Action crossed back to one of the outer feature tables and John Cynn was all-in and at risk to Sean Troha.
The 2018 Main Event winner was an underdog with his 
but found hope on the 
flop. Troha, however, strengthened his hand to a pair of aces. The 
turn and 
river were not what Cynn was looking for and his Main Event run came to a halt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Thu Nguyen opened to 35,000 with 
from under the gun before Farah Galfond three-bet to 85,000 with 
. Fernando Viana Da Costa, with 
, reraised to 200,000 on the button.
Nguyen continued the trend and jammed for 900,000 and Galfond immediately moved back into her chair and found herself in an uncomfortable situation. She found a way to fold and Da Costa followed suit soon after.
It looked liked there would be fireworks but sparks failed to ignite in the end.
As the hand ended, action panned to a side feature table where Marcel Luske was all-in for his tournament life. He was up against Matas Cimbolas and was a favorite headed to the runout
Marcel Luske: 
Matas CImbolas: 
The 
board meant Luske was eliminated in cruel fashion and he left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,225,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
1,045,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
600,000
-128,000
|
-128,000 |
|
Busted |
A player in early position opened to 25,000 and Mikolaj Zawadzki raised to 80,000 from middle position. Cliff Josephy cold-called from the hijack and the original raiser folded.
The flop came out 
and Mikolaj Zawadzki came out firing for 135,000. Josephy called.
On the 
turn, both players tapped the table. However, on the 
river, Zawadzki came out firing for 165,000. Josephy then went all in for over a million and Zawadzki snap-folded, showing 
for a flopped flush.
Josephy then flipped over the 
and the table would go on about whether or not Josephy had it for the next minute or two, with Josephy adamant that he, in fact, had the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
1,500,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
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There was about 150,000 in the middle when three players went to the 
flop.
Atsushi Umeda put out a bet of 30,000 from the cutoff and was called by Leonid Yanovski from the button. The big blind folded.
The 
popped out on the turn and Umeda checked over to Yanovski, who bet 75,000. Umeda raised to 255,000 and after about 90 seconds, Yanovski called.
On the 
river, Umeda shoved for 555,000 chips effective and Yanovski snap-called his stack off.
Umeda showed for the flush but it was no good as Yanovski had 
for the full house and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,830,000
1,051,000
|
1,051,000 |
|
300,000
-1,150,000
|
-1,150,000 |
On a flop of 
, Loni Hui had a bet of 75,000 sitting in front of her, and the small blind check-raised to 200,000. Hui countered with a reraise to 450,000 from the cutoff and the small blind announced all in. Hui quickly called off her stack of 1,075,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Loni Hui: 
Small blind: 
Hui was in tough against her opponent's flopped set but the 
on the turn gave her some more outs with a flush draw. It was the on the river that got the eyebrows raised from the rest of the table as Hui managed to survive for a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
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The tournament clock currently reads just shy of 600 players remaining on Day 4 of the Main Event. Those players are now heading on a 75-minute dinner break with the action resuming at approximately 8:00 p.m. local time. During the last level, Zilong Zhang has increased his chip lead, amassing a stack of over four million chips. Check out some of the other highlights below.
After Ali Imsirovic raised to 27,000 in early position, Zilong Zhang called in late position.
Jason Brauda then moved all in from the small blind for 205,000. Both potential executioners called and a huge pot was brewing.
With the tv crews now present and filming the action, Imsirovic and Zhang checked the flop, then on the turn, Imsirovic bet 220,000. Zhang then raised to 575,000 and after some deliberation, Imsiorovic called.
The river brought the 
, and after Imsirovic checked, Zhang begrudgingly checked back.
Almost lost in the kerfuffle, Brauda tabled , which wouldn't be enough to keep him in the tournament, as Imsirovic showed 
and Zhang showed for a bluff on the turn that turned into rivered showdown value.
Zhang said after the hand that pairing his nine prevented him from firing another bluff on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500,000
-900,000
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-900,000 |
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2,650,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand One
Zilong Zhang opened to 26,000 and was called by the big blind. The players checked all the way down for the board to show 
. Zhang won with his 
.
Hand Two
Ali Imsirovic raised to 27,000 from early position and Zhang mucked from the cutoff.
Hand Three
Zilong Zhang opened to 26,000 from the hijack and was called by the cutoff. Zhang bet 21,000, 66,000 and 204,000 for the board to show 
. The cutoff called Zhang's river bet and then mucked after the chip leader took the pot down with his .
Hand Four and Five
Zhang raised to 26,000 and everyone folded, the same thing happened the following hand.
Hand Six
Kyle Ho opened to 25,000 from under the gun and then called when Zhang made it 77,000 from early position. Ho check-called for 56,000 on the flop before action checked through on the turn. Ho folded on the river when Zhang bet 250,000.
Hand Seven and Eight
Zhang folded preflop.
Hand Nine
Nicholas Immekus opened to 25,000 from the hijack and was called by Imsirovic in the cutoff and Zhang in the small blind. Only Zhang called after Immekus bet 20,000 on the flop. The 
turn checked through. Zhang then put his opponent all-in on the river.
With around 175,000 behind, Immekus tank-called for his tournament life. Zhang rolled over his 
for bottom pair and it was good. Immekus made the hero call with and then found himself on the wrong side of the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
5,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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1,500,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
|
Busted |
In a hand that lasted over ten minutes, Alejandro Lococo raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and was called by Rahul Rastogi on the button.
Brandon Lulov then three-bet from the small blind to 110,000. Lococo cut out and counted several hundred thousand chips in front of himself, then four-bet to 258,000.
Rastogi got out of the way and folded, then literally got out of the way as he stood up from between the two combatants.
More players at the table would stand or wander for a bit as Lulov went into the tank for a couple of minutes before five-betting to 475,000, leaving just over 900,000 behind.
Lococo then went even deeper into his personal tank as over the span of over five minutes while he deeply thought through his decision, he kicked off his slides, examined Lulov and his chip stack, stood up briefly then sat down again, examined Lulov further, then slowly stroked the thick hair of his beard below his bottom lip.
Ultimately, the 7th place finisher in last year's Main Event folded to send the dramatic pot to Lulov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
1,453,000
-397,000
|
-397,000 |
|
1,100,000 | |
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On the streamed outer feature table, Mike Matusow with found himself out of position in a heads-up pot against Mikolaj Zawadzki with on a board of 
. Matusow checked on the turn and Zawadzki checked back.
The river brought the to give Zawadzki a flush and Matusow led out for 70,000 with his ace-high. Zawadzki raised to 175,000. Matusow decided to bluff with a three-bet jam for 390,000 total, sending Zawadzki into the tank.
"All in? All in? Matusow with a 2022 blowup maybe?!" Lon McEachern exclaimed from the commentator booth. "Old-school Mike!"
"This is an interesting line by Matusow," added Jamie Kerstetter.
Zawadzki stayed in the tank despite getting great odds to call. He eventually called and Matusow tossed in his cards after seeing the bad news.
"I went for it. I didn't think you had a flush. Nice hand," Matusow said quietly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
449,000
|
449,000 |
|
Busted | |
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