Justin Liberto and Cheang Kit Yoo went heads up to the flop and Liberto led out with a bet of 52,000. Kit Yoo raised to 105,000 and Liberto made it 213,000. With the action back on Kit Yoo, he moved all in for 575,000 and Liberto nearly beat him into the pot with the call.
Kit Yoo turned over for top pair but was drawing dead against the of Liberto. The meaningless and completed the board and Kit Yoo was eliminated.
On a board showing and with already around 150,000 in the middle, Barny Boatman checked in the big blind. The player under the gun bet 70,000 and Ryan Goindoo on the button made the call.
Boatman, after some thought, three-bet to 270,000. Only Goindoo opted to call.
The fell on the turn and Boatman announced all in for 298,000. After a few minutes, Goindoo called and the players tabled their cards.
Goindoo:
Boatman:
Boatman held the straight but Goindoo could still hit a nut flush on the river. The fell on the river and Boatman was able to grab the pot to climb to a comfortable stack of 1,300,00.
Sean Marshall raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Fahredin Mustafov reraised to 150,000. It folded back to Marshall who called and they went heads up to the flop.
Marshall checked and Mustafov tossed out a bet of 125,000. Marshall check-raised all in, covering Mustafov who had 535,000 behind and Mustafov folded. Marshall added another pot to his mountain of chips and he has moved into the chip lead with just 63 players remaining.
A player in early position raised to 45,000, Cher Vang called from middle position, Micky Blasi called from the cutoff, and Chris Childers three-bet to 145,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded, Vang called, and Blasi called.
The three players saw a flop of and Childers bet 250,000. Vang called and Blasi folded.
The fell on the turn and Childers shoved to put Vang to a decision for his 838,000-chip stack. Vang called to put himself at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Cher Vang:
Chris Childers:
Vang had caught up to Childers's aces when he turned two pair and Childers needed help from the river in order to win the pot. The last card was the which changed nothing, so Vang took the pot and the vast majority of Childers's chips.
Chris Haugo got his stack of 269,000 all in preflop holding but unfortunately for Haugo Steve Sung called with . They saw a flop of and Haugo flopped a set of nines to crack the kings of Sung.
The turn and river were no help to Sung and Haugo who was standing up preparing to exit the tournament can sat back down and dragged in the pot.