Daniel Negreanu opened to 110,000 in early position and Thomas Boivin stuck in a three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. Bryn Kenney slid out a four-bet to 635,000 from the small blind which got Negreanu to fold. Boivin just called and the two players saw a flop of .
Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Kenney led out for 345,000 this time and Boivin called to see the on the river. Kenney checked this time and Boivin reached back for a bet of 1,255,000, leaving just 5,000 behind.
Kenney used up two of his time extension before making the call. Boivin tabled for a set of aces and Kenney released his cards.
We caught up to a pot with over 2.5 million in the middle on a river. Thomas Boivin checked to Christoph Vogelsang who used a time extension before announcing a bet of 1,300,000.
Boivin used a time extension and folded, with Vogelsang moving up above five million in chips.
Johannes Becker opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Igor Kurganov stuck in a three-bet on his left. The action folded back to Becker who four-bet shoved all in and Kurganov snapped him off.
Igor Kurganov:
Johannes Becker:
The flop fell giving both players a pair, Kurganov with the higher of the two. The and runout could not help Becker and he was eliminated. The final 24 players will now redraw for seats at the final three tables.
Dominik Nitsche shipped all in for 610,000 from the hijack and James Chen gave it some thought from the cutoff. Chen eyed up the size of the all in and then made the call.
Dominik Nitsche:
James Chen:
The flop of gave Chen an extra out despite Nitsche flopping a pair. The on the turn gave Chen even more outs but the paired the board on the river and Nitsche secured a double up.
There was a big three-way all in pre-flop after Byron Kaverman shoved pre-flop for 490,000, Sam Grafton re-shoved from the small blind and Bonomo called all in from the big blind.
Byron Kaverman:
Sam Grafton:
Justin Bonomo:
Grafton was poised to knock out two players with both Kaverman and Bonomo holding each other's outs. The board ran out and Grafton chipped up to almost seven million chips.
Kainalu McCue-Unciano was all in for 1,155,000 but wasn't feeling confident, holding against the of James Chen.
In fact, McCue-Unciano was getting to his feet by the time the flop came down giving him top set. The turn and river didn't change anything and he doubled up to over two million in chips.