Sanjay Dulabh has just been eliminated in 19th place when he ran his into the of Martin Jacobson when the board ran out . Dulabh flopped a pair of tens but Jacobson hit runner-runner to make it a straight.
Jeremie Sarda and Bart Lybaert discussed some of the action that led up to Sarda's elimination. On the flop of , Sarda was facing off against Ihar Soika. Sarda said he check-raised a bet from Soika and Soika called.
The turn was the and now, Sarda checked to Soika who put out a bet, and Sarda only called.
On the river, Sarda checked a third time and Soika moved all in with a covering stack. That's when we picked up the action.
Sarda was in the tank for over five minutes as he was thinking through the hand for all of his chips, and finally after a long time in the tank, he decided to call.
Soika turned over his for the stone cold nuts, a straight flush. This released a series of gasps from the rest of the table. Sarda could only muster for the nut flush. Sarda appeared as if he might get away from the huge cooler, but couldn't quite get there. Instead, he hits the rail in 21st place and will collect $19,997 for his run in this event.
Taylor Paur raised to 70,000 from the under-the-gun position. Martin Jacobson three-bet to 250,000 from the hijack. Mike Azzaro four-bet to 600,000 in the big blind. Paur quickly folded. Jacobson called.
The flop came , Azzaro shoved for 1,730,000. Jacobson asked for a count and the dealer confirmed. Jacobson called.
Mike Azzaro:
Martin Jacobson:
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river. Not enough help for Azzaro as he was sent to the payout desk in 22nd place.
In a series of two hands, Vincent Arevalo found himself on the rail.
In the first hand, Hiep Doan opened with a raise to 65,000 and he was called by Vincent Arevalo in the small blind and Ying Chan in the big blind.
The flop came down and Arevalo came out firing with a bet of 165,000. Chan called from the big blind.
The turn was the and Arevalo bet again, making it 255,000. Chan called once more.
On the river, Arevalo bet once more, this time making it 385,000. Chan raised, making it 800,000 and thinking that Chan had called, Arevalo turned up his cards.
"You're good," Arevalo said, showing for a missed flush draw. But since Chan had raised, Arevalo just folded his hand, and Chan didn't have to go to showdown.
Just a few hands later, Arevalo got it in with against the of Mike Addamo. The board ran out and Addamo held up with his kings to send Arevalo to the rail.
Jonathan Abdellatif was eliminated in unknown action. We do know from the floor staff, and from Abdellatif himself, that he got it all in preflop with against the for Ihar Soika.
Soika held up through the flop turn and river and he would send Abdellatif to the rail in 24th place to collect $19,997.
Picking up the action on the turn the board was and action was on Mark Sleet. Sleet put out a bet of 175,000 and that put Yin Wu into the tank. He thought for quite some time before moving all in for just 245,000 more. Sleet thought through the hand for a bit, then eventually decided to call.
Mark Sleet:
Yin Wu:
Sleet had the best of it on the turn with his trip tens and he held on through the river as well. Wu was sent to the rail in 25th place and collected $19,997 for his finish.
Peter Rosenblum moved all in from early position with a shove worth around 300,000. Action folded all the way around to the blinds where Hiep Doan reshoved over the top for right around 1,500,000. The big blind folded so it was off to a showdown.
Hiep Doan:
Peter Rosenblum:
The board ran out and Rosenblum didn't find the right paint card that he needed to stay alive. He was sent to the rail in 26th place to collect $19,997 for his run in this event.
Mike Azzaro raised to 65,000 from mid-position and Artin Ouzenian shoved all in for 305,000 from the cutoff. Azzaro called.
Artin Ouzenian:
Mike Azzaro:
The board ran out , even though Ouzenian picked up a ten on the flop, no further help arrived on the turn or river and Ouzenian was sent to the rail in 27th place.
Dylan Honeyman opened with a raise to 55,000 from middle position before Ihar Soika reraised to 170,000 from the hijack seat. Action folded back to Honeyman who raised again after some thought, making it 375,000 total. Soika then thought for about a minute before moving all in for a little over 1,000,000. Honeyman called.
Dylan Honeyman:
Ihar Soika:
The board rolled out . Soika flopped a flush draw but improved to a pair of aces for the win on the river, allowing him to double up to over 2,000,000 chips.