Kunimaro Kojo and Nick Schulman were all-in before the flop, with Schulman's trailing the of Kojo. The dealer ran a board of and Kojo's ace-high was the winner. Kojo now sits in a dominating position, owning 473,000 of the 600,000 chips in play.
Anthony Guetti pushed all-in preflop and after squeezing his cards slowly, David Benyamine made the call, flipping over . Guetti showed the and the players were off to the races. A flop of seemed to be a great development for Benyamine, as he made top pair/top kicker. The Frenchman grimaced aloud when the turn brought the , a card which gave Guetti an open ended straight draw and 7 additional outs. The on the river was one of those outs, and Guetti's runner-runner Broadway straight gave him a pot in excess of 250,000 chips. Benyamine had yet to utilize his last 100,000 add-on however, so these two could be in for a lengthy duel.
Matt Marafioti and Maxim Lykov found themselves all-in preflop with Marafioti holding and Lykov holding . The Russian was far behind Marafioti's pair of tens, and a final board of offered no help, eliminating Lykov and sending Marafioti on the next round of competition. All players who reach the Round of 16 have earned themselves a payday of at least $67,436.
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The last stages of Eric Froehlich and Steve Zolotow match saw Zolotow short-stacked, but then rallied to make a comeback. In the final hand Zolotow opened for 26,000 and Froelich got it all in. Zolotow held king eight offsuit and Froehlich held ace four.
The board ran and Froehlich's full house sent Zolotow to the rail.
We caught the action late, with a final board reading . Timoshenko tabled , which good enough to dispatch Singh's . Timoshenko earned at least $67,436 for advancing to the Round of 16.