The flop read and Santiago Plante had checked in the big blind. Charlie Dawson was sitting on the button and put four 1-million chips over the line for Plante to make the call for his last 3,300,000.
Santiago Plante:
Charlie Dawson:
Plante had hit a pair of fours but Dawson was ahead with the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Dawson to knock Plante out in eleventh place.
The ten remaining players will be redrawn onto the final table and the seat draw is to follow.
Ryan Leng opened to 1.3 million in the hijack and Christopher Andler defended the big blind.
The flop came and Andler check-called a 1.3 million bet. Both players checked the turn.
The completed the board and Andler led for 3.4 million. Leng raised to 10.5 million and put Andler deep into the tank. Andler thought about it for a while and muttered several possibilities, before finally putting in the chips to call.
Leng showed for a rivered straight and added the sizable pot to his stack.
Michael Noori got his remaining seven million chips into the middle preflop against Johan Schumacher.
Michael Noori:
Johan Schumacher:
Noori needed to improve and fell behind further on the flop.
However, the spiked the turn and Noori jumped up and called for the board to not pair. His wish was granted as the completed the board to keep him alive in a rollercoaster flip.
The flop read with around 3,000,000 in the middle already.
Santiago Plante had checked in the big blind but Johan Schumacher bet 700,000 from under the gun which Plante called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Plante took some time and then bet 4,150,000. Schumacher contemplated his options for a while and then decided to shove for 10,300,000. Plante dived deep in the tank. He talked through the possible cards Schumacher could have, he sighed a few times, looked at his cards, and tanked a bit longer. After a long while, he opted to call.
Schumacher tabled the for the full house and Plante tried to muck his hand but his cards were revealed to be the for the lower full house for Schumacher to score the big double-up.
On the first hand, Ryan Leng looked to have raised enough from the small blind for Mordechai Hazan to call for his last 6,500,000 from the big blind.
Mordechai Hazan:
Ryan Leng:
The board ran out for Leng to flop a pair but not get any further help on the turn nor river so Hazan doubled up.
A hand later, Leng raised to 1,200,000 from the button and Hazan shoved again, this time for 13,500,000 from the small blind. Jaesh Balachandran tanked for a while from the big blind but opted to fold. Leng called again.
Mordechai Hazan:
Ryan Leng:
The board ran out for Hazan to now flop a pair of queens and hold to double up to the chip lead.
Rafael Reis was in the big blind and got his 9.5 million chips in preflop against Daniel Fortier in the cutoff.
Rafael Reis:
Daniel Fortier:
It was a classic race and Reis took a huge lead on the flop. The turn sealed it and the meaningless completed the board as exclamations of "Vamos!" were heard coming from Reis and his rail while he scooped the big pot.
Ryan Leng raised to 1,500,000 from the cutoff and Dannah Kamp three-bet shoved for her last 4,175,000 from the button for the blinds to fold but for Leng to call.
Dannah Kamp:
Ryan Leng:
Kamp was ahead to double up but the board ran out for Leng to hit the river for the pair of jacks to eliminate her in thirteenth place.