Honglin Jiang was all in for 19.8 million over on the outer tables and Adam Owen on the button had isolated with the . Jiang turned over and held up thanks to a board of .
After defending his big blind and getting to the river of a board , Mikhail Rudoy bet 3.3 million out of the big blind and Stephen Chidwick on the button slid forward a raise to 12.7 million. He kept 800,000 chips behind and the all in triangle was not thrown to Chidwick.
Rudoy used three time banks and eventually called by setting in his stack of T-500,000 chips, he did however have a 5,000,000 chips left as well. Rudoy showed for trips aces and Chidwick revealed for a flush.
Since it was just a call, Chidwick narrowly missed out on the full double up, but Rudoy was left very short nonetheless.
Sirzat Hissou open-shoved for the last 7.6 million in the cutoff with the and Balazs Botond called with the . On a board of , Hissou rivered the jack to remain in contention.
Over on the outer tables, a big pot had built between Zhong Chen in the big blind and Sean Winter in early position. The completed board showed and Chen had checked, Winter moved all in for 11.4 million and Chen used two time banks.
The Dutchman eventually called and was shown by Winter, he mucked his and dropped to 28 big blinds.
Sirzat Hissou opened to 2.5 million over on the feature tabnle and Anton Wigg three-bet to 7.2 million. Hissou shoved for 18.9 million and Wigg called.
ASirzat Hissou:
Anton Wigg:
The board of brought no upset and Hissou doubled for the second time in quick succession.
Thomas Boivin raised to 2 million and Mikhail Rudoy moved all in for 3.7 million. Adam Owen reraised to 5.7 million in the big blind and Boivin called. On a flop of , Owen made it 4.0 million to go and Boivin quickly folded.
Mikhail Rudoy:
Adam Owen:
Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome of the hand and Rudoy was eliminated in 21st place.
Vitalii Pankov raised to 2.2 million in the cutoff and Honglin Jiang three-bet to 6.2 million from the button. Pankov called and the flop fell . Pankov checked and called a bet of 4.2 million by Jiang before checking the on the turn. Jiang moved all in and Pankov asked for a count, the shove was for 24.2 million.
After using two time banks, Pankov called and was in prime shape to reduce the field by one.
Honglin Jiang:
Vitalii Pankov:
The river gave Jiang an unlikely straight and he stood up from his chair, gasping "oh my god." Pankov didn't show any emotions at all and just paid off the all in.
Byron Kaverman and Dominik Nitsche dominate their outer table without any big showdowns while especially Aymon Hata and Sean Winter have taken a hit to their stacks. Nitsche twice four-bet jammed into Winter and got through with it to build further to his already impressive stack.