Rodrigo Daher moved all in for his last 465,000 from under the gun and was called by Aram Zobian in the big blind.
Rodrigo Daher: A?J?
Aram Zobian: A?10?
Dahr had Zobian pipped, that is until the flop came 10?7?5?. Daher did have some hope with a club, though he failed to connect on either the 8? turn or Q? river to bring the Brazilian's run to an end in 16th place.
Toby Joyce opened 80,000 in the hijack and Michael Rocco called on the button before Adrian Mateos jammed 1,180,000 in the small blind. Connor Rash called off his 780,000 in the big blind before Joyce and Rocco got out of the way.
Connor Rash: J?J?
Adrian Mateos: 5?5?
Rash was able to fade the five as the board ran out Q?8?6?8?3?.
On a flop of A?K?2?, the action had checked to Alexandre Reard on the button, who bet 80,000. Aram Zobian called from the small blind, and Rodrigo Daher folded sitting in the big blind.
When the J? landed on the turn, Zobian checked, Reard bet 315,000, Zobian then check-raised to 950,000, and Reard called.
An 8? hit the river and Zobian took a while before shoving all in. Reard had around 1,700,000 chips behind and needed to put them all into the pot if he wanted to continue in the hand. After a few minutes, Reard laid it down.
Rodrigo Daher opened 80,000 in the cutoff and Fahredin Mustafov called on the button before Alexandre Reard came along in the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of A?Q?3? and Reard checked to Daher who continued for 80,000. Both Mustafov and Reard called.
The 8? fell on the turn, and once checked to, Daher fired 325,000. Mustafov called and Reard jammed for 985,000. Daher quickly folded and Mustafov made the call.
Alexandre Reard: 3?3?
Fahredin Mustafov: A?J?
Reard flopped a set of threes and the Q? river improved him to a full house as Mustafov continues to swing downward.
Pierre Calamusa opened 80,000 in the cutoff before Aram Zobian three-bet 230,000 on the button. Fahredin Mustafov was in the big blind and put in the cold four-bet to 690,000. Calamusa jammed for about 1,500,000 and Zobian announced an all-in as well. Mustafov flashed the A?K? as he announced a fold.
Pierre Calamusa: Q?Q?
Aram Zobian: K?K?
It was a preflop cooler for Calamusa and the 7?5?2?A?10? run out gave Zobian a flush to send him out.
Aram Zobian opened 70,000 in the cutoff and Alejandro Lococo three-bet 270,000 from the small blind. Zobian announced all-in for 950,000 and Lococo snap-called.
Aram Zobian: A?K?
Alejandro Lococo: 10?10?
They were off to the races and Zobian was able to connect as the board ran out Q?5?4?A?Q? for the double.
Manuel Fritz got his remaining chips in the middle from the small blind and was called by Connor Rash in the big blind.
Manuel Fritz: K?9?
Connor Rash: K?10?
Fritz was once again dominated but, as before, vaulted into the lead on the 8?9?K? flop. The 5? turn was a blank but the 10? river was just what the doctor ordered for Rash to send Fritz to the payout desk.
Adrian Mateos came into the third and, at least according to the structure sheet, final day as the second largest stack but just suffered two unfortunate hands to take a big hit to his stack.
On the first hand, Mateos opened to 50,000 from under the gun before Toby Joyce three-bet to 300,000 on the button, leaving himself just 70,000 behind. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Mateos, who wasted little time moving all in with the covering stack. Joyce did not immediately call, most likely due to the imminent payjump rather than because he faced a real decision, then committed his remaining chips to the pot.
Toby Joyce: A?10?
Adrian Mateos: K?K?
Joyce had run right into cowboys to leave himself needing quite a bit of help to survive. That help was forthcoming on the J?A?9? flop with nothing changing on either the 4? turn or 3? river to put the bad beat on Mateos for the double.
The very next hand Lynn Phan moved her short stack into the middle on the button and was looked up by Mateos in the big blind.
Lynn Phan: A?4?
Mateos: K?3?
This time Mateos was a slight dog and could not find a winner on the 5?4?7?A?5? runout to lose even more chips.
Alejandro Lococo opened 50,000 on the button and James Chen defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of A?10?8?, and Chen check-called a bet of 30,000.
When the K? hit the turn, Chen check-called another bet, this time Lococo bet 95,000.
The K? completed the board on the river and Chen checked for a final time. Lococo tanked for about a minute before stacking a bet of 410,000 and pushing it across the line. After a few moments, Chen mucked his hand.
Picking up the action on the turn, Nick Palma in the big blind was involved in a hand with Alexander Queen from under the gun.
With the board reading A?8?8?8?2? and around 275,000 in the pot Palma checked. Queen bet 75,000 before calling a raise to 150,000 from Palma.
The A? river put a full house on the board and saw Palma bet enough to force his opponent all in. After only a moment's hesitation, Queen called off for his remaining 225,000 holding A?3? for the high boat but was felled by Palma's 9?8? for quads to bring the tournament down to the final four tables.
