Dours Romain, seated in the small blind, pushed all in with his 165,000 remaining chips. Big blind Naoki Nomura made the call.
Dours Romain: 9♣9♠
Naoki Nomura: K♥J♥
Romain's nines fell behind immediately, as Nomura hit a pair of jacks on the flop and it held through the runout of J♣2♠A♠4♣10♣.
Ruslan Nazarenko opened to 20,000 from the hijack before Yingui Li decided to play for it all with an all-in for 93,000. Nazarenko paused a moment before making the call to put Li at risk.
Yingui Li: A♥5♦
Ruslan Nazarenko: K♠6♦
Li held the best hand preflop, but the flop was not in his favor as it came 9♠K♥J♦ to give Nazarenko the lead.
The 5♥ turn gave Li some additional outs, but the 8♣ river did not deliver on any of those outs to send Li out of the tournament.
Nazarenko, with that knockout, is nearing the million chip mark as he continues to build a formidable stack.
Pedro Marques opened to 24,000 from the cutoff. Michael Dwyer on the button raised all-in for 96,000. Marques asked for the count and called.
Michael Dwyer: 6♥6♠
Pedro Marques: K♠Q♥
Dwyer was on his way to double up on a board of 2♦A♣8♥J♥, but Marques hit the K♥ river to take his bounty and send him to the rail.
Brian Schaffer raised and John Duci shoved for a stack around 160,000 in the cutoff. Fabian Bernhauser, who already won three big pots in a row, reshoved in the small blind with the biggest stack. Schaffer tanked for some time and eventually folded:
John Duci: J♠J♥
Fabian Bernhauser: Q♣Q♠
Both players hit the flop but Bernhauser hit best on J♣Q♥9♦3♣K♥, who added another bounty to his stack. Schaffer told the table he folded 8x8x.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Tamer Kamel raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Palau Vicente shoved on the button for around 165,000, followed by Michael Rocco in the big blind with a shorter stack. Kamel made the call and they showed their cards:
Michael Rocco: Q♦9♠
Daniel Palau Vicente: Q♣J♥
Tamer Kamel: A♦10♥
Kamel stayed ahead throughout the board 4♠K♦7♦6♦4♦, improving into the nut flush to bust his two opponents.
Kam Khai was all in for 126,000 from the big blind and Ryan Bambrick went all in for slightly less from middle position.
Mykel Robble, who had them both covered, joined the party from the small blind.
Kam Khai: 7♠7♣
Ryan Bambrick: A♦4♦
Mykel Robble: A♠10♦
Khai's pair of sevens held up through the runout of 6♥K♠5♠3♥8♣, giving him a full triple-up, and knocking Bambrick out of the event.
Justin Saliba raised to 20,000 from under the gun to open the action. Simon Higgins opted to throw in his final 28,000 to go all-in from middle position. It folded to Inigo Naveiro on the button, who chose to raise it to 100,000. Saliba gave it some thought, but chose to fold to make the pot heads up between Higgins and Naveiro, with Higgins at risk.
Simon Higgins: K♠J♣
Inigo Naveiro: K♣Q♥
Naveiro had Higgins dominated going into the runout. There was no drama as the board came out 5♣7♠5♠2♥4♥ to award Naveiro the pot.
Lawrence Brandt went all in and was at risk for his last 17,000 from late position. Javier Gomez Zapatero then went all in from the big blind for roughly 600,000, the big blind folded, and the players tabled their hands.
Lawrence Brandt: A♣Q♣
Javier Gomez Zapatero: A♠3♣
The board ran out 5♠K♣7♦2♣2♥, giving Brandt a crucial double up to keep his hopes alive in Event #87.
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