Action folded around to Martin Lesjoe in the small blind, and he took a peek at the stack of Saya Ono in the big blind before moving all in, having her covered. Ono had about 750,000 behind, and she took a look at her cards, hesitated briefly, then called.
Ono:
Lesjoe:
The flop gave Lesjoe a straight draw, and the on the turn paired him up. Ono needed a jack, ten, seven, or deuce to avoid elimination, but the came instead to give Lesjoe an unneeded second pair.
Stephen Russo raised, and Kyle Shappelle three-bet shoved to put Russo to a decision for his stack. After a few moments of thought, Russo called.
Russo:
Shappelle:
Russo was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out , which was no help to Russo, and he was eliminated.
While that last knockout was happening, Jimmy Guerrero three-bet shoved after Jeremy Dresch's opening raise at another table. Once Dresch had a rough idea of the stack, he called.
Dresch:
Guerrero:
The kings held on the board, and Guerrero doubled up to 1.2 million .
The 18 remaining players are currently redrawing for new seats.
Robenito Roxas moved all in for his final 605,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Giuseppe Pantaleo, who asked for an exact count. Once he got it, he thought for about 45 seconds before calling.
Pantaleo:
Roxas:
The board came down , and Pantaleo scooped the pot to help him bounce back from the aces loss a few moments ago. Roxas was eliminated.
Ricardo Ramos moved all in from under the gun for about 1,200,000. Cannon Lim called from the hijack to put himself at risk, and Giuseppe Pantaleo over-called from the cutoff with the largest of the three stacks.
Ramos:
Lim:
Pantaleo:
Pantaleo had a big lead with his aces, and his opponents needed a lot of help in order to survive. The board ran out to give Ramos a queen-high flush, doubling through Pantaleo and eliminating Lim.
David Bagheri and Richard Dixon went heads-up to a flop. Dixon checked from the big blind, and Bagheri bet 200,000. Dixon called, and the rolled off on the turn. Dixon checked again, and Bagheri moved all in. Dixon snap-called with , and he was well out in front of the of Bagheri.
The finished out the board, and the rest of Bagheri's chips went on over to Dixon, who vaulted up to 2.8 million after that hand.
flop gave Lesjoe a straight draw, and the 
on the turn paired him up. Ono needed a jack, ten, seven, or deuce to avoid elimination, but the 
came instead to give Lesjoe an unneeded second pair.
, which was no help to Russo, and he was eliminated.
board, and Guerrero doubled up to 1.2 million .
, and he was well out in front of the 
finished out the board, and the rest of Bagheri's chips went on over to Dixon, who vaulted up to 2.8 million after that hand.
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— no luck for Robinson as Shappelle hit a ten to eliminate him.