In a duel under big blind versus under the gun, the two table short stacks clashed and Mike Gorodinsky was the player at risk wjen facing Michael Wang.
Mike Gorodinsky: A♦J♥9♦6♦
Michael Wang: A♥Q♠10♦6♣
The A♣Q♣4♠6♠8♥ board kept Wang in the lead with aces and queens to knock out Gorodinsky in 26th place.
With some 450,000 in the middle to the A♣K♦6♦ flop, Isaac Kempton checked and David Paredes bet 350,000 for Kempton to call. They checked the 4♦ turn, through, Paredes had asked for the size of the pot which was 1,275,000 by then.
Kempton bet the 8♣ river for 420,000 and Paredes reluctantly called to then muck upon being shown the K♠Q♦10♦4♠.
Fernando Gutierrez limped in from the hijack and Sean Rafael called in the small blind. Robert Mizrachi raised to 200,000 in the big blind and both Gutierrez and Rafael called. The flop came A♦5♠3♥ and Mizrachi continued with a bet of 225,000. Gutierrez shoved all in for 425,000 which got Rafael to fold and Mizrachi called.
Fernando Gutierrez: A♣8♠7♣6♠
Robert Mizrachi: A♥8♥4♦3♦
Mizrachi already flopped two pair and the 2♦ on the turn gave him a straight. The Q♦ on the river improved him to a flush and Gutierrez was eliminated.
Shrey Maheshwary had raised to 650,000 from the small blind over some previous action and Michael Rocco raised to 1,900,000 from the big blind, leaving around 675,000 behind. Maheshwary called.
The flop came 9♥Q♦6♠. Maheshwary quickly bet enough to put Rocco all-in and Rocco snap-called.
Michael Rocco: A♥A♠2♠3♦
Shrey Maheshwary: A♣K♥10♥4♣
Maheshwary had a gutshot while Rocco was ahead with aces. The 8♦5♥ runout was clean for Rocco and he secured a colossal double up through Maheshwary.
Alex Foxen raised from under the gun and was called by Thomas Taylor on the button, Simeon Tsonev in the big blind also came along to the A♥6♦5♣ flop. Tsonev checked and Foxen continued for 145,000, which only Tsonev called.
Following the Q♥ turn, Tsonev check-called for another 490,000 and the Q♣ river was then checked through.
Tsonev tabled the 6♠5♥4♥3♦ for flopped two pair that were counterfeit, and Foxen claimed the pot with the K♥10♦10♠9♣.
Simeon Tsonev raised to 125,000 in early position and Thomas Taylor defended from the big blind. The flop fell 9♠8♠4♥ and Taylor shoved all in for 220,000. Tsonev quickly called and the cards were tabled.
Thomas Taylor: 9♥7♠7♣6♦
Simeon Tsonev: K♠K♣5♥5♦
Tsonev was still in the lead but Taylor picked up a straight draw with a pair. The 2♠ on the turn changed nothing but the 7♥ on the river gave Taylor a set of sevens to double up.
Quan Zhou raised the pot to 140,000 and was called by Javier Francort, Michael Wang in the big blind also came along to the 10♥10♣5♣ flop. It checked to Zhou and he bet 145,000, which Francort called. Wang then check-jammed for 395,000 and Zhou called, which got rid of Francort.
Michael Wang: 10♦8♥7♦6♣
Quan Zhou: A♥Q♣9♣4♥
Zhou's flush draw was still live but the 8♠ turn locked up the double for Wang, who then even improved to quads on the 10♣ river.
Shortly after on the same table, Robert Mizrachi raised to 85,000 in the cutoff and then called the all-in of Mike Gorodinsky on the button for 220,000 total.
Mike Gorodinsky: K♦Q♦J♥J♦
Robert Mizrachi: A♥10♥5♥5♦
The A♦Q♠10♠K♠2♠ board gave Gorodinsky broadway for the double.
After an early limp, Erik Nordstrand raised to 180,000 in middle position. Thomas Taylor reraised to 640,000 in the cutoff and the action folded back to Nordstrand who just called. The flop came Q♥10♣9♥ and Nordstrand went all in for his last 45,000 chips which Taylor called.
Erik Nordstrand: 10♥10♦8♦7♥
Thomas Taylor: K♠K♦Q♠Q♦
Both players flopped a set but it was Taylor with the better of the two. Nordstrand had straight and flush draws to hit but the 8♠ was not it. However, the 5♥ on the river gave Nordstrand a flush and he doubled through Taylor.