A hand following the elimination of Aurelien Russo, Elias Gutierrez moved all in for 380,000 on the button. Quan Zhou asked for a count but ultimately decided to fold his small blind. Sergi Reixach, however, snap-called in the big blind.
Elias Gutierrez: 2?2?
Sergi Reixach: K?8?
Gutierrez remained in the lead through the turn as the board came 9?6?A?10?, but the 7? river gave Reixach a straight and a bounty chip for the second straight hand.
Sergi Reixach limped in from under the gun and Sirzat Hissou followed suit from the hijack. Aurelien Russo then jammed all in from the button for 435,000.
Reixach three-bet jammed for around one million, leading to a quick fold from Hissou.
Aurelien Russo: 8?8?
Sergi Reixach: K?J?
Reixach paired his king on the 7?K?2? flop, and no eight appeared on the A?9? runout to save Russo, resulting in his departure from the final table.
Adrian Mateos raised to 100,000 on the button and Elias Gutierrez called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 5?5?6? flop and Gutierrez led out for 180,000 on the 8? turn. Mateos called and the 9? fell on the river.
Gutierrez then announced he was all in, sending Mateos deep into the tank. Mateos considered the decision for around five minutes until he pushed his last 415,000 in the middle.
Gutierrez was forced to show K?4? for a bluff, while Mateos turned over K?9? to earn a double up.
Elias Gutierrez raised to 100,000 as first to act, after which the action folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind. He jammed all in for 850,000 and Aurelien Russo put in his stack of 155,000 from the big blind.
Gutierrez pondered his options for a bit but ended up letting his hand go after a count of Mateos' chips, leaving the other two players to show down.
Aurelien Russo: A?9?
Adrian Mateos: A?K?
Russo stood up but quickly sat back down as the 4?Q?7?6?5? runout saw him hit the nuts. He tripled up but remained the shortest stack on the table with nine big blinds.
Action folded to Duco ten Haven in the small blind who limped in. Sirzat Hissou then raised to 175,000 and Ten Haven called.
The flop came 4?7?2? and Hissou continued for 150,000. Ten Haven called and the 5? fell on the turn.
Both players checked to the Q? river where Ten Haven led out for 200,000. Hissou quickly called, then mucked when Ten Haven showed A?7? for a pair of sevens.
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Action folded to Aurelien Russo in the small blind who raised enough to put Elias Gutierrez all in. Gutierrez quickly called for his last 565,000.
Elias Gutierrez: K?8?
Aurelien Russo: Q?10?
Russo needed to improve as the flop came 3?3?7?. Gutierrez made two pair on the 8? turn, while Russo missed the 4? river and handed over most of the chips he had won in his previous all-in encounter.