Joao Gaspar three-bet his remaining chips with over Guowei Zhang's initial raise, and was called instantly by Zhang's . Maurice Hawkins was seated between the two, and claimed he folded nines. The runout was no help to Gaspar, who was eliminated by Zhang's aces in 22nd place.
Christy Whitehurst shoved from under the gun in the last hand before the break for around 570,000 for Kazuki Ikeuchi to three-bet jam for more in the hijack. Edward Welch called for his last 370,000 on the button while the rest folded.
Edward Welch:
Christy Whitehurst:
Kazuki Ikeuchi:
The board ran out for Welch to hold with the higher kickers to triple up while the remainder of Whitehurst's stack went to Ikeuchi.