Players were heads up and already on the river having been dealt a 8♥4♣3♣9♦5♥ board. The pot stood at 59,000 and David Short was all in for his last 113,000 from the hijack. Nasreddine was on the button and had called, with the pair flipping over their hands.
David Short: A♠A♥
Rania Nasreddine: 7♦7♥
Short took the pot with pocket aces, and Nasreddine was left with just ten big blinds to play with.
Action was picked up on the flop of 8♥3♠Q♥, and the pot was about 150,000. Christopher Vitch was in late position and was all in for 240,000, and Gytis Lazauninkas called from the small blind.
Christopher Vitch: J♥10♥
Gytis Lazauninkas: K♥6♥
As soon as Vitch saw Lazauninkas's cards, he yelled, "Oh no," realizing that Lazauninkas was also on a flush draw but held the king.
The turn 3♣ and the river 2♠ did not bring either player their flush, and a pair of threes with a king kicker won for Lazauninkas.
Nils Pudel moved all in for 33,000 in the hijack and Chang Tan reshoved on the button, resulting in folds from the players in the blinds.
Nils Pudel: A♠10♦
Chang Tan: J♥J♣
Pudel pulled ahead on the A♦4♥2♦ flop, pairing his ace. The turn landed the 2♦ and the river fell the 8♦, earning him the double up.
Daniel Jackson raised from late position to 16,000, Joseph Hinton three-bet all in for 93,000 from the button, and Antoine Sankari called for his tournament life as well from the big blind for 69,000. Jackson called, and the race was imminent.
Antoine Sankari: A♣Q♥
Joseph Hinton: K♥K♠
Daniel Jackson: A♥J♠
Jackson headed to the board as the underdog, but it proved fruitful for him with 2♦5♥5♠J♦A♠. Jackson knocked out both players with his two pair.
One elimination away from all remaining players being in the money, Yuanzhi Cao raised to 16,000 from the cutoff.
Joseph Cheong, who was in the small blind, moved all in with 106,000. Cao thought about it for a second, then made the call.
Joseph Cheong: A♥Q♠
Yuanzhi Cao: 8♠8♥
Cheong needed help to avoid being the bubble boy and he didn't get it from a runout of 9♣6♣7♥J♥2♥.
Cao took down the pot with his pair of eights.
Srivinay Irrinki was on the button and in a hand with Frederic Normand in the big blind. The pair were already on the J♠7♦6♠ flop with a pot of around 40,000.
Action was on Normand who checked. Irrinki bet 30,000 and Normand called. A 5♥ turn saw Normand bet out 24,000 and Irrinki raise to 84,000. Normand went into a small tank, as there was just one player needed to bust before the money was reached.
He found a call and the J♥ river completed the board. Both opted to check to showdown and Normand tabled his K♠2♠ having missed the flush draw. Irrinki flipped over 7♥6♦ for two pair to take the pot.
On the last hand before hand-for-hand play would be in effect, the action was on Yunlei Lu, facing a 75,000 bet from Bruno Furth on the river.
With the board reading 5♦7♠9♥Q♣Q♦, Lu moved all in over the top for 328,000.
Furth, who had a total of 287,000 in chips, went into an extensive tank while every other table in the tournament completed their hands.
Finally, Furth made the call for his tournament life.
Bruno Furth: Q♠8♥
Yunlei Lu: 6♣5♠
Lu had made a move with two pair, but Furth a runner-runner gave Furth trip queens for the double up.
Felipe Ketzer raised to 12,000 from the cutoff. Michael Mizrachi responded on the button with a three-bet to 29,000.
Anatoly Filatov moved all in from the big blind with 31,000. Ketzer and Mizrachi made the call.
The flop came J♦3♠2♣. Ketzer bet 25,000, Mizrachi folded.
Anatoly Filatov: 8♣8♥
Felipe Ketzer: A♣Q♦
Filatov cruised through the runout of 6♥10♦ to stay alive in the tournament. He would be in the money a few minutes later when the bubble burst.
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