Since Adam Volen was eliminated in 5th place, action continued at a quick clip and before too long both Rishi Makkar and long-time chip leader Nikola Isaev were eliminated.
Rishi open shoved preflop and Nikola called – Rishi’s stack had become quite small by that point.
Rishi: 
Nikola: 
The community cards: 
– Nikola had made a straight and stacked the chips.
After a couple of reversals, however, it was Nikola’s turn to risk his tournament life, this time holding 
. He raised preflop from utg and Sasan Mehrabian shoved over the top. Nikola made the call and was unsurprised to see Sasan’s 
– it was a classic race.
Not for long, though – the flop came 
and though the 
on the turn raised a slight bit of hope for Nikola – the removed all doubt and he passed the chips to Sasan, on his left.
Play is now heads up between Sasan and Jean-Luc Desormeaux, and Sasan starts with 5:1 chip advantage.
3rd place: Nikola Isaev, $19,435
4th place: Rishi Makkar, $9,725
