Action folded around to Harvey Alegado in the small blind, and he moved all in for 1,500,000. Daniel Chan was in the big blind and thought for a minute before calling.
Alegado was at risk with against the of Chan.
The flop came , and Chan extended his lead with a set of eights. The turn was the , and Alegado was left drawing dead to the on the river.
With about 600,000 in the pot already, on a flop reading , Daniel Chan checked from the small blind, and Marc MacDonnell bet 210,000 from the big blind. Aharon Shabtay moved all in from under the gun for 620,000, and Chan check-raised to 1,200,000. MacDonnell folded, and the cards were on their backs.
Shabtay was at risk with for a flush draw, and Chan tabled for two pair. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Shabtay to the rail in 19th place.
Kenny Hallaert was under the gun and moved all in for 1,140,000. Alexander Farahi was in late position and called, putting Hallaert at risk.
Farahi showed , and Hallaert tabled , needing a lot of help.
The board ran out , and Hallaert could not find enough of it. Last year's November Niner came close to the bracelet once again, but he will have to settle for another very respectable finish and look to get his first one later on in the Series.
In a crazy turn of events on the second last hand of the night, this happened:
Yuriy Boyko was in the cutoff and raised to 225,000. Kevin O'Donnell was in the small blind and moved all in for 1,100,000. Bryce Yockey was in the big blind and also moved all in for roughly 9,000,000 and Boyko announced all in for 2,055,000.
Boyko tabled
Yockey showed
O'Donnell had
The flop was giving O'Donnell a flush draw to go with his overcards. The turn was the and the river bricked off with the and Boyko wins a monster pot to end the day and vault his stack up the leaderboard while eliminating O'Donnell in the process.
In the last hand of the night, Farzad Bonyadi was all in for his last 1,200,000 and was called by Ralph Perry.
Bonyadi was at risk with against the of Perry.
The flop came and Bonyadi paired his four, giving him some extra outs to survive the night. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Bonyadi home in 15th place.