Soukha Kachittavong opened for 180,000 in the cutoff, then Scott Boxenhorn (bb) jammed for about 1.1 million. Kachittavong looked him up, showing pocket sixes. Boxenhorn was racing with .
The board ran out , completely missing the short stack who was sent to the rail in 12th place ($8,733).
Patrick Ibrahim got his stack in the middle holding only to run into Victor Ramdin's .
The board came and was not enough to save Ibrahim, who busted out in 13th place. He'll collect $5,822 for his efforts. Ramdin chipped up to ~2.8 million.
Twelve players remain and they're each now guaranteed to earn at least $8,733.
Christoph Thompson was eliminated in 15th place ($5,822) on Table 1.
Then on Table 2, Bin Weng opened for 145,000, getting two callers. On the flop of , Jason Casale (bb) open-ripped and Weng called. (The third player folded.)
Casale's (top pair, gutshot) was beat by Weng's , but then the came on the turn, giving Casale two pair and odds for a double-up.
The on the river foiled those plans as it gave Weng Aces-up and a better two pair hand. He pulled the pot and is up to ~6.5 million, good for the chip lead.
Phil Phan shoved his last 380,000 from the cutoff and got looked up by Jean Paul Norero in the big blind. Phan's looked pretty, but the of Norero held up on the board which missed both players.
Norero took the pot with Ace-high and chipped up north of 5 million chips.
Phan exited the event in 16th place, earning $3,956.
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Gilberto Taveras-Garcia (sb) and Victor Ramdin were looking at a final board of . Taveras-Garcia checked and Ramdin jammed, having him well covered.
Taveras-Garcia gave it some thought, then opted to call all-in for his last 580,000. "Good call", said Ramdin. Taveras-Garcia rolled over his for a pair of Queens to take the pot.
Patrick Ibrahim opened for 130,000 early, got a flat from Bin Weng in the cutoff, then Jon Borenstein (bb) moved in for 775,000 total. Ibrahim called and after counting out his chips, Weng did as well.
On the flop of , Ibrahim checked, Weng gave it some thought, then moved in. Ibrahim folded and the hands were tabled.
Borenstein's was in bad shape against Weng's . Needing an Ace or running spades, Borenstein was drawing slim. The last two came and were not the runners he was looking for.
Weng took the pot and Borenstein took the walk to the payout desk. He'll collect $3,956 for 17th place.