Paul Gibbons became one of the short stacks at his table and pushed his remaining 1,150,000 into the middle from under the gun. The action was folded around to Ryan Mcknight in the big blind who quickly made the call.
Mcknight showed and Gibbons only had one overcard with . Gibbons was unable to connect with the board and was eliminated in 14th place.
Joldis Cosmin raised to 520,000 from early position and David Brent put in a three-bet to 1,240,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Cosmin four-bet shoved for around 5,000,000. Brent had 4,350,000 remaining and instantly made the call.
It was a classic race scenario with Cosmin holding while Brent had . The board ran out and Cosmin held on for the win to eliminate Brent in 13th place.
Thomas Ryan raised to 700,000 on the button and Joldis Cosmin called from the big blind. The flop came and Cosmin checked to Ryan who bet 700,000. Cosmin raised to 1,800,000 and Ryan shoved all in. Cosmin instantly called for his remaining 8,700,000 and was the player at risk. He had flopped the nuts with . Ryan tabled for a flush draw.
The turn was the and Ryan hit his flush right away. The river landed the and Cosmin was eliminated in 12th place.
Stoyan Obreshkov raised to 625,000 from the hijack and Brian Yoon three-bet to 1,600,000 from the cutoff. After about a minute, Obreshkov moved all in for 7,050,000. Yoon asked for a count and paused before deciding to call.
Obreshkov was at risk and well ahead with while Yoon held a dominated .
The flop came and Yoon pulled ahead with a pair of jacks. Obreshkov could still hit a king for a bigger pair or a ten for a straight, but the turn was the and the river was the . Yoon filled up and Obreshkov, who was the chip leader coming into the day, is now on the rail.
With the recent elimination of Stoyan Obreshkov in 11th place in a cooler against Brian Yoon, the unofficial final table of 10 is set. Ihar Soika leads the field with just shy of 20 million in chips.
Salvatore DiCarlo raised to 850,000 from under the gun and Ihar Soika three-bet to 2,275,000 from middle position. The action was folded back to DiCarlo who shipped all in for 8,500,000. Soika called and the cards went face up.
Soika:
DiCarlo:
The board ran out and Soika hit a king on the river to eliminate DiCarlo in 10th place. Soika now has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.
Hand #25: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from middle position, and Maurice Hawkins called from the cutoff. Richard Ma was on the button and moved all in for 9,100,000. Soika asked for a count and eventually called. Hawkins folded.
Ma was at risk with , and was well behind the of Soika. As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."
The board ran out , and Ma was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader.
Hand #59: Thomas Ryan shoved all in from the cutoff, and Ihar Soika moved all in over the top on the button. The blinds got out of the way, and the cards were turned over.
Soika:
Ryan:
The board ran out . Ryan couldn't find any help on the board, and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Hand #71: Ihar Soika raised to 1,200,000 on the button, and Maurice Hawkins put his last 975,000 into the pot from the small blind. Yuliyan Kolev also called in the big blind.
The flop came , and Soika bet 600,000, which got Kolev out of the pot.
Soika showed , and Hawkins had . The turn was the , and Hawkins was drawing dead to the on the river.
Hawkins packed up his bags and took off with his rail after finishing in sixth place.
. Gibbons was unable to connect with the board and was eliminated in 14th place.
while Brent had 
. The board ran out 
and Cosmin held on for the win to eliminate Brent in 13th place.
and Cosmin checked to Ryan who bet 700,000. Cosmin raised to 1,800,000 and Ryan shoved all in. Cosmin instantly called for his remaining 8,700,000 and was the player at risk. He had flopped the nuts with 
. Ryan tabled 
and Cosmin was eliminated in 12th place.
while Yoon held a dominated 
.
, up against Soika's 
and Failla's deep run came to an end.
. Ryan couldn't find any help on the board, and he was eliminated in seventh place.
on the river.