Action was picked up with Zhan Guo and Jhonatan Mendoza all-in on a completed board.
Zhan Guo: K♥K♦
Jhonatan Mendoza: A♣K♠
The board ran 6♠K♣8♣Q♠9♣. Guo caught set with the last king in the deck and scooped a massive pot.
In a three-player hand, Andreas Christoforou found himself all in against Sevak Gevorkyan and Steven Cho.
Andreas Christoforou: A♣2♠
Sevak Gevorkyan: A♥Q♥
Steven Cho: A♠Q♣
By the time the runout was done 3♣10♥A♦10♦7♦, Christoforou was pushed out by both foes, who split his chips as he exited.
With around 7,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♣9♠5♦, Ryan Marks led out for 3,000 from early position. Mrityunjay Jha, also in early position, raised to 9,500. Marks responded with a three-bet to 19,000, and Jha made the call.
On the 4♥ turn, Marks continued for 16,500 and Jha called once more. Both players checked the Q♦ river.
Marks tabled 5♥5♠ for a full house, and Jha mucked his hand.
With action passed to him heads-up, Theodore Horrocks fired 3,000 on a flop of 7♥4♠9♣ and with a pot of around 10,000. Shawn Pilot, in the big blind, called to see the next street.
Pilot checked the turn 2♦. Horrocks shot another 8,000 and got an all-in reply from Pilot. Horrocks snap-called prompting them to table their hands.
Shawn Pilot: K♠K♥
Theodore Horrocks: 8♠8♦
The river Q♣ didn't help Horrocks cementing Pilot's double up.
Joseph Michishima opened the hand with a raise to 3,000 from the hijack. Brian Wardrup came along with a call from the small blind.
The 4♦J♦J♣ fanned out on the flop, which led to checks from both Wardrup and Michishima.
Both players checked down the 4♠ turn and the Q♣ river. Wardrup announced ten-high before Michishima showed his A♣10♣ to scoop the pot with the two pair on the board and ace high.
Action was picked up with William Kerkaert calling the open shove of Dominik Doublon, to his right, and with action folded around, the two players went to showdown.
Dominik Doublon: 8♠8♦
William Kerkaert: A♠Q♦
It was a coin flip which Doublon immediately lost on the flop of K♠Q♥6♥. The turn A♦ further improved Kerkaert's hand to a two pair, which visibly disheartened Doublon. The board was completed with a 4♠ river. Doublon left the table disappointed as Kerkaert scooped the pot.
Luca Campagnoli was heads-up in the small blind against Wilbert Chun in the big blind.
The players were already on the turn with the board reading 3♣A♥Q♦10♥.
Players got their chips all in on the turn, with Wilbert Chun at risk of elimination for his remaining ~18,000.
Wilbert Chun: A♠3♥
Luca Campagnoli: K♠J♥
Chun had flopped two pair, but it was no match for Campagnoli's straight which he made on the turn.
The K♦ river changes nothing and Chun was eliminated from the tournament just after the break.
Scott Mikesell began the action with a raise from the button to 5,000 after the table folded to him. Michael Fan chose to play for more and jammed for 20,500. Mikesell took some time to ponder his decision before he eventually committed to a call to put Fan at risk for his tournament life.
Michael Fan: 2♦2♥
Scott Mikesell: Q♣J♠
Fan held a slim lead, but he needed his ducks to hold to stay alive. The flop was a favorable one as it came 3♣6♠5♠ to give Fan a straight draw as well as his pair.
The 8♦ turn was good for Fan, and he upgraded to a set of deuces when the 2♠ rolled off on the river.
Joseph Newman saw a double up from the button after he got called by Jamison Casper in the big blind.
Joseph Newman: 10♣10♥
Jamison Casper: A♥8♥
He held on the 7♠7♣5♠7♦K♥ runout.
A table across, Ashutosh Kanitkar wasn't as lucky with his pocket tens against Thomas Henager.
Kanitkar opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Henager raised to 12,000 and Kanitkar called.
The pair saw the 2♥7♠6♦ flop and Kanitkar moved all in for his remaining ~20,000 stack. Henager snap called.
Ashutosh Kanitkar: 10♥10♠
Thomas Henager: K♣K♦
Kanitkar had run into pocket kings and he bricked out on the turn and river.
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