Zdenek Zizka shoved from the cutoff for 320,000, and the table folded to Bernhard Binder in the big blind, who gave it some thought before he called.
Bernhard Binder: A♦8♥
Zdenek Zizka: 9♣9♠
Binder needed an ace for an immediate out, but the flop was not cooperative as it fanned out 5♥5♠3♦. The 10♠ turn was of no use for Binder, and the 5♦ river improved Zizka to a full house to eliminate Binder.
Kinesh Pather moved all-in for 20,000 from the hijack. Vladimir Minko called from the cutoff, but Arthur Morris on the button three-bet all-in for 348,000. The blinds folded, as well as Minko.
Kinesh Pather: 5♥5♠
Arthur Morris: 3♦3♥
Pather kept the lead all the way through a board of K♥4♣Q♥4♦10♥ and is back in contention.
Noah Boeken went all in and was at risk from under the gun for 87,000. Martin Kabrhel then went all in, having Boeken covered. The rest of the table folded, and the players tabled their hands.
Noah Boeken: 2♣2♦
Martin Kabrhel: A♣J♦
Kabrhel wished Boeken good luck in his next tournament as the dealer revealed a 3♣8♠8♣9♦A♠ board, sending Boeken to the payout desk.
Action folded to Paul Hoefer, who moved all in for 135,000. Next to act, Ryuta Nakai followed suit, moving all in for 184,000. Finally, Mark Darner committed his stack too, covering the stacks of the previous two all-ins.
Paul Hoefer: A♠J♠
Ryuta Nakai: K♣Q♣
Mark Darner: K♠Q♠
The board ran out 10♠8♣10♣Q♦6♣, improving Nakai to a flush, and sending Hoefer to the exit.
On a board of Q♣Q♥K♥4♣ and with roughly 170,000 in the pot. James Obst checked from early position, and Biao Ding bet 70,000 from the hijack. Obst thought for a few moments before making the call.
Obst knuckled the action over to Ding on the 9♥ river, and Ding jammed for Obst's remaining 130,000. Obst thought it over for some time before making the call.
Ding showed a flopped boat with K♦Q♦ to claim Obst's bounty as Obst showed A♣K♣ for a pair of kings.
Masato Yokosawa survived the bubble by just a hair as he was forced to be all-in from the big blind with his stack of 18,000. Daniel Lee opted to get involved from middle position with a raise, and the rest of the table folded to send Yokosawa and Lee to a showdown.
Masato Yokosawa: A♠9♥
Daniel Lee: Q♥J♣
Yokosawa was fortunate enough to wake up with a hand despite his bleak circumstances, but the flop was not as kind as it fanned out 9♠8♦J♥ to give Lee the lead with two streets left.
The 4♠ turn was of no help to Yokosawa, and the J♦ river was the last card Yokosawa would see in the tournament as he was eliminated in the money.
Three players were at risk after the second hand of the bubble.
The first was Fabian Gumz, who opened the action with a raise to 45,000. His only caller was Alexander Lynskey, who defended his big blind. Lynskey then check-jammed the J♦7♠K♠ flop, and Gumz snapped him off. The two waited for the floor's signal before showdown.
Fabian Gumz: K♦K♥
Alexander Lynskey: 6♠5♠
The A♠ peeled off on the turn, which was on track to brutally send Gumz away with less than a mincash, but the J♣ river denoted salvation, as his boat outdrew Lynskey's flush.
Isiah Ditoto was in danger from middle position, as he saw his 201,000-chip stack being called by Qiang Xu to his right.
Isiah Ditoto: Q♦Q♣
Qiang Xu: K♥K♦
Ditoto ran into kings which improved into a set on J♣4♣K♣. Ditoto still had a flush draw but the 10♠7♦ didn't complete it and he was eliminated.
On another table, it was a blind versus blind situation when Justin Vaysman went all in and Dominykas Karmazinas made the call in the big blind.
Justin Vaysman: K♥K♦
Dominykas Karmazinas: 10♣8♥
It looked like a safe double-up for Vaysman, but the flop gave Karmazinas a few outs with 7♣J♠4♠ for a gutshot. The 9♦ on the turn completed the straight, the J♣ river was just mandatory.
As both players busted in the same hand, they split the payout for the 122nd place.
