The action picked up pre-flop when Will Berry bet about 450,000 from the high jack only leaving himself with about 60,000 behind. Damien Simon shoved all-in on the button putting Berry to the test for the rest of his chips. Berry flicked in the rest of his chips and the cards were flipped over.
Will Berry:
Damien Simon:
The board ran out and Simon hit a queen on the river for a pair of queens to send Berry to the payout line.
Table #6 has been a flurry of activity lately, with several massive pots.
In the first, Christopher Morehouse got his last 2,500,000 in the middle against Hsuan-Chao Chen with . Chen had and won the coin flip when the board came to eliminate Morehouse and climb to 8,000,000.
The very next hand at this table, John Frenz shoved for 880,000, Byron Yang re-shoved, and Wataru Miyashita called both players.
John Frenz:
Byron Yang:
Wataru Miyashita:
Frenz was in third place but hit a runner-runner flush on a board of . "Oh baby!" he yelled while pointing to the fourth diamond on the river.
The action was picked up preflop when Osmin Dardon went all-in for his remaining 2.3 million in chips and was called by Matthew Hunt to put Dardon at risk for his tournament life.
Osmin Dardon:
Matthew Hunt:
The board ran out giving Dardon the best hand with the jack on the flop and he doubled up through Hunt.
James Rubinski raised pre-flop and called the all-in shove of Anthony Mar for around 4,000,000.
James Rubinski:
Anthony Mar:
It was a massive cooler in a pot worth 8,000,000, and Rubinski's aces would hold on the board. Mar stopped to take a photo of the board before handing over most of his stack.