Chance Kornuth opened the action utg holding with a raise to 550K. Zinno folded and when Kruk consulted his down cards, all was well: . He chose to 3bet to 1.8M and Chance called.

The flop was made up of somewhat coordinated cards and both players decided to check. On the turn the board arranged itself even more cleanly – although both players were aware that based on preflop action, there was little chance that either player had connected. Kruk check-called a 1.75M bet and they both watched the river be dealt: .

Kruk again led with a check, and this time Chance moved 2.4M forward, finding a quick call from Christopher who showed down his winning hand.

With that huge pot, Christopher is up to around 22M and has the lead by a large margin.

After losing a big hand to Anthony Zinno, Niall Farrell was playing a stack that was under 10bb deep and it was just a matter of time before he would get it in.

In the fateful hand. Niall was second to act and shoved holding . Chance Kornuth was next to act holding and flat called. Action folded around and the showdown was on.

The flop was – not much for Niall there – and then the provided no lift whatsoever. The on the river was a blank, and Farrell hit the rail.

5th place: Niall Farrell, $100,000

Anthony Zinno has been short-stacked for the entire day so far, but his patience and solid short-stack play are paying off as he continues to ladder up – first into the money, and now past two pay slots – and now he has doubled through Niall Farrell – Firaldo – to give himself a pretty decent stack to take deeper on this final table.

Anthony opened the action with a raise to 550K. Action folded around to Farrell who opted to shove – but he was shoving into a monster: Anthony made the call.

Anthony:
Niall:

The board ran out and Zinno is up to around 8M.

There are just 5 players remaining and they have just returned from a scheduled break in the action. Darren Elias continues to have a big chip advantage, but there’s still a lot of play – the average stack is just under 50bb deep.

Victor Ramdin was utg and chose to open the action with an all-in shove for about 2.3M. The action folded around to Chance Kornuth (bb) who made the call after confirming the count.

Victor:
Chance:

A classic flip!

The flop had nothing for Victor: . The turn was a baby card, the and another came on the river – and Ramdin was sent to the Tournament Desk to pick up his payout coupon.

6th place, Victor Ramdin, $80,000

A few eliminations happened since our last chip count publication, and we thought we would let you take a look at the updated leaderboard. Chance Kornuth went down in chips considerably. His last lost fight was against Darren Elias, who keeps doing right.

Here are the current stacks: