Tommy Le opened the pot with a raise to 12,000, and was called by both Andrew Chen and Tsubasa Manabe from the button and big blind respectively.
The action was checked to Chen on the flop, and he opted to push out a bet of 20,000 to force a fold from Manabe. Le announced a raise and Chen committed his final 88,500 with Le making the call.
Le:
Chen:
With Le's two-pair up against Chen's wrap, the turn of the saw Chen take the lead with the nut straight against Le's second-nut straight before the completed the board on the river.
As Le slipped to 140,000, Chen moved to roughly 225,000 in chips.
With a raise to 13,000 and a call from Tommy Le, Brock Parker three-bet the pot to 57,000 from the small blind.
The original raiser made the call as Le passed before the dealer dropped the flop.
Parker pushed out a bet of 132,000, and after several moments in the tank, Parker's opponent folded to see the two-time bracelet holder move to 335,000 in chips.
Rami Boukai had been grinding a short stack for the last level but just doubled through Gabor Gyarmati. Boukai was able to get it all in preflop holding and was up against Gyarmati's .
The board ran and Boukai's straight bumped him up to 108,000.
Andrew Chen opened with a raise to 8,500 only to have Tsubasa Manabe three-bet to 22,000. An unknown player then shipped his final 36,000 into the pot, and when Chen folded, Manabe made the call.
Manabe:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see Manabe double his opponent while slipping to 210,000 in chips.
Gabe Patgorski limped in under the gun and both Jeffrey Lisandro and Dilyan Kovachev completed and checked their options from the blinds.
The flop of saw Lisandro check and Kovachev push out 6,000. Patgorski called before Lisandro potted the action to 36,000. Kovachev took nearly three minutes before making the call as Patgorski snap-folded before the landed on the turn.
Lisandro shoved for 51,000 and Kovachev went deep into the tank - eventually having the clock called on him - before six minutes went by and he made the call.
Lisandro:
Kovachev:
With Lisandro needing a jack to stay alive, the river landed the to end his tournament as Kovachev climbs to 220,000 in chips.