Cameron Robertson open-shipped all in from the cutoff for a little over 100,000 and Anthony Zinno wasted no time in calling from the big blind.
Cameron Robertson:
Anthony Zinno:
The flop of provided no immediate help for Robertson who was down to two outs. The on the turn gave Zinno a set of tens and Robertson was left drawing dead to the on the river.
A completed board of was spread across the felt with around 170,000 in the middle already. Chino Rheem checked it over Daniel Rezaei on the button who announced all in. Rheem was left to make a decision for his remaining 173,000 chips.
"I'm trying to find a hand that you would be bluffing with," Rheem started with some table chatter. After showing his to the table, Rheem finally laid his hand down and Rezaei agreed to show his as well.
On the stone bubble Yang Wang mobed all in for 55,000 and was called by Romain Lewis while the other players got out of the way. Once the floor allowed the dealer to proceed, the hands were exposed, with Wang at risk.
Yang Wang:
Romain Lewis:
The board ran ot for Lewis' queens to hold and Wang was eliminated to burst the money bubble as the rest of the room cheered.
The under the gun player moved all in and Abhinav Iyer called while the rest of the players folded. Once the floor came over to allow them to proceed since it was hand for hand, the cards were tabled with the under-the-gun at risk.
Under-the-gun:
Abhinav Iyer:
The board ran out which gave Iyer a pair of queens and Pastore was eliminated from the tournament.
The action folded to Pavlo Veksler who shoved all in from the small blind. The clock was called on Anatoly Filatov in the big blind who eventually called off his stack of 59,000.
The action folded around to Landon Tice in the small blind who ripped all in for 123,000. Barak Wisbrod quickly called from the big blind and the cards were tabled once the action was completed at all other tables.
Landon Tice:
Barak Wisbrod:
The flop came , giving Tice a whirlwind of outs. The on the turn was a brick but the dealer placed the on the river to give Tice the best hand.
"Woah!" the dealer exclaimed as the river hit the felt. A few laughs and raised eyebrows were shared around the table.
Jake Daniels and Ren Lin were heads-up going to a flop of . Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Daniels went with a large bet of 44,000 and Lin announced all in for around 300,000. Daniels quickly folded and Lin was awarded the pot.
"Risky," Aaron Mermelstein pointed out.
"I'm not scared of the bubble," Lin responded. "I know he's not scared of the bubble."
The dealers have been told to hold up after the current hand as the tournament is about to reach the hand-for-hand portion, just two players away from the money.
Aaron Kupin raised to 12,000 on the button and Sean Winter shipped all in for 119,000 from the big blind. Kupin went into the tank while Winter stared aimlessly at the wall in front of him.
After a couple of minutes, Kupin finally broke the silence. "If it wasn't this close to the money, I would snap-call. If I showed you guys my hand, you would've called already."
"So you got two kings?" Winter questioned which got a laugh from everyone.
Kupin finally called and the cards were tabled.
Sean Winter:
Aaron Kupin:
The flop of was a little bit for everyone but Winter currently held the lead. The on the turn gave Kupin some more outs and the on the river was one of them as Winter got counterfeited and busted.
At another table, Seth Davies got the last of his chips in the middle with pocket eights against the ace-ten of Rafael Moraes. The Brazilian spiked a ten and Davies was also eliminated.