Jimmy Kébé didn't have many chips left, but he moved them all in from the big blind. Wenxin Huang called from the small blind.
Jimmy Kébé: Q♣J♣
Wenxin Huang: 6♣6♠
Neither of Kébé's overcards paired up and his hopes for a flush didn't pan out either on a runout of 8♥K♦9♣4♣3♠, so the former professional soccer player was sent to the exit.
Action was joined with the board showing 3♠3♦5♣5♠, and Sunny So had tossed out a bet of 25,000. Joshua Mccully was deep in the tank and eventually made the call.
The river brought the J♥, and now So moved all in, and he had Mccully covered. Mccully went deeper into the tank, now running all the permutations through of what So could have, and numerous times he mentioned maybe he had flopped quads.
Mccully eventually made the call and tabled K♦5♦ only to be flabbergasted when So turned over J♣J♠ for a rivered better full house to send Mccully to the rail.
Tablemates stared in disbelief as Ariel Reid and Tony Bracy were eliminated at the same time in the coolest of coolers after all the chips were in preflop.
Ariel Reid: K♦K♣
Tony Bracy: K♥K♠
David Wells: A♣A♠
The runout of 4♠Q♠Q♦4♣6♠ supplied no drama as Reid and Bracy packed up their belongings, said their goodbyes and headed for the exits.
Meanwhile, David Wells stacked the chips and thanked the dealer for his pocket aces.
Bryan Buonocore was already all-in and at risk for his remaining 15,000 from the cutoff and had been called by Sukhpaul Dhaliwal in the big blind.
Bryan Buonocore: A♠Q♠
Sukhpaul Dhaliwal: K♠K♦
The 9♠8♥4♥ flop saw Dhaliwal hold and nothing changed for Buonocore on the 5♣ turn and 9♥ river.
Buonocore was left to stand from the table as Dhaliwal was pushed the pot.
Sampson Simmons opened the button to 2,500 and Jason White called in the small blind. In the big blind, Joseph Henry squeezed to 12,400. Simmons would then jam for 25,900. White tanked for a while before he folded what he later said was ace-queen. Henry would then tank for almost two minutes before he flicked in the additional 13,500 to call.
Sampson Simmons: Q♦Q♣
Joseph Henry: A♥Q♠
Simmons was in good shape to double until the A♠10♠9♠ flop gave Henry top pair. As the 7♦ turn was dealt, White broke an unwritten rule as he exclaimed, "It's over, I folded a queen!" The 2♣ completed the board and Simmons was sent to the exit.
Jeffrey Korn kicked the action off with a raise under the gun to 2,500. On his immediate left, Matthew Cannuli wasted little time in moving all in for 18,600. The action then folded to Shuofei Geng in the small blind. Geng requested a count of the all-in stack and, with his new information, made the call.
The preflop action wasn't complete yet, though, as Korn responded by moving all in himself, for a total of 23,300. Geng made the call, and the three players turned the cards onto their backs.
Matthew Cannuli: A♣J♥
Jeffrey Korn: A♥K♣
Shuofei Geng: K♥Q♥
A promising situation for Korn, who had both players dominated. The A♦9♠Q♦ flop only strengthened his position to receive a near triple up.
The turn, however, shot Cannuli into the lead, as the dealer flipped over the J♣.
The river J♠ sealed the deal for Cannuli, as Korn watched his plans for a triple go up in flames.
The dealer tidied the pot up, sending Cannuli three times as many chips as he had started with, 9,400 in the direction of Korn, who had won the side pot, and nothing to Geng.
To add salt to the wound, Korn would be eliminated just a few hands later.
Action was picked up with Fabio Sanchez and Mark Strang in an all-in showdown.
Mark Strang: A♦10♠
Fabio Sanchez: A♠Q♦
Sanchez had Strang dominated. Nothing changed when the flop came 6♦5♦9♠. Strang got additional outs for a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw on the turn 7♦. But the A♣ fell ending his tournament life. He left the table as Sanchez scooped the pot.
Carlos Alvarado opened to 2,500 with the 9♦9♣ and Florin Pandilica jammed the cutoff with the A♣K♠ for 31,000. The other 9♥9♠ were folded behind and it folded back to Alvarado, who made the call.
The two over cards for Pandilica failed to connect with the 10♥6♦2♣2♥7♥ and that spelled the end for the Romanian.
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