Of the 3 players who made the deal for the remaining prize pool, the first has now been eliminated as Hiroaki Harada hits the rail. The hand that took him out was a bit of a cooler, and rated at least a chop much of the time if not the outright victory.

The preflop action was very quick and the players turned over their hands just as quickly.

Hiroaki:
Philipp:

The board was a disaster for Hiroaki: and Philipp’s flopped set meant the end of Hioaki’s night.

3rd place: Hiroaki Harada, $8,495

Hiroaki Harada

Felix Sides has been eliminated in 5th place after a 2 back-to-back hands played against Philipp Daze. In the first hand, Philipp raised to 80K and Felix 3-bet from the small blind to 230K. Philipp called and the flop was laid out: .

On the flop, Felix opened to 205K and Philipp quickly raised all-in. Felix folded surprisingly quickly, flashing a pair of tens, while Philipp reciprocated by flashing pocket 5s for a flopped set.

In the very next hand Phillip raised to 80K once again and this time Felix went all-in for his last 230K in chips. Philipp called and they showed down their hands.

Philipp:
Felix:

The community cards – – had nothing for Felix and he hit the rail in 5th place.

5th place: Felix Sides, $3,600

Felix Sides

Odette Tremblay had been on a rollercoaster for the past few levels, but by the time there were 6 players left she had been on a down swing for a while and had just 200K in chips left. She opened all-in from late position for that last 200K and Felix quickly called. Odette was in fine shape at this point, holding while Felix turned over .

The flop was safe: and the turn didn’t hurt either. But the river gave Felix a pair and Odette was sent to the tournament desk to pick up her payout ticket.

6th place: Odette Tremblay, $2,700

Odette Tremblay

With a stack just under the 10 big blind mark, Kiril Martinov Gelev opted to move all-in from utg+1. Action folded around to Ruben in the big blind, who tanked for a moment before committing the chips.

Kiril:

Ruben:

The underdog hand ran a straight on the board to score the knockout, and Ruben climbed up to nearly 800,000.

7th place: Kiril Martinov Gelev – $2,000

Kiril Martinov Gelev

Felix Sides

Rong Xu opened the betting under the gun with a shove of his last 140K, and Felix Sides went all-in over for about 360K total. Action folded to Sean Windover – the chip leader to this point – who went all-in himself. It folded back around through the blinds and the cards were turned over.

Rong:
Felix:
Sean:

The flop was marginally positive for Rong but Felix’s Queens looked pretty good as were dealt. And the turn and river of meant Felix added over 500K to his stack and is the clear chip leader with 7 players left. Rong Xu was eliminated and Sean’s stack was severely depleted.

Just a couple of hand later Louis-Dominic Asselin was eliminated in 8th position.

9th place: Rong Xu, $1,000

Rong Xu

8th place: Louis-Dominic Asselin, $1,200

Louis-Dominic Asselin