Mitchell Hynam raised to 1,300,000 in the cutoff, leaving just 75,000 behind, and Diego Ponce reraised to 2,500,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Hynam tossed in his last few chips.
Mitchell Hynam: K♣10♣
Diego Ponce: 6♠6♦
Hynam was racing for his tournament life but found no help on the Q♠3♣3♥5♦8♦ board as the Brit was sent to the rail in 49th place.
Theo Tran opened-jammed for 1,750,000 from the cutoff. Will Kassouf was in the small blind, and asked for a count despite knowing Tran covered his stack. Kassouf explained that he wanted to see how much he was jamming into Tomas Szwarcberg for.
"Nine big blinds like a boss," commented Kassouf, referencing Tran's stack.
Adam Hendrix, who has repeatedly called the clock on Kassouf, told the dealer, "Clock like a boss."
The floor came over to begin the countdown, with Kassouf calling before his time expired.
Will Kassouf: 9♠9♦
Theo Tran: A♦K♣
Kassouf was flipping for his tournament life, and essentially sealed the checkmark after making a set on the 9♣8♥4♠ flop. He filled up to confirm his double up after the 4♥ turn, ahead of the 5♦ river completing the board.
Kassouf then had some choice words for everyone at the table.
"Top set, full house, drawing dead, drawing dead," said Kassouf as he won the hand.
"Now we've got a game. I'm coming for all of you. I'm coming for every single one of you. I'm fearless, ruthless, and relentless. I will not stop until I get what I want."
"I will not rest until I've won, and God help any of you who dares to stand in my way. You have been warned."
Thomas Eychenne opened from under the gun and picked up two callers in Nadav Barash in the cutoff & Maksim Pisarenko in the big blind.
The trio saw a flop of Q♦7♥K♥, where Pisarenko checked and Eychenne continued for 350,000. Barash called and Pisarenko folded.
On the 3♦ turn, Eyechenne sized up with a bet of 2,200,000. After around three minutes in the tank, Barash dropped in calling chips to see the 9♥ hit the river. With a lot of draws completing, Eychenne checked and Barash bet 4,125,000.
"Oh wow wow wow wow," muttered Eychenne to himself. The Frenchman had around 4,800,000 in his stack so the bet was a test for the bulk of it. After sighing to himself multiple times, Eychenne found the fold, and Barash pulled in the decent-sized pot.
Leon Sturm made it 400,000 to go, and Pedro Padilha three-bet to 1,200,000. It folded back to Sturm, who four-bet to 6,500,000 with 175,000 behind, and Padilha then moved all in for Sturm to call.
Leon Sturm: A♦K♣
Pedro Padilha: Q♦Q♣
The J♥4♦2♥ flop kept Padilha in the lead, and nothing changed with the 8♥ turn either. One railbird loudly demanded a king, but the 3♦ river ended Sturm's run in 48th place for $200,000.
Will Kassouf was up to his regular antics, but told the table to be quiet as Nazar Buhaiov limped in from the small blind. Kassouf was in the big blind and after thinking for some time, he made it 800,000 to go off a stack of 3,600,000.
"No cards, no comment," he kept repeating to the rest of the table during the hand. Meanwhile, Buhaiov then limp-shoved, silencing Kassouf for a brief moment. After thinking it over, Kassouf decided to fold, and Buhaiov slammed 9♠7♣ down in his face.
"Nine-high," said Adam Hendrix. "What a play!"
Kassouf didn't seem happy but brushed it off, "Thanks for showing me you shoved with nine-seven off. It's good for the game," he said.
"It's a great hand. I've had nine-high fourteen times this tournament and I've won with it ten times," Kassouf continued. "Like a boss."
Shortly after, Kassouf did get some chips back as he raised the small blind and bet the 8♥K♣3♠ flop. Tomas Szwarcberg folded after calling preflop from the big blind, and Kassouf showed Q♠Q♣.
Maksim Pisarenko opened to 500,000 from middle position and Thomas Eychenne shoved from the next seat for 4,125,000. When the action got back to Pisarenko, he called.
Thomas Eychenne: A♥K♣
Maksim Pisarenko: K♥K♠
Eychenne needed some help from the dealer, but didn't find much to work with on the 5♠5♥7♣ flop. An 8♥ on the turn left the Frenchman drawing to just an ace, but the 7♠ on the river filled out the board, ending Eychenne's run.
Daehyung Lee opened from middle position to 500,000 and Nadav Barash three-bet the button to 1,250,000. When it got back to Lee, he called.
On the 6♦9♦10♥ flop, Lee checked and Barash put out a bet of 2,150,000. Lee wasted no time in moving all in, and Barash snap-called for his stack of around 9,000,000 total.
Nadav Barash: 8♦7♦
Daehyung Lee: J♠J♥
Barash had flopped the nuts and had a flush draw for backup, which left Lee drawing extremely thin. A K♣ on the turn did give Lee three outs to a straight draw, but Barash was still a huge favorite to double up.
It's not over until it's over, though, as Barash found out when the Q♣ dropped on the river, which gave Lee a bigger straight. Barash couldn't believe it, but he hit the rail as Lee's stack swelled to nearly 30,000,000.
Eric Afriat raised to 550,000 in the cutoff with 8♦6♣ and Sergio Veloso called on the button with the K♥10♥.
The flop came K♠8♣8♥ and Afriat bet 300,000. Veloso called, and the 9♥ fell on the turn.
Afriat then bet 1,000,000, and Veloso called. The river was the 6♥ and Afriat bet 2,500,000, but this time Veloso came back with a raise to 6,900,000.
Afriat spent several minutes trying to talk to Veloso while shuffling his chips around in his hand, but Veloso revealed nothing, and Afriat eventually folded his full house, which would have beaten Veloso's flush.
