Jean-Noel Thorel open-jammed a stack of 910,000 on the button and Dominykas Mikolaitis re-shoved from the small blind to get things heads-up.
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Dominykas Mikolaitis:
Thorel stood from his seat as the flop came to pair Mikolaitis' king, though the turn gave him additional hope with a gutshot. The river wasn't a nine, but it was the to give Thorel a set and Mikolaiti gave a defeated sigh after doubling the Frenchman.
Justin Bonomo raised to 325,000 from the small blind and Daniel Dvoress three-bet jammed a stack of around 2,000,000 from the big blind. Bonomo called with a bigger stack.
Daniel Dvoress:
Justin Bonomo:
Dvoress couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out to mark the Canadian's elimination on the final table bubble.
Brandon Wilson limped in from the cutoff and John Krpan moved all in from the small blind with a micro stack. Rui Ferreira bumped it up to 300,000 from the big blind and Wilson called.
Ferreira bet 200,000 on the flop of and Wilson raised all in with a stack of around 900,000. Ferreira quickly called.
John Krpan:
Brandon Wilson:
Rui Ferreira:
Neither opponent could crack kings as the board finished out and the chip leader increased his lead with the double knockout.