After being left with crumbs by doubling up Brent Lee, Benjamin Ector moved all in preflop for his last 1,000,000 and was called by none other than Lee to put him at risk.
Benjamin Ector: K♣10♦
Brent Lee: A♦9♦
Ector needed to improve to stay alive, but the runout of 5♣Q♥3♣5♦9♠ only improved Lee and he was sent out in 21st place.
Taylor Williams limped in the small blind and Brian Ng moved all in for 6,100,000 in the big blind, putting himself at risk. Williams made the call.
Brian Ng: A♣K♦
Taylor Williams: K♥J♠
The board ran out 7♣Q♣2♠5♦9♣ and Ng's ace-high earned him the double up.
Robert Gittelman moved all in preflop and was called by Taylor Williams to put him at risk.
Robert Gittelman: A♣9♦
Taylor Williams: A♠Q♣
Gittelman would need some assistance to stay alive, but the board of 10♣2♦3♠5♥2♥ failed to provide any and he was eliminated in 22nd place.
Benjamin Ector moved all in from the button and was quickly called by Brent Lee in the small blind for less while the big blind got out of the way.
Brent Lee: A♠Q♥
Benjamin Ector: J♣8♣
Lee was in good shape with his superior holding, but it's always a sweat as the flop came out 3♣5♣A♥ to give him top pair but Ector had a flush draw. Fortunately for Lee, the board brick with the 3♥9♦ runout and he was shipped the pot for the double while Ector was left with a little over a big blind.
Rostyslav Sabishchenko moved all in from the hijack position and received a call from Francisco Gonzalez Robles on the button.
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: A♠K♦
Francisco Gonzalez Robles: J♥J♣
The board was K♣9♦Q♦10♥3♣ and Sabishchenko was saved with a straight.
Francisco Gonzalez Robles raised to 1,500,000 from the hijack and Donnie Barnard moved all in for 6,200,000 in the small blind and received a call.
Donnie Barnard: K♠10♠
Francisco Gonzalez Robles: A♥8♥
The board read 8♣Q♠A♠6♠Q♣ and Barnard hit the flush for the win.
Action folded around to Maksim Petrov in the hijack who moved all in for 7,500,000. Francis Anderson reraised all in for 12,200,000 and the big blind got out of the way.
Maksim Petrov: Q♦Q♣
Francis Anderson: 10♥10♠
The board ran out 10♦9♠2♥6♦3♦ and Petrov could not fade the two-outer as he was sent to the payout desk.
Mason Maeshiro opened the action with a raise to 3,000,000 from the hijack. Action was on Quan Quach in the big blind who moved all in for 6,200,000. Maeshiro made the call.
Quan Quach: K♥10♥
Mason Maeshiro: 6♣6♦
A fair fight, the dealer put out J♦10♣5♠J♠K♦ and Quach held on to double up and keep his final table hopes alive.
Timothy Vavuris has been eliminated in 24th place after the following hand which was a blind versus blind clash. Vavuris moved all in from the small blind for 6,500,000 and Mason Maeshiro made a quick call from the big blind.
Timothy Vavuris: K♠10♠
Mason Maeshiro: A♦J♣
The board ran out as 3♥J♠2♥5♠3♣ and Maeshiro won with his two pair.
After some back-and-forth betting, Francisco Gonzalez Robles moved all in to cover Herve Fresnais, who called to put his tournament life at risk.
Herve Fresnais: Q♠Q♣
Francisco Gonzalez Robles: A♠10♣
If Fresnais was at all worried about going into this hand, that quickly changed as it came Q♥7♣6♠10♠Q♦ to give him quads to take down the pot.
"If there were ever a time for a Frenchman to show a reaction, it would be for quads," Tablemate Martin Zamani joked as Fresnais showed no emotion while stacking his new chips.
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