Four players were contesting a pot as the board read . From the cutoff, Demosthenes Kiriopoulos bet 950,000, George Holmes was on the button and took his time before folding. Zachary Mcdiarmid was next to act from the big blind and he took even longer before he pitched his cards as well. Stephen Gerber quickly called from under the gun.
The river came the . Gerber checked. Kiriopoulos put together two stacks and slid them forward for a bet to 3,500,000. Gerber went into the tank before eventually mucking his cards.
Campelo was down to one of the shortest stacks in the tournament but managed to double up once. However, he got the last of his 1,100,000 in the middle with but ran square into the of Nicolas Dumont.
The flop came which provided no help to Campelo. The on the turn gave him a flush draw but the on the river sent Campelo to the payout desk.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos raised it up in middle position and Zachary Mcdiarmid pushed all in for around 1,000,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Kiriopoulos who quickly called.
Zachary Mcdiarmid:
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos:
The flop of favored Kiriopoulos who held the best hand with the only draw. The on the turn and the on the river missed Mcdiarmid who was eliminated.
Joshua Remitio raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Hye Park called in the small blind.
The flop came , Park check-raised the 325,000 continuation-bet of Remitio to 1,025,000 and was called.
The turn was the and Park checked again. Remitio fired a bet of 1,000,000 over the line and Park tanked for a while before making the call.
The river completed the board with the and Park checked for the final time. Remitio considered his options, cut out chips worth 1,400,000, and then put them on top of his three 1,000,000-chips for a bet of 4,400,000 in total. They had a bit of a staring contest but in the end Remitio won as Park folded.
Norbert Koh raised to 320,000 and Tyler Cornell defended the big blind to see a flop of , on which both players checked. On the turn, Cornell checked once more and Koh bet 300,000. What followed was the check-raise to 1,050,000 by Cornell and Koh came along.
They headed to the turn on which Koh checked once more. Cornell now fired a bet worth 2,500,000 and Koh tank-folded.
Picking up the action on a flop of , Jason Osser led out with a bet of 2,200,000 and Hye Park called, while a third player in the hand folded.
Osser moved all-in for 3,100,000 on the turn and Park quickly called.
Jason Osser:
Hye Park:
Osser was dominated and needed a jack to stay alive. He didn't get it as the river brought the and he hit the rail after wishing his table mates good luck.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos raised it up to 330,000 and was called by David Cabrera from two seats over. Nick Petrangelo then moved all-in for around 3.8 million on the button and Kiriopoulos folded. Cabrera, however, called and the following coin flip emerged.
Nick Petrangelo:
David Cabrera:
The flop instantly improved Cabrera to the superior pair and he held onto the lead throughout the turn and river. Since neither player had a spade in their hand, Petrangelo was sent to the rail in 45th place.