Russell Thomas raised to 18,000, and John Smith called.
The flop came , and Smith bet 30,000, Thomas called. The turn was the , and Smith bet 35,000. Thomas raised to 75,000, and Smith called. The river was the , and Smith checked. Thomas moved all in, and Smith called.
Thomas:
Smith:
Smith held a straight, which was better than the two pair Thomas held. Smith advanced to the Elite Eight, while Thomas was eliminated in 14th place and collected $24,881.
There was about 60,000 in the pot on a board of , and Jack Duong checked. Dario Sammartino bet 59,500, and Duong raised to 150,000. Sammartino raised all in, and Duong called.
Sammartino:
Duong:
Duong held a straight, and Sammartino held two-pair going to the river. The was no help to Sammartino, and he was eliminated in 15th place taking home $24,881.
Jack Duong advances to the Elite Eight and will enjoy a two-hour break while he waits to play the winner of the Jack Smith vs. Russell Thomas match.
Moritz Dietrich raised to 7,000 from the button, and Ryan Hughes called from the big blind.
The flop came down , and Hughes checked to Dietrich, who continued for 8,000. Hughes check-raised to 26,000, Dietrich called, and the fell on the turn. Hughes bet 22,000, Dietrich called, and the river completed the board. Hughes bet 90,000, Dietrich raised all in for 173,400, and Hughes called after some time in the tank.
Dietrich showed , while Hughes tabled for a set of threes to win the match and advance to the Elight Eight, where he will face the winner of Adrian Mateos and Taylor Paur.
Joe McKeehen was on the button and raised to 7,500. Ryan Fee was on the button and three-bet to 24,000. McKeehen called.
The flop was , and McKeehen check-called Fee's bet of 17,000. The turn was the , and both players checked to the river, which was the . Fee checked, and McKeehen fired out a bet of 64,000. Fee took about a minute and called.
McKeehen tabled , and Fee sent his cards into the muck.
Thiago Nishijima raised all in from the button and Olivier Busquet called all in from the big blind for 194,200.
Nishijima:
Busquet:
The board came down , safe for Busquet to double up and take a monstrous chip lead.
Down to 11,600, Nishijima was all in the following hand with against Busquet's . The board came down , no help to Nishijima, securing the victory for Busquet and a spot in the Sweet 16.
Chance Kornuth raised all in for about 70,000 from the button, and John Smith called from the big blind.
Kornuth:
Smith:
The flop came down , giving Smith the nut straight to take a commanding lead in the hand. The turn was the , which gave Kornuth a few outs to survive, but the river was the to lock up the victory for Smith.
Erik Seidel moved all in and was called by Jack Duong, putting him at risk.
Duong tabled , and Seidel showed .
The board ran out , and Duong took down this back-and-forth match.
After the win, Duong stepped aside for a chat, and he was clearly elated with his victory.
"All my friends laughed and messaged me saying I was gonna get my ass kicked when they saw I was against (Seidel)," he said. "He's, like, one of the most winning players on the planet, and I can't believe that this just happened. Like, is it real? So crazy man."
Duong is no slouch in his own right. When comparing themselves to Seidel, almost any player pales in comparison, but Duong does have a WSOP bracelet from back in 2015, along with 14 WSOP cashes and over $1.6 million in live recorded tournament earnings. He is from South Plainfield, New Jersey and is in his late 20s, with lots of poker left ahead of him.
On another table, Joe Cada was defeated by Chris Moore. Moore was in control of things from start to finish, as Cada was always fighting from behind.
Jack Duong defeated Erik Seidel
Chris Moore defeated Joe Cada
As recapped to us by Jason Les, Albert Daher opened the button to 7,000. Les three-bet to 21,000 from the big blind, Daher four-bet shoved for about 150,000, and Les called with , racing with Daher's .
The flop fell to give Daher the lead with a pair of aces, but the turn was a to give Les the lead with a set of tens. The river was a , safe for Les to notch the victory and punch his ticket to the Sweet 16.