Hand #21: Kevin Rines shoved from the under-the-gun for 11,500,000 and got no callers.
Hand #22: Renato Kaneoya raised to 2,400,000 from the cutoff and Svetlozar Nestorov shoved in the small blind. Kaneoya folded and Nestorov showed the .
Hand #23: Lawrence Chan shoved from the under-the-gun position for 7,200,000 and it folded around.
Hand #24: Luis Vazquez raised to 3,200,000 from early position and everyone folded.
Hand #35: A walk for Alexander Lakhov.
Hand #36: A walk for Vazquez this time. Vazquez showed and Lakhov claimed to have had that exact same hand in the previous hand.
Hand #20: Out of the small blind, Renato Kaneoya moved all in and Matthew Smith called for his last 11.3 million out of the big blind.
Matthew Smith:
Renato Kaneoya:
"What is it?" the rail behind the two players asked and the tournament director confirmed the showdown cards for them. Kaneoya took the lead on the flop, and the turn and river failed to keep Smith's hopes alive. He was eliminated in 8th place for $32,433.
Hand #16: Renato Kaneoya raised to 2.4 million from late position and claimed the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Kaneoya raised to 2.4 million once more and Alexander Lakhov called from the big blind. On the flop, Lakhov checked and Kaneoya continued for 1.8 million. Lakhov check-raised all in for 10.7 million and won the pot without further resistance.
Hand #18: Kevin Rines made it 3.6 million to go and Luis Vazquez moved all in from the big blind, Rines folded.
Hand #19: Kaneoya received a walk and showed the .
Hand #12: Jeremy Perrin moved all in for 14,200,000 from mid-position and action folded to Alexander Lakhov in the cutoff who also shoved with the bigger stack. The rest folded.
Jeremy Perrin:
Alexander Lakhov:
"Jack of clubs on the flop!" Cory Waaland, on the rail, shouted out.
The flop came indeed to give Perrin a set of jacks but it also provided Lakhov with a straight draw. The turn brought them the which didn't change the situation and the river completed the board with the to double Perrin up.
Hand #13: Lawrence Chan shoved for 3,800,000 in total from mid-position and Lakhov called in the hijack. The rest folded again to let them fight it out.
Lawrence Chan:
Alexander Lakhov:
The board ran out to give Chan a full house on the flop and no aces came on the turn. Chan doubled up.
Hand #14: Renato Kaneoya raised to 2,400,000 from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #15: Kaneoya raised again to 2,400,000 from the hijack and got no action again.
Hand #8: Luis Vazquez raised to 2.7 million and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Kevin Rines raised to 3.6 million and Alexander Lakhov moved all in out of the big blind. Rines called and the cards were tabled.
Kevin Rines:
Alexander Lakhov:
The board came and they chopped it up with a full house.
Hand #10: Lakhov limped the small blind and Vazquez checked from the big blind. On the flop, Lakhov check-called a bet of 1.5 million and did so again for the same amount on the turn. The river was checked and Vazquez showed .
"I have four pair," Vazquez claimed before correcting it to "three pair."
Hand #11: Svetlozar Nestorov moved all in for 13 million and Vazquez in the small blind asked for a count. He then folded and mucked the face up. Since Renato Kaneoya was still to act from the big blind and subsequently folded, Vazquez received a three hand penalty for exposing his cards out of turn.
Hand #7: Luis Vazquez raised to 2,700,000 from mid-position and action folded to Daniel Fuhs in the big blind. Fuhs shoved and Vazquez snap-called.
Daniel Fuhs:
Luis Vazquez:
The flop came to give Vazquez a pair of queens. The turn brought them the to give Vazquez two pair and Fuhs one pair. Fuhs needed an ace on the river to double up but the came instead on the former bracelet winner was sent to the payout desk as the first eliminated player of today's final table.
Hand #1: Alexander Lakhov limped from the small blind and Luis Vazquez raised to 3.5 million from the big blind, Lakhov folded.
Hand #2: Vazquez limped the small blind and Renato Kaneoya checked his option. Both checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Vazquez bet 1.5 million and Kaneoya called. On the river, Vazquez checked and called a bet of 4.8 million by Kaneoya, who showed and won the pot.
Hand #3: Daniel Fuhs raised to 2.1 million from late position and Kaneoya asked for his stack size, then glanced at Matthew Smith's stack in the big blind. Kaneoya moved all in and Smith called for 6.8 million, Fuhs folded.
Matthew Smith:
Renato Kaneoya:
Both hit their set on the flop and the turn and river ensured Smith's double.
The tournament director has welcomed the nine remaining players back to the official final table and instructed the dealer to shuffle up and deal with 7 minutes remaining on the level the players stopped at yesterday.