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.
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.
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 #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 #70: Mark Babekov limped from the small blind and Taylor Black checked his option. Both players checked down the board of and Babekov turned up for a set that he rivered. That was good enough to earn him the pot.
Hand #74: Mark Babekov completed from the small blind and then called Taylor Black's raise to 2,100,000. The flop was checked through. Black bet 1,600,000 on the turn and Babekov called. The river completed the board. Both players checked and Babekov announced, "Nine," showing to take this one.
Hand #75: Mark Babekov won a third hand in a row, raising to 2,200,000 from the button. None of the players in the blinds fought back.
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.
, which was safe, as was the 
and Coppock doubled through. 
, which was safe for Hanna, and Yilmaz was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place, collecting $175,208 for his run.
and river 
was the winning hand.
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.
for a set that he rivered. That was good enough to earn him the pot.
