: A♥5♣
Kostya Zaks: A♣9♣
Wagstaff rivered a pair of fives to go with his aces he had on the flop, but the 5♠ mattered not as Wagstaff already had a bigger pair.
The hit severely damaged Wagstaff, who would go out two hands later, with Zaks stepping in the finish him off. It was a tree-way pot with Virgile Turchi jumping in for the flop.
Wagstaff and Turchi checked down to the river and the players revealed their hands.
Mark Wagstaff: A♣Q♠
Kostya Zaks: 8♥8♣
Virgile Turchi: A♥10♥
None of them connected to the runout 9♣2♣6♥5♠5♦, making Zaks' pocket eights the best hand.
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