Mikita Badziakouski raised to 525,000 from the small blind into Ren Lin, who playfully commented about how Badziakouski had been repeatedly raising his big blind in these situations.
Lin called to see a flop of , and Badziakouski continued for 300,000.
Lin said "easy easy", seemingly appreciating the small bet size as he flicked in a call.
On the turn, however, Badziakouski sized up to an even million.
Lin quickly tossed his cards into the muck and said, "I gamble too much".
Stephen Chidwick raised from an early position and was re-raised all-in by next to act Carlos Villamarin. The rest of the table got out of the way and Chidwick called and the two headed to the flop heads-up with Villamarin all-in and at-risk.
It was the held by Chidwick that dominated the held by Villamarin.
The dealer ran out the board of and Chidwick's nines full of aces were the winner, which in turn eliminated Villamarin in 7th place for which he took home $214,496 in cash.
Joao Vieira moved all-in for 265,000 from the cutoff and was called by both Jason Koon on the button and Carlos Villamarin in the big blind.
The flop came , and Villamarin put out a bet of 200,000, which Koon called.
On the turn, Villamarin again bet 200,000, but this time he was raised to 725,000 by Koon.
Villamarin made the call, then quickly checked the river. Koon checked back and the hands were turned up.
Joao Vieira:
Carlos Villamarin:
Jason Koon:
Vieira's pair of fours were second to Villamarin's pair of fives, which eliminated Vieira and earned a large side pot to push Villamarin's stack back over five million.
Ren Lin started things off when he raised to 270,000 from the hijack and was reraised to 625,000 by Ali Imsirovic from the cutoff. Next, Joao Vieira Re-raised to 1.7 million and Lin moved all-in. Then, Imsirovic ducked out of the way and Vieira called the small difference.
It was Ren Lin all-in and at-risk who held versus the held by Vieira.
The dealer ran out the board of and Lin took it down with one pair of kings and survived his all-in and doubled up.