Hand #69: Kent Coppock moved all in from the button. Next to act, Thomas Pomponio moved all in over the top. Action folded around the cards were turned on their backs.
Coppock: 
Pomponio: 
The board ran out 
and that was enough for Pomponio to lock up the pot. Coppock was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place and will collect $230,564 for his efforts this week.
Hand #65: John Hanna raised to 2,000,000 from under the gun and that earned him the pot once everyone folded.
Hand #66: Taylor Black raised to 2,100,000 from the small blind and John Hanna folded his big blind.
Hand #67: Mark Babekov moved all in and was quickly called by Taylor Black. Everyone else folded and the two headed to a showdown.
Babekov: 
Black: 
The board ran out 
, giving Babekov trips to double up.
Hand #68: Taylor Black raised to 1,600,000 and everyone folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
Hand #57: Taylor Black min-raised from the button and scooped the pot.
Hand #58: Mark Babekov pushed all in and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #59: Thomas Pomponio called from the small blind and Mark Babekov checked his options. Pomponio then fired a bet of 1,000,000 on the 
flop and that was enough to win.
Hand #60: Thomas Pomponio opened the button to 1,600,000 and found a caller in Taylor Black (big blind). Black led out 1,700,000 on the flop reading 
. Pomponio wasn't going anywhere and he called. However, the turn 
and river 
didn't bring any betting action and Black's 
was the winning hand.
Hand #61: Thomas Pomponio shoved all in from the cutoff and no one matched his bid.
Hand #62: Taylor Black raised to 1.6 million and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #63: Taylor Black did exactly the same as in the previous hand.
Hand #64: John Hanna took about 30 seconds before he opened to 1,800,000. Thomas Pomponio activated the all-in button. Hanna asked, "Ten-point-four?" before he mucked.
Hand #56: Erkut Yilmaz moved all in from the hijack seat and action folded around to John Hanna who snap-called from the big blind.
Hanna: 
Yilmaz: 
The board ran out 
, which was safe for Hanna, and Yilmaz was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place, collecting $175,208 for his run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,500,000
11,500,000
|
11,500,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand #53: Erkut Yilmaz moved all-in from the small blind and Thomas Pomponio folded the big blind.
Hand #54: Taylor Black raised to 1,600,000. Action folded to Kent Coppock who moved all in. From the big blind, Mark Babekov called the all in, and Black quickly folded.
Coppock:
Babekov: 
The flop came 
, which was safe, as was the 
for Babekov. But the river was the and Coppock doubled through.
Hand #55: Babekov called from the small blind. Taylor black moved all in from the big blind and Babekov quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000,000
7,650,000
|
7,650,000 |
|
|
8,700,000
-6,575,000
|
-6,575,000 |
Hand #51: Kent Coppock received a walk.
Hand #52: Seated in the cutoff, Taylor Black moved all in for 9,550,000. Kent Coppock, who was in the small blind, leaned back in his chair. Then he announced a call and the race was on.
Taylor Black:
Kent Coppock
The flop 
was brutal for Coppock, leaving him drawing dead as Black had flopped a flush. The turn 
and river were meaningless. Coppock dropped below 10 big blinds while Black's now leading the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,500,000
10,750,000
|
10,750,000 |
|
|
6,350,000
-8,750,000
|
-8,750,000 |
Level: 39
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000 | |
|
15,625,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
|
||
|
|
15,275,000
-3,750,000
|
-3,750,000 |
|
|
15,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
12,100,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
9,750,000
-3,550,000
|
-3,550,000 |
Players are now on a 15-minute break and will return shortly.
Hand #49: From the small blind, Babekov raised to 1,200,000. Taylor Black called from the big blind. The flop came and Babekov led out with a bet of 600,000. Black called.
On the turn, both players checked to see the on the river. On the river, Babekov bet 4,500,000 and Black quickly folded.
Hand #50: After a raise to 1,300,000 from Erkut Yilmaz, John Hanna moved all in for 10,500,000. After a long tank into the break for more than five minutes, Yilmaz called.
Yilmaz: 
Hanna:
The board ran out 
and Hannah was able to fade the diamond for a chop to get a full double through Yilmaz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
10,200,000
|
10,200,000 |
|
|
12,250,000
-4,750,000
|
-4,750,000 |
