Jose Ribeiro Vieira was all in preflop and at risk against Martin Zamani, who had him covered.
Jose Ribeiro Vieira: A♣Q♠ 
Martin Zamani: A♥3♥
Zamani pulled ahead on the 7♣J♦3♠ flop, pairing his three. The K♣ turn and 6♦ river offered no help to Vieira, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 1 | Steven Ogilvie | United States | 9,800,000 | 20 |
| 114 | 2 | Quan Quach | United States | 10,200,000 | 20 |
| 114 | 3 | Maksim Petrov | Estonia | 9,700,000 | 19 |
| 114 | 4 | Tom Cohen | Israel | 9,000,000 | 18 |
| 114 | 5 | Timothy Vavuris | United States | 2,800,000 | 6 |
| 114 | 6 | Mason Maeshiro | United States | 22,300,000 | 45 |
| 114 | 7 | Francis Anderson | United States | 9,400,000 | 19 |
| 114 | 8 | Changle Lin | United States | 6,600,000 | 13 |
| 114 | 9 | Julio Torres | Mexico | 8,200,000 | 16 |
| 115 | 1 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 20,000,000 | 40 |
| 115 | 2 | Brent Lee | United States | 11,000,000 | 22 |
| 115 | 3 | Yuchung Chang | Taiwan | 6,500,000 | 13 |
| 115 | 4 | Taylor Williams | United States | 3,560,000 | 7 |
| 115 | 5 | Brian Ng | United States | 11,900,000 | 24 |
| 115 | 6 | Jaskaran Brar | Canada | 28,000,000 | 56 |
| 115 | 7 | Regina Vega Sevilha | Brazil | 8,250,000 | 17 |
| 115 | 8 | Bamshad Azizi | United States | 1,850,000 | 4 |
| 115 | 9 | Robert Gittelman | United States | 4,625,000 | 9 |
| 116 | 1 | Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | 13,400,000 | 27 |
| 116 | 2 | Maximilian Horstmann | Germany | 6,300,000 | 13 |
| 116 | 3 | Felix Rabas | Austria | 18,450,000 | 37 |
| 116 | 4 | Francisco Gonzalez Robles | United States | 7,000,000 | 14 |
| 116 | 5 | Premnath Kasinath | United States | 5,500,000 | 11 |
| 116 | 6 | Jose Ribeiro Vieira | Mexico | 2,200,000 | 4 |
| 116 | 7 | Martin Zamani | United States | 6,500,000 | 13 |
| 116 | 8 | Herve Fresnais | France | 3,500,000 | 7 |
| 116 | 9 | Donnie Barnard | United States | 11,800,000 | 24 |
Action folded around to Francis Anderson on the button who moved all in for 5,200,000. Bruce Chahal made the call from the big blind, barely covering Anderson.
Francis Anderson: K♣K♠
Bruce Chahal: A♦J♠
The board ran out K♦A♠7♥9♠Q♦ and Anderson flopped middle set, earning himself a double up and leaving Chahal short.
Bamshad Azizi moved all in from late position for 2,150,000 and Brian Ng made the call from the big blind.
Bamshad Azizi: K♠6♠
Brian Ng: A♣A♦
The board ran out with J♦6♣2♥K♥3♣ and Azizi got up to leave and the table pointed out that he cracked the aces with two pair.
Xinliang Xu moved all in from under the gun for 875,000, and Mason Maeshiro made the call from late position and Viktor Kambov followed suit on the button and moved all in for 2,775,000.
Xinliang Xu: K♦4♥
Viktor Kambov: J♣J♠
Mason Maeshiro: 8♥8♦
The board rolled out with J♥6♣5♠7♣9♥ and the eights took the cake and Maeshiro knocked out two players with a straight.
Francisco Gonzalez Robles moved all in on the button for 5,050,000, putting himself at risk, and Premnath Kasinath called from the small blind.
Francisco Gonzalez Robles: K♥Q♥
Premnath Kasinath: 9♠9♦
Robles pulled ahead on the J♠2♦K♠ flop, pairing his king. The 6♦ turn and J♥ river secured him the double up.
Ronnie Akrawi moved all in for 2,100,000 from the hijack. Herve Fresnais reraised all in for 2,900,000 from the small blind and Changle Lin called all in from the big blind for 1,100,000.
Changle Lin: 7♥6♦
Ronnie Akrawi: Q♣10♣
Herve Fresnais: K♣Q♥
With two players all in and at risk, the board ran out J♦3♥2♦8♦4♦ and Lin held the only diamond, earning himself a triple up while Akrawi was sent to the payout desk. Fresnais remained in the tournament with 1,800,000.
Ari Engel limped from the small blind and Mason Maeshiro raised him to 1,400,000. Engel the tanked for a good while, watching the clock as the players were on a significant pay jump. Once he heard the call for a payout on a neighboring table, he three-bet to 7,500,000 which left him around 350,000 behind.
Maeshiro just called, and the two players went to the flop of 10♦J♣2♣. Engel checked, Maeshiro bet to put him all in, and Engel called.
Ari Engel: A♣9♥
Mason Maeshiro: Q♠Q♣
Engel would need some help to stay alive, but the runout of 7♠3♣ changed nothing and he was sent to the payout desk.
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