Eduard Burd opened to 200,000 first-to-act and Merijn van Rooij three-bet to 500,000, leaving himself just 20,000 behind. Jason Hoffman made it approximately 1,800,000 to go from the small blind, which got a fold from Burd and a call from Rooij to put himself at risk.
Merijn van Rooij: A♥A♣
Jason Hoffman: J♠J♥
The 2♠9♣K♠7♣7♦ provided Rooij a sweat-free runout and he doubled up with his rockets.
Michail Grigorev in middle position raised to 225,000, then Bradley Mercer in the hijack three-bet to 600,000. Kristen Foxen in the big blind folded J♠J♦, Grigorev moved all-in for 2,600,000 and Mercer called.
Michail Grigorev: A♥K♥
Bradley Mercer: K♦K♣
Grigorev was drawing dead on the turn after the dealer fanned a board of 10♦2♦8♣K♠A♦ and he was eliminated.
Stephen Song opened the hijack to 200,000 and Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni called from the cutoff. Kenneth Kim was in the big blind and also came along to see a flop.
On the 10♥5♠A♣ flop, all three players checked to see the 10♣ turn. The action checked to Portaleoni, who fired 325,000, which only Song called.
A J♦ landed on the river and both players checked. Song tabled A♦4♦ for a pair of aces, and Portaleoni mucked.
Biao Ding and Arthur Morris were heads-up on a flop of K♠9♣8♠ when Ding bet 500,000 from middle position. Morris called in early position.
The turn was the 2♣ and Ding moved all in, having Morris' remaining 1,200,000 covered.
"Wow," Morris said as he spent several minutes muttering to himself the different possibilities of what Ding could have.
"Punish me, sir," he eventually said, tossing A♠K♥ into the muck. Ding didn't show as he took in the pot.
There were around 600,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♦9♦2♠ when Daniel Erlandsson bet 250,000, and Hiroki Nawa raised to 850,000. Erlandsson called.
When the 3♠ hit the turn, Nawa bet 1,050,000, and Erlandsson made a quick laydown.
Yake Wu opened to 210,000 from early position and Nicolas Vayssieres three-bet to 560,000 from the cutoff before Robert Geith four-bet jammed a stack of around 6,000,000 on the button. Wu folded and Vayssieres went deep into the tank.
"I'll show if you want," said Geith.
"I know what you gave," replied Vayssieres.
"And you're still thinking about it?" shot back Geith.
Vayssieres eventually folded and Geith showed him A♠A♣.
Jacob Ferro raised to 1,000,000 from early position, leaving himself just 10,000 behind, and action folded to Marco Zevola in the big blind, who announced he was all in for more. Ferro called all in and hands were revealed.
Jacob Ferro: 6♠6♥
Marco Zevola: A♥K♥
It was a race, but the 5♥7♣J♠A♠3♦ runout paired Zevola's ace on the turn to eliminate Ferro.
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In a battle of the blinds, [Removed:499] got it in against Andrew Swenson with the latter at risk.
Andrew Swenson: K♠J♣
[Removed:499]: A♥7♦
Neither player connected with the 8♣4♥3♦9♦4♦ board and that spelled the end for Swenson, as Slobodskoy continued his hot run early on Day 6.
On a flop of A♦Q♠2♣ there were around 1,200,000 chips in the pot when Randy Gattesco bet 250,000, and Joe Tehan called.
The action then checked to showdown on the 6♦ turn and 7♦ river where Gattesco tabled A♥4♥ to claim the pot.
In the next hand on the table, Hiroki Nawa opened from middle position to 225,000 and Joe Tehan three-bet the button to 550,000. Once the blinds folded, Nawa called.
A flop of 9♦Q♥9♥ saw Nawa check-fold to a bet of 225,000 from Tehan.
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