After tripling up when he was in the big blind, Diogo Veiga was all in the next hand for 900,000 from the small blind with against Andrei Konopelko in middle position with .
The board came down , giving Konopelko aces and fives to eliminate Veiga in 17th place.
In a blind versus blind situation, Walter Atwood and Danny Ehrenberger each committed 6,500,000 preflop.
The flop came and Atwood continued for 6,000,000. Ehrenberger raised it to 17,000,000 and Atwood pushed all in, putting Ehrenberger's tournament at risk. The latter called, showing for a pair of eights while Atwood tabled once more.
The rest of the board fell , bringing no help to Ehrenberger and he made his way to the cashier.
Dylan Lask raised to 7,500,000 from middle position and David Rasmussen called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Rasmussen checked to Lask who continued for 7,000,000. Rasmussen check-raised, Lask reraised all in for about 41,000,000 and Rasmussen called with for a set of nines, leading Lask's for an open-ended straight draw.
The turn and river completed the board with no help to Lask, ending his run in 14th place.
It folded to Femi Fashakin situated in the small blind, who raised to put David Uvaydov at risk for his tournament, with only 20,000,000 left. The latter called and they tabled their cards:
David Uvaydov:
Femi Fashakin:
Uvaydov was in bad shape to win the hand, and the board fell , sending him to the exit.
After action folded to Andrew McKenzie he shoved all in, which got immediate folds from Daniel Ghobrial on the button and Nicholas Chow in his small blind. From the big blind, Morten Christensen, with a chipstack close to McKenzie's, then went into the tank.
After about a minute he made the call, the players tabled their hands, and Mortensen was relieved to see that he was ahead.
Andrew McKenzie:
Morten Christensen:
Mortensen would stay ahead through the runout, and after the stacks were counted it was actually McKenzie who had the slightly shorter stack and he was eliminated just shy of the final table.
Hand #1: Nicholas Chow raised to 9,500,000 from the cutoff and David Rasmussen made the call. The flop came and went check-check, so did the turn .
The river was the and Rasmussen bet 11,500,000. Chow tanked for a few minutes and made the call with for ace high. Rasmussen sent into the muck.
Hand #2: Adrian Curry raised to 11,000,000 and no one called.
Hand #3: Chow raised to 9,500,000 and Morgen Christensen called in the small blind. The flop appeared and was checked.
On the turn , Christensen check-called Chow's bet for 10,500,000. The river brought no betting action. Chow tabled for a pair of jacks and Christensen folded .
Hand #4: Curry opened to 13,000,000 from the small blind and Daniel Ghobrial three-bet. Curry snap-folded.
Hand #5: Paul Cullen raised to 12,000,000 and Curry called on the button, as well as Walter Atwood.
The flop came and Cullen announced all in for about 49,000,000 after Atwood checked. Curry and Atwood mucked their hands.