Preben Stokkan raised under the gun to 2,000,000 with action folding around to Maria Ho in the big blind. She shoved for her last 7,000,000, with Stokkan making the quick call.
Ho had found and just needed to fade three outs versus Stokkan's . The dealer put down five bricks on the runout, with Ho completing the full double-up.
Dan Dizenzo raised to 1.6 million from middle position and Shyngis Satubayev pushed all in for 8.8 million in the hijack. The action folded back to Dizenzo who made the call. Satubayev held and Dizenzo showed . The board ran out and Satubayev made two pair to earn himself a double up.
On the next hand, Josafat Cruz opened from the hijack and Maduka Meragal shipped all in for around 23.2 million. Cruz asked for a count and then called. Meragal tabled and Cruz was ahead with .
The flop came and Meragal took the lead with a pair of jacks. However, the on the turn gave Cruz a straight and Meragal was drawing dead to the on the river. Cruz has now vaulted himself into the chip lead with over 80 million chips.
Action folded to Francois Billard in the cutoff, who opened with a raise to 1,800,000. He picked up Roberto Vahlis in the small blind and Maria Ho in the big, as they went three ways to a flop.
All three players checked the flop, with Vahlis leading for 2,000,000 on the turn. Ho called, with Billard moving out of the way, before the dealer put the on the river.
Vahlis checked, with Ho dwelling for a while before reluctantly checking back and being shown the . Ho mucked and Vahlis dragged in another small pot.
The action folded around to Felipe Ramos on the button who raised to 1.7 million. Serhii Popovych was in the big blind and three-bet to 5.6 million. With the action back on Ramos, he thought for a moment and then announced all in. Popovych instantly called and was the player at risk, for around 19.5 million.
Felipe Ramos:
Serhii Popovych:
The flop came giving Ramos a flush draw to go with his two live cards. The turn brought the and Ramos completed his flush. Popovych was not drawing dead yet as he held the nut flush draw himself. The landed on the river and Popovych was unlucky to be eliminated at this stage of the tournament.
On the feature table, Josef Snejberg opened with a raise to 1,800,000 from middle position, with Roberto Vahlis calling on the button. Both blinds folded and the two players saw a flop heads-up.
Snejberg checked the action over to Vahlis who put out a bet of 2,000,000 and picked up a quick fold from Snejberg. Vahlis slipped the table a peak at his as he dragged in the pot.
Serhii Popovych raised to 1.7 million from early position and was called by Richard Dubini in middle position along with Felipe Ramos in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn. Ramos led out for 4.3 million and Popovych called, while Dubini folded.
The river landed the and Ramos fired another 6.0 million. Popovych announced all in and Ramos quickly mucked his cards.
In the next hand, Popovych opened again to 1.7 million from under the gun and Charlie Godwin called from the cutoff. The flop fell and Popovych asked Godwin how much she had left. The answer was 8.9 million, and when Popovych announced all in, Godwin instantly stuck in her chips and tabled . Popovych could only muster and was drawing slim. The turn was the and the river brought the , improving Godwin's hand to quad sixes.
After raising pre-flop, Andrei Shatilov put out a continuation bet on the flop, with Diego Zeiter making the call. The turn brought the , which Shatilov checked over to Zeiter. After a short pause, Zeiter released a bet of 7,000,000, sending Shatilov deep into the tank.
After a minute or so, Shatilov called, with the river bringing the . Both players checked, and Shatilov's was good at showdown.
Diego Zeiter and Shyngis Satubayev got all of the chips in the middle with Zeiter holding against Satubayev's . Zeiter hit a six on the flop and Satubayev was drawing dead by the turn as Zeiter scored a double up, leaving Satubayev with just over 3.0 million.
In the next hand, Zeiter raised to 1.8 million from middle position and Satubayev pushed all in for 3.1 million directly to his left. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were tabled. It was Zeiter in a dominating position holding against Satubayev's . The board ran out and Satubayev made a full house to double up.