Aram Oganyan opened to 110,000 from the small blind and Biao Ding jammed for 590,000 in the big blind. Oganyan called and the players flipped their hands.
Aram Oganyan: A♥Q♦
Biao Ding: A♠10♦
Ding was behind but hit top pair on the 7♥10♥6♣ flop. He held on the 2♣ turn and A♣ river to keep his seat and knocked down Oganyan to just under ten big blinds in the process.
Brian Rast opened from early position for 65,000 and called a jam by Dimitar Danchev for his remaining 535,000.
Dimitar Danchev: 10♥10♣
Brian Rast: A♠Q♣
Danchev needed to hold to survive but with an ace coming in the window, his luck looked to have run out.
The board ran 8♣5♣A♥7♠6♣ which saw to his elimination, and he exited the tournament in 42nd place for $50,587. Chongxian Yang also hit the rail in 41st place just before him.
Ihar Soika raised to 50,000 in early position, and Dylan Weisman called in the big blind.
Soika fired out a bet of 70,000 when the flop came 9♦3♥2♥. Weisman check-called before deciding to lead on the 6♦ turn for 90,000. Soika called.
Both players checked on the 10♥ river, and Weisman 5♠2♠ which was good enough to scoop the pot.
Ignacio Moron opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Justin Saliba defended the big blind.
The K♠10♦5♥ flop prompted Saliba to check-jam for 310,000 after seeing Moron move in 40,000. It didn't take long for Moron to put Saliba at risk and the pair flipped their hands.
Justin Saliba: Q♣J♠
Ignacio Moron: A♥10♥
Moron was ahead on the flop but Saliba had a number of straight draw outs to survive.
The K♦ turn didn't change much, but Saliba spiked the nine on the 9♣ to lock up the double.
Zachary Grech started it with a raise to 110,000 from the cutoff. Brian Rast popped it to 260,000 chips on the button.
Thomas Muehloecker, from the big blind, four-bet to 540,000.
Grech and Rast each folded.
Ignacio Moron opened to 60,000 from early position with K♥J♥ and Galen Hall three-bet to 190,000 from the cutoff with Q♠Q♦.
Moron called, and they were taken to the 3♥7♦10♠ flop. Moron checked, Hall bet 140,000 and Moron called, to see the 5♣ turn.
There was a quick check-fold from Moron after seeing Hall bet 280,000.
Kristen Foxen opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Chahnhoon Jung defended his big blind.
The 5♥8♣K♣ flop was check-jammed by Jung for 230,000 after Foxen bet 30,000. Foxen quickly called, and the pair flipped their cards.
Chahnhoon Jung: K♠4♣
Kristen Foxen: K♥9♥
Foxen was ahead and Jung needed to find a four to survive. A 7♦ was no good for Jung and neither was the 8♥ river, and he hit the rail in 44th place.
Galen Hall opened from under the gun for 75,000 and Matthew Wantman moved all in for his remaining 190,000. Samuel Mullur re-jammed for 295,000 and action went back to Hall who called and covered both players.
Matthew Wantman: K♠Q♠
Samuel Mullur: 10♠10♦
Galen Hall: 7♦7♣
After the cards were flipped, it was Mullur who showed he had the best of it.
Things only improved for Mullur on the 2♥10♣4♠ flop, and he held to nearly triple up after seeing the 2♠ turn and K♥ river.
Wantman was left to stand from the table and leave the tournament in 45th place, taking home $50,587.
After Zdenek Zizka raised in early position, Johan Schultz-Pedersen moved all in for 485,000 next to act. The action folded back to Zizka, who called.
Johan Schultz-Pedersen: A♣J♠
Zdenek Zizka: A♥K♦
Schultz-Pedersen had one foot out the door before the 10♥J♥2♠ flop came to his rescue.
The 3♣ turn and 8♣ river completed the board, causing Zizka to slide a stack of chips one seat to his left.
Thomas Muehloecker opened to 60,000 with 10♥6♥ from the cutoff and Nick Schulman called with K♥10♦ from the small blind. Yaman Nakdali also defended A♠3♣ in the big blind, taking them three-ways to the 7♦9♦5♠ flop.
Action checked around to get to the 7♣ turn and action went back to Muehloecker who took a while to check behind.
The 2♠ came on the river and the blinds quickly checked. Muehloecker asked for 125,000 which was enough to make the blinds fold and give him the pot without getting to showdown.
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