Action folded to Karabet Keshishyan, who moved all in from the button with 40,000,000 chips. Tyler Kolness made the call with less from the big blind.
Tyler Kolness: 3♥3♦
Karabet Keshishyan: A♥8♥
The tide turned quickly as the runout of Q♣A♠10♥7♥7♣ gave Keshishyan a pair of aces and sent Kolness to the rail.
Min Ji opened to 5,500,000 from the hijack before Justin Smith called from the big blind.
Smith checked the 4♥J♦8♦ flop before Ji continued for 4,000,000. Smith check-raised to 10,000,000 in response. Ji jammed and was called by Smith, who put himself at risk for 37,000,000.
Justin Smith: A♠A♥
Min Ji: Q♥Q♦
Smith and Ji both held monster hands, but Smith had the best of it with his rockets.
That all changed when Ji smacked the turn when the Q♠ hit to give him the overwhelming lead with one card to go.
Before the table could finish their reaction to the turn, the river was even more dramatic as the A♦ came to give Smith a set of aces to stay alive.
Level: 42
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
The action was picked up on the flop 5♠A♠J♥.
Sanchez check-called the 2,500,000 bet of Datloff to see the A♦ turn. Both players decided to check to the 4♣ river card.
Sanchez put 5,500,000 in the middle and Datloff went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he called and both players turned over their cards.
Justin Datloff: K♠J♠
Andrew Sanchez: K♦J♣
The table started to laugh and both players had to split the pot.
Karabet Keshishyan raised to 6000,000 from middle position. Victor Kiong three-bet to 14,500,000. Luke Purcell went over the top with an all-in for 33,500,000. Keshishyan folded, and Kiong made the call.
Luke Purcell: A♦K♦
Victor Kiong: K♠K♣
Purcell was looking for an ace on the runout and didn't find it as the final board of 7♥4♠3♣6♥9♣ gave Kiong the win with kings.
Justin Smith raised to 5,500,000 from early position before Joel Gilmore shipped it from the big blind for 28,000,000. Smith called to put Gilmore at risk for his tournament life.
Joel Gilmore: K♦9♥
Justin Smith: A♣J♥
Gilmore was live, but he wiffed the flop when it fanned out 3♦5♦3♠.
The 8♠ turn was of no help to Gilmore, and the Q♥ was the final card Gilmore would see in the tournament as he was eliminated in 17th place.
Gilmore received $30,100 for his finish.
Level: 41
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
The remaining 17 players are on a 15-minute break. Play will resume at the 1,000,000/2,500,000 level.
Victor Kiong opened under the gun to 4,000,000. Only Tyler Kolness called in the small blind.
The dealer showed the flop: 2♦6♥8♦. Both players checked the turn 4♥ and to the river 7♥.
Kolness decided to put 5,500,000 in front of him, but Kiong decided to pass.
The hand was picked up with Kentaro Okawa having moved all in and been called by Andrew Sanchez.
Kentaro Okawa: 8♣8♠
Andrew Sanchez A♠Q♥
Sanchez flopped a queen in the runout 7♦Q♠4♣3♥9x and the pair held on the full board, ending Okawa's tournament run.
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