Masashi Oya opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi called from the button before Jans Arends three-bet to 625,000. Oya moved all in and Shakerchi folded. Arends called to put Oya at risk.
Masashi Oya: A?Q?
Jans Arends: 10?10?
The board ran out 10?4?2?J?3?. Arends set was good at showdown and Oya was sent to the rail.
Action folded around to Seth Davies in the small blind, who moved all in, covering Adrian Mateos. For the past few orbits Mateos had not been receiving many playable hands and he was already committed to about half of his stack by posting the big blind and ante. Mateos made the call to put himself at risk.
Adrian Mateos: 8?3?
Seth Davies: Q?9?
The board ran out 6?10?10?2?6? and Mateos was knocked out of the tournament while Davies added to his stack.
Picking up the action on the river, Justin Saliba from under the gun was involved in a hand with Jans Arends on the button. With the board reading 4?J?4?9?Q? Saliba checked, prompting Arends to move all in. Saliba quickly called with the effective stack, tabling KxQx. It was no good, however, as Arends held K?10? for the rivered straight to send Saliba to the rail in 19th place.
Action was picked up on the 6?K?2? flop with approximately 180,000 in the middle. Chance Kornuth was heads up against Alex Foxen.
Foxen check-called an 80,000 bet from Kornuth. Both players checked the 7? turn.
The river came the J? and Foxen bet 700,000, enough to put Kornuth all in. Kornuth glanced over at the other table to eye the short stacks and used two time extension chips while contemplating his decision. Ultimately he put in the call and was at risk.
Chance Kornuth: A?A?
Alex Foxen: K?2?
Kornuth's pocket rockets had gone up in flames against the flopped two pair of Foxen. With his elimination, the money bubble has burst and the remaining 19 players are guaranteed at least a min-cash of $81,983.
Picking up the action after the flop, Micah Raskin in early position was involved in a hand with Anton Morgenstern in the big blind. With the board reading 5?4?7? Morgenstern was all in and at risk.
Anton Morgenstern: 4?4?
Micah Raskin: 7?7?
Raskin had Morgenstern on the ropes, needing running clubs or the case four to survive. The K? turn left Morgenstern drawing to a single out. With action finished at the two other tables, many players flocked around as the dealer flipped over the 4? to send Raskin leaping out of his seat in frustration while Morgenstern raked in the pot smiling sheepishly.
Brian Rast moved all in for his last 455,000 from early position and Dan Smith made the call from middle position, committing just under half of his stack. Action folded back to Chris Brewer in the big blind who moved all in himself, covering both players. A frustrated Smith folded and Rast was all in at risk against Brewer.
Brian Rast: 6?6?
Chris Brewer: J?J?
The board ran out 8?Q?4?Q?4? and Brewer took down a huge pot while eliminating Rast three spots shy of the money.
Isaac Haxton raised from under the gun, and the action folded to Kristen Foxen in the big blind who three-bet jammed for 320,000, which Haxton quickly called.
They revealed their cards for Alex Foxen, who was at the same table, to grimace when he saw them.
Kristen Foxen: J?J?
Isaac Haxton: K?K?
The board ran out 9?6?Q?8?J? for Foxen to hit the river for a set of jacks to double up.
Chance Kornuth raised to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Anton Morgenstern in the big blind who three-bet jammed with the slightly bigger stack. Kornuth called for the 795,000 he had in front of him.
Chance Kornuth: 6?6?
Anton Morgenstern: A?A?
The board ran out 2?J?7?3?6? for Kornuth to hit the river for a set of sixes to double up and leave Morgenstern short.
With 124 entries in the tournament, the prize pool comes to $5,921,000 in total. Nineteen players will be in the money for at least $81,983, while the eventual winner will walk away on Sunday, June 11, with a whopping $1,546,024 and the gold WSOP bracelet.
Here's a look at what the remaining 32 players are battling for:
Action was picked up on the river with the board reading J?3?4?7?Q?. Justin Bonomo was facing a 600,000 bet from Alexandros Theologis with about 800,000 already in the pot.
Justin Bonomo announced "all in" creating a massive pot. Theologis briefly thought about his decision before putting in the call to put Bonomo at risk.
Justin Bonomo: 4?4?
Alexandros Theologis: A?Q?
Theologis' top pair was crushed by the Bonomo's set of fours. Theologis was left with just 3,000 chips while Bonomo once again pulled in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
The next hand after this there was another all in confrontation, this time the chips got in preflop between Kevin Rabichow, Dominik Nitsche and Alexandros Theologis. Nitsche had both opponents covered.
Alexandros Theologis: 5?3?
Kevin Rabichow: J?J?
Dominik Nitsche: A?Q?
The board ran out 9?3?8?K?4? awarding Rabichow the double up while Theologis was eliminated and Nitsche was left with a short stack.
