Duey Duong raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Zhen Cai, who just arrived at the table, called from the small blind. Chris Hunichen shipped all in for a little less than 6,000,000 from the big blind and Duong re-shoved all in. Cai gave it some thought with his entire stack on the line but elected to fold face up.
Duey Duong:
Chris Hunichen:
The flop came and Duong took the lead with a sigh of relief from Cai. The turn was the to give Hunichen a straight draw but the completed the board. Cai sat in disappointment but Hunichen was the one eliminated from the tournament.
Lars Bonding raised to 425,000 in the cutoff and Zhen Cai defended the big blind. On the flop, Cai checked and Bonding bet 425,000. Cai made it 1.5 million. Bonding, who had about 5 million, shoved all in and Cai quickly called.
Zhen Cai:
Lars Bonding:
Cai had a world of outs and found one right away on the turn. Bonding slid his seat back and the confirmed his demise.
The action was folded around to the blinds and Nicholas Marchington and Jesse Vilchez got all of their chips in the middle. Marchington was the player at risk for 7,190,000 and held the dominating hand.
Marchington showed and was up against the of Vilchez. The flop fell to give Vilchez a straight draw but a diamond would be no good for him. The on the turn and the on the river bricked out and Marchington doubled up, leaving Vilchez with just 150,000.
In the next hand, Marchington raised to 425,000 on the button and Vilchez stuck in the last of his chips from the small blind. Garry Gates re-raised to what looked like 1,300,000 and Marchington quickly folded.
Garry Gates:
Jesse Vilchez:
The board ran out and Gates' pair of queens was enough to eliminate Vilchez from the tournament.
Michael Niwinski raised from middle position and Jonathan Cohen called from the big blind.
They checked to the river of a board where Niwinski bet 650,000. Cohen check-raised all in with a covering stack and Niwinski tank-called for about 3,600,000 with , beating Cohen's to double up.
Henry Lu raised to 425,000 on the button and Alex Livingston called in the big blind. On the flop, both checked and Livingston bet the turn for 500,000, which Lu called. The followed on the river and Livingston check-folded to a bet of 1,000,000 by Lu.
Lu also raised the hijack two hands later and Dejan Pustoslemsek reluctantly forfeited his big blind and big blind ante.
Down to 2,490,000, Alex Winter shoved all in from early position. Action folded to Robert Heidorn in the big blind. He confirmed the count and thought about 30 seconds before calling with .
Winter was in great shape with . The board looked set to ship him a double, but a river doomed him.