Before the blinds went up, Cody Jones opened to 120,000 from under the gun, then was raised to 330,000 by Brandon Lulov in the cutoff. Action back to him, Jones moved all in and Lulov called.
Brandon Lulov: A♥A♣
Cody Jones: Q♠Q♥
Lulov had a slightly smaller stack than Jones, but a much better hand. So on J♠3♠5♠6♠5♣, he doubled up to 3,600,000 chips.
Down to half a million chips, Jones folded his blinds, and had only 350,000 chips remaining when he pushed all his stack in the middle on the button. In the big blind, Lulov knew he had no choice but to call.
Cody Jones: K♣4♠
Brandon Lulov: J♥8♥
The suspense didn't last long as Jones hit a king on the flop on 10♥A♣K♦2♠6♣. Thanks to this double up, Jones is back to 900,000 chips.
Action was picked up on the flop. The board read 10♦4♥4♦ and Evgenii Fidchuk was all in and at risk against Ian Matakis who covered.
Evgenii Fidchuk: A♦7♦
Ian Matakis: K♠10♠
Matakis was ahead with two pair, tens, and fours while Fidchuk was drawing to either an ace or a diamond. The board ran out 9♣9♥ and Fidchuk was eliminated from the tournament while Matakis added to his stack.
Angelina Rich opened from under the gun, and found only Michael Mcnicholas on her way.
On Q♦K♦5♥, she check-raised to 380,000. McNicholas, who bet 125,000, called. Then the turn 2♥ came, and Rich moved all in for 840,000 chips. Mcnicholas counted his stack, and called.
Angelina Rich: A♦2♦
Michael Mcnicholas: K♣J♣
Rich needed a diamond to complete her flush. And she had one, thanks to the river 4♦. She doubled her stack to 2,700,000 chips.
After the break, Valeriano Toledano and Yuliyan Kolov have been eliminated. There are now 18 players left, sitting at their new seats around three tables.
Yuliyan Kolev opened to 120,000 from the button and Weiran Pu moved all in with a covering stack. Kolev made the call and was at risk.
Yuliyan Kolev: A♥10♦
Weiran Pu: A♣6♥
Kolev was ahead with the bigger ace and remained so on the J♠3♥2♣ flop. The 6♥ turn reversed his fortunes and the A♣ river sealed the deal. Kolev was eliminated just shy of the final three tables and Pu collected a sizable pot.