The action was picked up on a three-way turn of 4♣J♠9♥8♣ with Sang Ngo already all in and Kyle Arora battling with Thatches White on the side.
Arora checked, White bet 45,000, and Arora check-raised all in for around 90,000. White quickly called to put him at risk and all three players tabled their hands/
Sang Ngo: Q♠Q♥10♣8♦
Kyle Arora: K♦Q♦10♠6♠
Thatches White: A♣K♣J♥8♥
Ngo and Arora were both in the lead with their nut straights, but White had some outs with two pair and nut flush draw.
Unfortunately for him, the river was the brick A♥ to award the main to both Ngo and Arora while Arora found a big double on the side.
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After some preflop back-and-forth action, Blake Barousse and Moe Tokko got it all in, with the former covering.
Moe Tokko: J♥10♣6♠4♠
Blake Barousse: A♦K♦Q♣8♣
Tokko took the lead on the flop J♣8♠9♣ with his jack, but the turn gave 10♥ Barousse the nut straight. Only a jack or a ten could win the pot for Tokko, but the river 4♣ only improved Barousse to a flush and Tokko was eliminated.
On a heads-up flop of Q♥J♦3♠, Phu Vo got it all in against He Feng, who covered.
Phu Vo: A♣Q♣Q♠2♦
He Feng: 8♠8♥3♦3♣
Vo was sitting pretty in this set-over-set situation, but the deck was on Feng's side as the turn was the miracle one-outer 3♥ to give him quads. The table let out a collective groan as the river 5♥ sent out Vo in brutal fashion while Feng chipped up.