The action started with Iori Yogo opening to 160,000 from under the gun, as Michel Bouskila made the call from the button. Both were met with a raise to 280,000 from Michael Kanaan on the small blind, but the raising didn��t stop there. Iori Yogo then open-shipped his entire stack as it folded back around to Kanaan. He instantly made the call, and both players tabled their cards.
Yogo:
Kanaan:
The classic aces versus king scenario went in the favour of Kanaan, who��s aces held on a board of to see him move up to almost 5 million in chips.
Anthony Hachem opened to 165,000 from under the gun as the action folded around to Iori Yogo on the big blind, who made the call. The flop came , and Yogo checked as Hachem slid out a continuation bet of 205,000. With a quick call, the two players saw the fall on the turn. Another check-call for 375,000 from Yogo, saw the complete the board. Yogo thought for a moment, before announcing a bet of 800,000 in chips. Hachem thought about his decision for over a minute, before making the call. Yogo confidently tabled his , much to the disgust of Hachem, who flicked his cards into the muck.
The table folded around to Anthony Hachem, who opened to 190,000 from the small blind. Michel Bouskila made the call, as both players saw the flop come . Hachem threw out a continuation bet of 200,000 which was called as the fell on the turn. Both players checked, as the completed the board. Hachem checked, as Bouskila reached for chips. He almost slid out the bet of 400,000 before Hachem stopped him.
"It's all yours Michel," said Hachem, releasing his hand.
Michael Kanaan opened to 160,000 from under the gun, as his four other table-mates called to all see the flop come .
Anthony Hachem and Michel Bouskila checked from the blinds, as did Kanaan, before Fabian Craib slid out a bet of 400,000. One-by-one, his opponents mucked their hands as he moves back up to 3,500,000 in chips.
With the action folding around to Daniel Neilson in the small blind, he opted to move all in for 950,000 and was called by Michel Bouskila from the big blind.
Neilson:
Bouskila:
Neilson would find no help from the board, as he found himself eliminated in 6th place.
Michael Kanaan started things off with an open to 160,000 from middle position. Fabian Craib then raised to 385,000 from the cut-off with the action on Anthony Hachem on the small blind. He then four-bet to 785,000 as Kanaan went into the tank. A few minutes passed and he let go off his hand, as Craib followed suit, moving Hachem slowly up the leader board.
The action folded around to Michel Bouskila in the cut-off, who open jammed for 1,060,000 in chips. It folded to Iori Yogo who quickly made the call, as we found ourselves with another player at risk.
Yogo:
Bouskila:
Bouskila received the dream flop, as it came out to take the lead. The meaningless and completed the board to see Bouskila move up to 2,200,000, dropping Yogo to 3,200,000 in chips.
Writing up the bust-out hand off Thomson, we missed the pre-flop carnage that was taking place between Dean Francis and Iori Yogo. After several raises, Yogo moved all-in, covering Francis, who had over a million in chips left to make the call. He eventually talked himself into it, as both players tabled their cards.
Francis:
Yogo:
Francis was in front, but was already on his way when the . The ace in the window was enough to eliminate Francis from the final table, as the and ran out to complete the board.
"I knew I shouldn't have called against you," said Francis. "You always win!"
to see him move up to almost 5 million in chips.
, and Yogo checked as Hachem slid out a continuation bet of 205,000. With a quick call, the two players saw the 
fall on the turn. Another check-call for 375,000 from Yogo, saw the 
complete the board. Yogo thought for a moment, before announcing a bet of 800,000 in chips. Hachem thought about his decision for over a minute, before making the call. Yogo confidently tabled his 
, much to the disgust of Hachem, who flicked his cards into the muck.
. Hachem threw out a continuation bet of 200,000 which was called as the 
fell on the turn. Both players checked, as the 
board, as he found himself eliminated in 6th place.
and 
and 
ran out to complete the board.