Romain Lewis opened to 600,000 from under the gun before John Weiss made it 3,000,000 from the button. It folded back to Lewis, who moved all in as the big stack. Weiss called off the 1,500,000 he had behind.
John Weiss: A♦K♣
Romain Lewis: Q♠Q♥
Weiss failed to connect on the 6♦4♠2♦J♥J♠ runout, and bowed out in 34th place.
Ihar Soika was all in for 1,250,000 in the small blind against [Removed:658] in early position.
Ihar Soika: A♥8♠
[Removed:658]: 7♠7♦
The flop of Q♣7♣8♦ gave Galiana a set to have Soika drawing nearly dead as the board finished out 9♦3♣ to mark his elimination in 35th place.
Junjie Tang raised to 1,750,000 from under the gun and kept two T-25,000 chips behind. Jason Kornegay then three-bet to 3,500,000 on the button and the action folded back to Tang, who eventually called all-in after using another time bank.
Junjie Tang: 6♠6♦
Jason Kornegay: J♣J♠
The dominated pair found no help on the K♠10♠8♣2♣A♠ runout and Tang bowed out in 36th place for $215,000, securing a $50,000 pay jump for all other remaining players.
Daniel Savas opened to 600,000 from the cutoff. Jamie Shaevel in the big blind used two of his time bank extensions and moved all in for 2,675,000. Savas made the call.
Jamie Shaevel: 4♠4♥
Daniel Savas: A♦8♥
Shaevel's fours held on a flop of 7♣3♠10♣, but the 9♦ turn opened a straight draw for Savas. The Q♣ river however changed nothing and Shaevel doubled up.
Todd Brunson raised to 650,000 in the hijack, Tolga Karakaya three-bet to 1,750,000 on the button, and Brunson called.
Both players checked the 9♦8♥5♦ flop. Brunson then led out for 1,400,000 on the Q♣ turn, and Karakaya called.
Brunson checked the K♠ river, and Karakaya checked back. Brunson showed A♦6♦ for missed straight and flush draws, while Karakaya had A♣Q♠ for a pair of queens to win the pot.
Shaun Deeb raised to 600,000 in middle position with J♣10♣ and Evagoras Evagorou called in the big blind with 9♠3♠.
Evagorou checked on the flop of 10♦8♠2♥ and Deeb continued for 600,000. Evagorou check-raised to 2,000,000 and Deeb called.
Evagorou checked on the 5♥ turn and Deeb bet 3,050,000. Evagorou folded his nine-high.
Thomas Clack raised to 600,000 in the cutoff and faced a three-bet to 5,150,000 from Blake Barousse in the small blind. When the action returned to Clack, he moved all in, asking Barousse to risk his entire 9,200,000 stack. Barousse utilized all of his remaining time extensions before making the call.
Blake Barousse: 9♠9♦
Thomas Clack: 9♥9♣
As it turned out, both players had the same starting hand.
Calls of, "boring," came from another player at the table, as the 6♦3♣J♥10♣7♠ board saw that no blood was spilled.
The players chopped up the big blind and ante, each turning a single big blind profit on the hand. Barousse earned his at the expense of all his remaining time banks.
Malcolm Trayner raised to 600,000 in middle position and Todd Brunson called in the big blind.
Trayner continued for 450,000 on the K♠Q♣5♦ flop, and Brunson called. Both players then checked down the 9♦ turn and 8♣ river.
Brunson turned over 5♥5♣ for a flopped set, and Trayner mucked.
Romain Lewis in the cutoff raised to 600,000. Daniel Savas on the button called, as well as Jason Kornegay in the big blind.
Lewis continued for 700,000 on the K♥3♦8♦ flop. Savas called but Kornegay check-folded.
After Lewis checked the 4♦ turn, Savas bet 1,000,000 and Lewis quickly folded.
Thomas Clack raised to 600,000 on the button and faced a three-bet to 1,800,000 from Allan Sannier in the small blind. The big blind got out of the way, but Clack called.
On a Q♠5♥3♣ flop, Sannier bet 1,300,000, and Clack called again. The 2♦ turn saw Sannier barrel for a hefty 3,700,000, and, undeterred, Clack called again.
The Q♣ completed the board, and Sannier hit the brakes, checking over to Clack, who checked back. Sannier flashed A♠8♥ before tossing his cards into the muck when Clack flipped over the winner with 6♥6♦.
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