Naoya Kihara chopped with Dan Cates in the previous hand when neither had a pair in the hand and Kihara had the superior kicker for his ace-high.
What followed was another duel between the two in which Cates completed with split queens. Kihara called bets by Cates from fourth to sixth street and was put in the ringer by Cates on seventh. Kihara tanked for a while and eventually opted to fold.
Yuri Dzivielevski completed and was called by Dan Cates, who then also called a bet on fourth street. On fifth street, both players checked and Cates bet sixth street to then call a raise by Dzivielevski. Seventh street brought a bet by Dzivielevski and Cates check-called to lose a seizable pot to the Brazilian.
Benny Glaser moved all in for 3,525,000 from the next position with . Yuri Dzivielevski and Dan Cates folded and Kihara made the call.
Kihara called and then stood put.
"It's so f*cked because I can't break this," said Glaser deliberating whether to draw.
"Would you think a bit more with a ten?" Glaser said while staring at Kihara. "Pat," he finally said, as Kihara's eight was enough to send Glaser to the rail in fourth place.
"Bad luck Benny," said Cates from the other end of the table.
"It's obviously very bittersweet," a crestfallen Glaser told Jeff Platt. "I had much higher hopes when I was chip leader. I'm obviously still happy and grateful to have come this far, but winning this would have meant everything.
"It's the best mixed game tournament on the planet and I love mixed games."
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