Jonathan Abdellatif raised to 28,000 from the under-the-gun position. Noah Vaillancourt, in middle position, and Patrick Uzan, on the button, both called.
The flop came , Abdellatif went all in for his remaining 5,500, Vaillancourt raised, and Uzan snap-folded.
Abdellatif showed , and Vaillancourt showed . Abdellatif needed some help to survive. The on the turn and the on the river didn't give him any help, so he grabbed his stuff and went to the payout desk.
Yuhei Sanada opened the action from late position, and Christopher Kostoulas called in the small blind.
The flop was , and Kostoulas check-called a bet of 8,000 from Sanada. The turn was the , and Kostoulas led out for 14,000, which Sanada called. The river was the , and Sanada moved all in, overbetting the pot by some margin and just covering Kostoulas’ stack. There was a fair bit of agonizing, but Kostoulas called.
Yuhei Sanada tabled , but it was no good against Kostoulas' .
A jubilant Kostoulas clapped his hands, and the adrenalin shot him out of his seat, relieved to have made the right call and win a huge pot.
Ryan Leng, in middle position, raised to 7,500, and Arash Behnam, in the hijack, called.
The flop gave them , Leng continued for 11,000, and Behnam called. The came on the turn. Leng bet 21,000, and Behnam called again. The on the river completed the board, and both of them checked.
Leng showed for a pair of tens on the board with a king kicker, and Behnam showed for two pair, tens and eights.
Khorchidian Nichan had just moved to Valentin Vornicu’s table, and he opened the pot. Vornicu greeted the new arrival by shoving for 70,000. Nichan called with , and Vornicu tabled .
The board ran out .
Start-of-day chip leader Vornicu flopped an open-ended straight draw but bricked out on the turn and river to finish off a disastrous couple levels which saw him busted from the tournament.