With the board already reading , Mickael Morgousky put the last of his chips in the pot against Irme Leibold. Morgousky showed his for a set of fives which was good enough to win the pot and double his stack. Leibold wasn't left with much in his stack and was eliminated in a hand shortly after this one.
With the board reading , action checked over to hijack who bet 16,000. Jason Vanstrom then went all in from the small blind for a total of 336,000 and Stephen Ness followed suit from under-the-gun putting his last 274,000 in the pot as well. The hijack got out of the way and the hands were revealed.
Ness:
Vanstrom:
Vanstrom's set of deuces was leading Ness' pair of kings. The turn only added insult to injury when it brought the giving Vanstrom quads. Just to rub more salt in Ness' wound, the river brought the giving him a full house that was still second best. Ness was eliminated while Vanstrom chipped up to 650,000.
Max Lykov raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Warren Wooldridge reraised all in from the small blind, Lykov thought for a bit and made a good call with since his opponent turned over . But the board didn't favour the Russian, coming to double the Englishman.
James Waldron, James Matteucci, and Jamal Sawaqdeh ended up all in preflop with Waldron's hand leading the way.
Waldron:
Sawaqdeh:
Matteucci:
The flop came putting Matteucci's pair of kings into the lead. The turn and river brought the and changing nothing and Matteucci won the pot while Sawaqdeh was eliminated.
After becoming short-stacked on a recent hand, Epstein's day has now come to an end.
After a flop of , Epstein got the remainder of his chips in holding the against Matthew Leecy's . Epstein's set was leading even after the turn brought the , but the on the river gave Leecy a straight and sent Epstein to the rail.
The board was already showing the and Christopher Chatman bet out 100,000 from the big blind. Matthew Leecy called and they saw the come on the river. Chatman bet 150,000 and Leecy went all in for 244,000 total. Chatman decided to call but mucked his hand after Leecy revealed his for tens full of queens.
After the hand Leecy was up to 865,000 while Chatman was left with 140,000.