Andrew Hedley raised to 56,000 from middle position, and Dejuante Alexander called from the big blind.
The flop came , and Alexander checked. Hedley bet 76,000, and Alexander called. The turn brought the , and Alexander checked. Hedley bet 216,000, and after brief consideration, Alexander folded. Hedley took the pot.
There was a sea of chips in the middle and a completed board of when Emily Larson checked to her lone opponent, Raul Martinez. Martinez thought for a bit before moving all in for his last 410,000. Larson thought it over for a couple of minutes herself before dropping in a chip for the call.
Martinez rolled over for kings up, and Larson mucked her hand. The dealer had to show it by rule, and the was rolled over from Larson, who dropped to 375,000 after that hand.
Meanwhile, Martinez is now one of the big stacks with 1.4 million.
Ricardo Abundis opened the action, and Marcos Fernandez defended from the big blind. The flop was . Fernandez moved all in, and Abundis called to put him at risk.
Kaue De Souza was under the gun and moved all in for approximately 200,000. Action folded around to Raul Martinez on the button, and he re-shoved. The blinds got out of the way, and the two players tabled their hands.
De Souza:
Martinez:
De Souza was racing for his tournament life and had the preflop advantage with his pocket sevens, but the board ran out to counterfeit his pair and give Martinez the pot with his ace kicker.
Je Oh and Matt Affleck got into a big preflop confrontation in a button-versus-small blind situation that saw Oh get his final 786,000 into the middle. Oh held , and he was dominating the of Affleck.
However, Affleck shot out to the lead on the flop. His lead was short-lived, though, as the came on the turn to flip it back to Oh. The river brought the , and Oh was shipped a massive double-up, while Affleck was left shaking his head at the way the runout came.