Blom Departs; Benitez Doubles

Viktor Blom was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and the chips were pushed to Alex Keating, who had rivered a set of queens on the K♣9♦7♣8♥Q♣ board with the Q♦Q♥ exposed. According to Serkan Kuru, Blom had defended the big blind with queen-nine to make two pair on his final hand.

Ruslan Volkov then opened to 60,000 in the next hand and Keating called from the next seat. Francisco Benitez pushed all-in for 325,000 and it folded back to Keating, who sigh-called.

Francisco Benitez: A♠J♦
Alex Keating: A♦5♦

The kicker played on the K♦6♠4♣9♥2♣ runout as Benitez leaped back into contention.