David Coleman raised the pot to 175,000 on the button and Jeff Madsen got his last 400,000 into the middle from the small blind. Robert Nehorayan in the big blind sighed and joked "it's so much easier in cash game" before he folded while Coleman called with the slightly superior stack.
Jeff Madsen:
David Coleman:
The flop kept Madsen in the lead but the dreadful ace appeared on the turn. Nothing changed on the river and Madsen had to settle for 19th place, which comes with a payday of $41,985.
Action was folded to Firas Kashat in the small blind. He limped, and a short-stacked Kris Burchfield checked his big blind.
The flop came , and after Kashat bet 80,000, Burchfield moved all in for his last 220,000. Kashat called and Burchfield was at risk.
Kris Burchfield:
Firas Kashat:
Burchfield's pair of kings was ahead, but the on the turn gave Kashat a second pair and the on the river couldn't save Burchfield who collected 18th place money.
Michael Duek raised to 150,000 on the button and was called by David Coleman in the big blind.
On the flop, Coleman check-called a bet of 150,000 from Duek.
The turn paired the board with the and after Coleman checked again, Duek bet another 250,000.
Coleman took his time, but eventually called to see the fall on the river.
Coleman checked once more and Duek put a stack of blue T-100,000 chips forward to put Coleman all in for just over 1,100,000.
Coleman then went deep into the tank for over five minutes before finally coming to a call.
Duek showed for a full house of jacks over threes, ending Coleman's comeback bid in 17th place and sending the final 16 players to the two-table redraw.
Shiva Dudani opened the action with a raise to 150,000 from under the gun. To his immediate left, Robert Nehorayan potted it, committing his 560,000 chips.
After everyone folded back to Dudani, he called to put Nehorayan at risk.
Robert Nehorayan:
Shiva Dudani:
It was another aces versus kings battle, and while Nehorayan did have hearts working for him, after the flop, they wouldn't factor in.
The turn and river finished Nehorayan off, bringing the field down to 15.
Hank Yang raised to 240,000 and Tom Hu called out of the big blind to then bet the pot on the flop for 600,000. Yang moved all-in for slightly more than that and Hu instantly called as they rolled over their hands.
Hank Yang:
Tom Hu:
The turn added even more outs for Yang but he missed them all when the river paired the board. In somewhat of a disbelief, Yang stared at the board for a few seconds and snapped a picture before heading to the payout desk.
Firas Kashat limped in the small blind and Michael Duek then raised the pot to 240,000. What followed was the limp-raise by Kashat to 720,000 with some 650,000 behind and Duek called.
"Great call, really good call," Kashat joked before the flop fell . The shove by Kashat followed and Duek called.
Firas Kashat:
Michael Duek:
The turn and river runout brought no improvement to Kashat and he had to settle for 13th place and a payday of $61,760.
After waiting for a spot to get his short stack in, Allan Le was under the gun and faced the prospect of having to fork out half of his stack via the big blind and big blind ante. Le mulled it over and raised the pot to 350,000 with 50,000 behind, which was called only by Shiva Dudani.
The flop was checked by Le, who then called all-in after Dudani bet 300,000.
Allan Le:
Shiva Dudani:
The turn and river runout kept Dudani in the lead and he dealt the final blow to Le with a full house. Le finished in 12th place for $61,760 and will have to wait until the next WSOP bracelet event to try and double his tally.
Thair Kallabat raised to 250,000 from under the gun and Elior Sion defended the big blind, which led them to the flop. Sion checked and Kallabat bet the pot, then snap-called the check-shove by Sion for 960,000 total.
Elior Sion:
Thair Kallabat:
"Wow," Michael Duek and Nitesh Rawtani gasped when they saw the top two and nut flush draw of Sion without even noticing the middle set for Kallabat.
The board completed with the turn and river, sending Sion to the rail in 11th place for $76,792.
After Sean Troha limped in first position, Michael Duek raised to 400,000 in the hijack. Troha called to see a flop.
That flop came and after Troha checked, Duek bet 200,000.
Troha called, and the fell on the turn, which he again checked.
This time Duek bet 500,000, and once more, Troha called.
The river brought the , and after another check from Troha, Duek moved all in for Troha's last 1,315,000.
Troha snap-called and rolled over for a flopped full house.
Duek couldn't believe his bad luck as he flashed for a lesser flopped full house of fives full of kings and dumped his losing cards into the muck, sending a huge pot across the table.