Niko Koop raised from early position all-in for 45,000 before Haiyang Yang responded with an all-in of his own from the button for 170,000. The blinds folded to send Koop and Yang to a showdown.
Niko Koop: A♥J♦
Haiyang Yang: A♦Q♠
Koop found no solace on the runout of 10♣3♠6♠7♠K♣ to be eliminated from contention as Yang scooped his chips.
Oliver Weis had been forced all in from the big blind, with just 3,500 remaining in his stack. Alejandro Ganivet made the call under the gun, having to match the blind, rather than the 3,500. Next to act was Scott Stewart, who decided to jam, despite only having 500 chips more than a single big blind. left. The next four consecutive players, Davidi Kitai, Luis Faria, Robert Paddock, and John Hennigan, all called the second all-in.
The action didn't stop there, though, as Rob Hollink then reshoved from the big blind, for 50,000. Ganivet got out of the way, Kitai reshoved for 300,000, Pinho De Faria and Paddock folded, and Hennigan called all in. Five players total had cards on their backs awaiting a runout.
Oliver Weis: 4♦4♥
Scott Stewart: J♠8♦
Rob Hollink: 3♥3♣
John Hennigan: K♥J♣
Davidi Kitai: 9♠9♥
Kitai was favorite to knock out all four players, and it stayed that way on the 5♦10♠A♣ flop. The turn 8♥ meant he had to fade a king, queen, jack, eight, four, or three to pick up a whopping $12,000 in one hand. The river 3♠ was had an unidentifiable amount of real-money equity for Hollink: his rivered set gave him $6,000 in bounties, as well as a triple up, survival, and all of the dead money in the middle. Kitai had to settle for just the single elimination.
Siddharth Gandhi opted to jam for 172,000 from the button and was called by Aliaksandr Shylko from the big blind.
Siddharth Gandhi: 3♠3♥
Aliaksandr Shylko: 6♦6♥
Gandhi was searching for a three, but it was Shylko instead who hit his set when the flop came 10♦6♦Q♥. The 10♣ turn ended the hand as the meaningless A♥ flipped over on the river to eliminate Ghandi as Shylko vaulted past the half-million mark in chips.
David Coleman limped under the gun, as did Justin Saliba from the cutoff before small blind Wagner Ripper shoved for 80,500 total. Coleman then reshoved for 147,500, giving Saliba quite the decision. Eventually, he made the call.
Wagner Ripper: J♣J♥
David Coleman: A♥K♦
Justin Saliba: A♠10♠
"How many spades are dead?" asked Saliba. As it turned out, not too many: the 8♦2♠5♠ flop had him live, with the K♠ turn securing the double knockout. The river 6♦ changed nothing.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs jammed for around 60,000 from early position. Josh Arieh raised to 125,000 from a few seats over, which got the rest of the table to fold.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: 3♦3♠
Josh Arieh: Q♥Q♣
Zavorotnijs couldn't find a trey to beat the pocket queens of Arieh on the J♣4♦8♦J♠7♣ runout, and he headed to the rail.
Arieori Miller moved all in from the cutoff for 51,000, and only [Removed:548] called on the button.
Arieori Miller: A♣3♥
[Removed:548]: J♠10♣
[Removed:549] took the lead on the Q♥8♥10♥ flop, and it stayed that way with the Q♠ turn and K♣ river, sending Miller to the rail, but not before he gave [Removed:549] his bounty.
Yingui Li moved all in from the hijack for 59,000, and Loni Harwood quickly followed from the button with a shove of her own for 85,000. With no other takers, the two went to showdown.
Yingui Li: K♠10♠
Loni Harwood:Q♥Q♠
Li needed help from the board, but the runout of 6♦10♦A♣J♦7♠ only gave him a pair of tens. Harwood’s queens held strong, sending Li to the rail and boosting her stack along with the bounty.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni raised the minimum under the gun, which both the player in the cutoff and the player on the button called. Action was then on Arthur Morris, who moved all in, having all remaining players covered. Doddapaneni called, and the other players got out of the way.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: A♣K♠
Arthur Morris: 8♠8♦
The board ran good for Morris, coming 7♦9♥4♣Q♠7♠, and he collected another bounty as he sent another player to the rail.
Jans Arends jammed for 42,000 under the gun with only Matthew Zambanini calling from the small blind.
Jans Arends: K♠K♣
Matthew Zambanini: A♣3♥
Arends had Zambanini crushed and just needed to fade an ace to survive. The J♦7♦4♣ flop didn't help Zambanini, and neither did the 6♦ turn. However, the A♦ river gave Zambanini the winner with a pair of aces, sending Arends to the rail.
A three-way all-in and call situation occurred involving Christopher Park at risk from under the gun, Ilya Nikiforov on the button and Josh Arieh in the cutoff who had them covered.
Christopher Park: J♣J♦
Ilya Nikiforov: A♥Q♥
Josh Arieh: K♣J♥
Nikiforov hit a full house on Q♠9♦Q♦A♦3♥ to win the main pot while Park was eliminated.
