Mukul Pahuja raised to 18,000 from early position, and Kiryl Radzivonau flatted from middle position. Ryan Hughes was on the button and moved all in for his last 105,000 chips. Pahuja folded, and Radzivonau snap-called.
Hughes showed but was way behind Radzivonau's . The flop came , and Hughes was drawing extremely thin. Hughes made a set of sixes on the river, but it wasn't good enough to beat the set of nines of Radzivonau.
Nipun Java raised from under-the-gun to 18,000, and Austin Buchanan, who has been quiet for most of the day, three-bet to 52,000 from middle position. The action was folded back around to Java, who made the call, and the two players went heads-up to the flop.
It came , and Java checked. Buchanan bet 43,000, and Java called.
The turn was the , and once again, Java checked. Buchanan bet smaller this time — 37,000 — but it was enough to make Java fold, and Buchanan scooped a much-needed pot.
Nipun Java raised from the hijack position to 23,000 and Austin Buchanan called from the button, DJ MacKinnon called from the small blind, and Pablo Mariz called from the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked around.
The turn brought the and MacKinnon led out for 55,000. The action was folded to Buchanan on the button who called.
The river was the and MacKinnon again led out, for 87,000 this time. Buchanan verified how much the bet was and then called. MacKinnon tabled for the nuts and took down a pot to sit on the current chip lead.
Team Jan Bruhns - Ramon Bartsch - Brian McCann - Dimitry Novek
Team Jan Bruhns - Ramon Bartsch - Brian McCann - Dimitry Novek moved all in for 25,000 from under the gun, and Nipun Java three-bet to 40,000 from early position.
Pablo Mariz was in the big blind and four-bet to 126,000. Java folded.
Team Jan Bruhns - Ramon Bartsch - Brian McCann - Dimitry Novek tabled and Mariz showed .
The board ran out and Team Jan Bruhns - Ramon Bartsch - Brian McCann - Dimitry Novek was eliminated.
Team Barry Shulman - Allyn Shulman - Jessica Horan
DJ MacKinnon raised to 23,000 from the cutoff and Barry Shulman ripped his stack of 210,000 in the middle. MacKinnon called.
Shulman tabled while MacKinnon showed .
The flop came and Shulman was still behind, but picked up a straight draw.
The turn was the and the river was the , sending Shulman to the rail.
Shulman bolted out of the room, and Nipun Java looked at MacKinnon and said, "Nice life." Kyle Bowker was on the rail, wondering what happened. "He ripped it in for 20 bigs with seven-eight off. What do you want me to do?" smiled MacKinnon.
The unofficial final table of ten is about to come together. A full redraw will be posted.
Benton Blakeman moved all-in from under-the-gun for 128,000 and the action was folded around to Nipun Java on the button who called. Nipun Java was in a great position with vs Blakeman's . The board ran out and Joe Tehan - Benton Blakeman were eliminated in 10th Place.
The official final table of nine has been set with about 35 minutes of play left in the evening.
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but was way behind Radzivonau's 
. The flop came 
, and Hughes was drawing extremely thin. Hughes made a set of sixes on the river, but it wasn't good enough to beat the set of nines of Radzivonau.
, and Java checked. Buchanan bet 43,000, and Java called.
, and once again, Java checked. Buchanan bet smaller this time — 37,000 — but it was enough to make Java fold, and Buchanan scooped a much-needed pot.
and MacKinnon led out for 55,000. The action was folded to Buchanan on the button who called. 
and MacKinnon again led out, for 87,000 this time. Buchanan verified how much the bet was and then called. MacKinnon tabled 
for the nuts and took down a pot to sit on the current chip lead.
and Mariz showed 
.
and Team Jan Bruhns - Ramon Bartsch - Brian McCann - Dimitry Novek was eliminated.
and Shulman was still behind, but picked up a straight draw.
and the river was the 
vs Blakeman's 
. The board ran out 
and Joe Tehan - Benton Blakeman were eliminated in 10th Place. 
and action checked to Mariz. He bet 33,000 and both of his opponents folded.