Mitchell Bowles was all in for around 550,000 against Justin Young.
Justin Young:
Mitchell Bowles:
Bowles was dominatingly ahead, with the flop coming . The turn was the and Bowles got to his feet in anticipation, but the river gave his opponent a pair and sent Bowles to the rail in 11th.
Michael Gallagher opened from the button to 175,000 and Denis Timofeev defended his big blind. The flop came and Timofeev check-called a bet of 100,000. The turn was the and Timofeev checked. Gallagher moved all in for around 500,000 and Timofeev called.
Michael Gallagher:
Denis TImofeev:
Gallagher was drawing dead, and the river was a brick and he was eliminated, bringing us directly to the final table of nine.
Hand #11: Jason Johnson shoved from the cutoff and Justin Young asked for a count from the big blind. The dealer confirmed Johnson had 575,000 in front of him and Young called.
Jason Johnson:
Justin Young:
The board ran out for Young to hit a pair of tens on the turn to eliminate Johnson in 9th place for $14,871.
Hand #19: Hien Nguyen open-shoved his last 290,000. It folded to Denis Timofeev in middle position who raised to 500,000. The remaining players all folded.
Hien Nguyen:
Denis Timofeev:
"A classic flip," said tablemate Ben Yu, "Fours against king-five."
The board ran out with Nguyen missing counterfeit outs to bust in seventh place.
Hand #23: Justin Young raised to 175,000 from the hijack and Juan Carlos Martin shoved for 605,000 in total from the big blind. Young asked for a count and then called.
Juan Carlos Martin:
Justin Young:
The board ran out for Young to hit trip kings, in the end, to eliminate Martin from the tournament in sixth place for $34,157.
Hand #56: Evan Lipshultz raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Denis Timofeev shoved in the big blind. Leo Margets folded her big blind and Lipshultz snap-called.
Evan Lipshultz:
Denis Timofeev:
The board ran out for Lipshultz's pocket tens to hold to double up for the 2,695,000 he had in front of him.
Hand #57: A walk for Lipshultz.
Hand #58: Margets raised to 250,000 from the button and Ben Yu called. The flop came , and Yu check-called the 400,000 bet of Margets. They then both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Margets tabled for the flopped pair of nines but was beaten by Yu who held for the flopped two pair.