Ryan Leng and Ali Eslami got into a preflop raising war where Leng ended up with his stack of 117,000 in the middle and the cards were turned up.
Ryan Leng: A♣Q♥
Ali Eslami: A♠K♠
The flop came 6♦4♣2♣ and Eslami was still in the lead with the dominating hand. The 2♦ on the turn provided some chop outs but the J♣ on the river spelled the end for Leng.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Giuseppe Sammartino opened to 10,000 in late position and got called by David Litt in cutoff.
The flop came 10♣2♥3♣. Sammartino check-raised Litt's bet of 16,000 to 50,000. Litt called.
On the turn 2♦, Sammartino shoved all-in for 140,000, which got a fold from Litt.
Phil Hellmuth shoved 19,000 chips from the cutoff, Julien Sitbon three-bet to 100,000, the big blind folded.
Phil Hellmuth: K♠Q♠
Julien Sitbon: A♦9♠
The flop came 4♦J♠10♠, which gave Hellmuth a royal flush draw and the equity lead, but unfortunately for Helmuth he could not find any of his outs as the board ran out 2♥2♦, and he was eliminated.
"Don't tell anyone that we're drinking," Esther Taylor said as PokerNews arrived at the table. Her and Florian Ribouchon had drinks in their hand, albeit Ribouchon spilled half of his on the table already.
Meanwhile, Vadzim Lipauka shipped all in for 52,000 in early position and Taylor squeezed her cards and found a holding to stick in the last of her 48,000 chips.
Esther Taylor: Q♥Q♣
Vadzim Lipauka: A♣J♠
The board ran out K♠9♥5♣7♣Q♠ and Taylor improved to a set of queens for a double up.
"Do you wanna buy out?" Taylor asked Ribouchon as the two players have a $200 last longer bet going on. "You already got 2%."
"You gave him 2%?" Benjamin Ludlow inquired.
"We swapped because we have a last longer. The rest of you are all duds," Taylor joked.
Timothy Vu open-shoved in middle position for 5,000 and Tony Lin, to his immediate left, raised to 15,000. Sean Tan in late position four-bet to 55,000. When action returned to him, Lin folded, leaving the other two players to go to showdown.
Timothy Vu: K♠3♥
Sean Tan: A♥J♦
Lin was trying to encourage Vu and calculating his odds but the flop came Q♦10♥K♣ giving Tan a straight. Lin could only go, "Oh no." Vu packed his things as the dealer completed the board with 6♦4♣.
Stoyan Madanzhiev raised 10,000 in early position, Arthur Thiriart called in the cutoff, Patrick Leonard called in the small blind, and Matthew Wantman called in the big blind.
Madanzhiev fired out a bet of 4,000 on a flop of 5♦10♣3♥, only Thiriart and Leonard called.
The 10♦ on the turn slowed Madanzhiev down with a check, Thiriart bet 20,000 and got two folds.
Nicholas Palma was coming off winning a flip versus Lewis Spencer and now sits among the chip leaders. However, Palma and Phil Hellmuth started to get into a heated exchange after the hand.
The tournament floor was called over to the table as Hellmuth was accused of calling someone or many players "idiots" while Palma kept enticing Hellmuth with some banter. Both players were asked to not say another word but that didn't stop them from still going off.
"Are you the only one who can talk s*** about people?" Palma asked.
"Can you stop f***ing talking to me?" Hellmuth shouted.
Another tournament director threatened both players with a one round penalty but nothing was handed out as of yet.
Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 3♥K♥8♣6♥. Max Pinnola was all in for around 130,000 from the cutoff, Joonhee Yea was all in for less from the small blind and they were up against [Removed:532] who was in the big blind covering both players.
Joonhee Yea: A♣A♦
Max Pinnola: 3♦3♠
[Removed:532]: A♥J♥
Yea was third best with aces while Pinnola had bottom set needed the board to pair to overcome [Removed:532] nut-flush. [Removed:532] held on the 5♦ river to eliminate both players and drag in a massive pot.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
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