Allen Bari opened the cutoff to 100,000 and Maria Ho made the call from the big blind to see a flop fall.
Bari fired out a continuation-bet of 80,000 which Ho called as the landed on the turn. Ho again checked, but when she was faced with a 180,000-chip bet from Bari, she kicked her cards to the muck while slipping to an even million. Bari is now sitting on 4,530,000 in chips.
Allen Bari entered the pot with a raise to 80,000 only to have Mikhail Lakhitov three-bet to 210,000 from the big blind. With the action back on Bari, he moved all in and Lakhitov folded.
The following hand, Bari opened to 80,000 and Lakhitov again three-bet to 210,000 - but this time from the small blind. Once Sean LeFort folded the big blind, Bari moved all in for over 2,600,000 and Lakhitov immediately called for roughly his final 1,000,000 in chips.
Lakhitov:
Bari:
With Lakhitov in great shape to snag a double, the flop gave Bari additional outs to a third ten, and that is what the dealer would deliver on the turn as the spiked to send Lakhitov's chances of a bracelet run shattering down to just two outs.
Unfortunately for the Russian, the would land on the river to send him to the rail in 8th place for a $84,033 payday as Bari soars to the outright chip lead with 4,020,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Farzad Bonyadi pushed his last 215,000 into the pot, and after the action folded round to Jesse Chinni in the small blind, he made the call.
Bonyadi:
Chinni:
With Bonyadi in the lead, the flop saw Chinni snatch the lead and leave Bonyadi - who amazingly is on his third final table in nearly as many weeks - drawing to just two outs.
The on the turn would change little, and when the board paired on the river with the , Bonyadi was forced to exit the tournament in 9th place for a $65,535 payday as Chinni climbs to roughly 1,700,000 in chips.
Allen Bari entered the pot from the hi-jack with a raise to 80,000 and found only Maria Ho defending her big blind as the flop was checked through.
The turn of the saw Bari fire a delayed continuation-bet of 90,000 with Ho making the call as the completed the board.
Ho checked, and Bari pushed out 170,000 which prompted Ho to send her cards to the muck while slipping to 900,000. Bari on the other hand now sits on 2,275,000 in chips.