Brian Yoon lost a bigger pot when Wayne Yap made two pair with and then raised to 18,000 in the last hand of the previous level. Rory Young three-bet to 50,000 on the button and Yoon called. On the flop, a check was followed by a continuation bet of Young and Yoon quickly folded.
Once the blinds went up, Yoon claimed the blinds and antes once and then faced a raise to 22,000 by Young and a call from Jan-Eric Schwippert in the small blind. Yoon called from the big blind and the flop of was checked by both players in the blinds. Young continued for 25,000 and picked up two calls.
There was no betting action on the turn and Schwippert checked the river. Yoon made it 80,000 to go, forcing a quick fold from Young. Schwippert needed longer for his decision and eventually called to see Yoon briefly turn over . That was not good enough to rake in the pot, as Schwippert had [7s7d for a full house.
Kitty Kuo raised to 25,000 and Brian Yoon defended the small blind. On the flop both players checked and Yoon check-folded the turn to a bet worth 18,000.
Michael Gathy limped the small blind and Ben Lamb raised to 32,000 out of the big blind, Gathy called. On the flop no action followed before Gathy check-folded the turn to a bet by Lamb.
Roger Teska defended his big blind against the button raise of Lamb and checked the flop. Lamb bet 25,000 and Teska called. Both then checked through the turn and river and Lamb as last aggressor showed . Teska had that beat with and claimed the pot.
Roger Teska's raise to 22,000 on the button was called by Michael Gathy on the big blind. The Belgian check-raised all in after a flop of for what appeared to be 150,000 and Teska called after having invested 25,000 for a continuation bet already.
Michael Gathy:
Roger Teska:
The kicker problem of Gathy found some hope with the turn, but a blank river gave Teska two pair and sent Gathy to the rail in 10th place for A$82,080.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 22,000 and picked up two callers in Jack Salter and Ben Lamb out of the blinds. The trio checked through the flop and Salter also checked the turn. Lamb made it 45,000 to go and Kanit folded, while Salter called.
After the river, Salter checked once more and called a bet of 80,000 by Lamb after brief consideration. As soon as Lamb rolled over for two pair, Salter nodded and sent his cards into the muck. The Brit dropped to around 22 big blinds as a result, while Lamb climbed above one million in chips.
Roger Teska raised to 23,000 on the button and Jack Salter moved all in from the small blind. Teska asked for a count and called when the all in was deemed to be for 168,000 in total.
Jack Salter:
Roger Teska:
As soon as Salter spotted the in the window, he said "that's a start" but the and that followed on the flop weren't much of a hope. Salter leaned forward and moved his hand to the middle of the table, asking for some magic. Indeed the fell on the turn to improve the Brit to a pair of aces, and the river kept Salter in the lead and competition.
and then raised to 18,000 in the last hand of the previous level. Rory Young three-bet to 50,000 on the button and Yoon called. On the 
flop, a check was followed by a continuation bet of Young and Yoon quickly folded.
was checked by both players in the blinds. Young continued for 25,000 and picked up two calls.
turn and Schwippert checked the 
river. Yoon made it 80,000 to go, forcing a quick fold from Young. Schwippert needed longer for his decision and eventually called to see Yoon briefly turn over 
. That was not good enough to rake in the pot, as Schwippert had [7s7d for a full house.
and Yap bet 105,000. Young thought about his decision before pushing his chips out quickly to make the call.
for a missed gutshot straight draw, while Young took down the pot with 
for top pair.
flop no action followed before Gathy check-folded the 
turn to a bet by Lamb.
turn and 
. Teska had that beat with 
turn, but a blank 
flop and Salter also checked the 
turn. Lamb made it 45,000 to go and Kanit folded, while Salter called.
for two pair, Salter nodded and sent his cards into the muck. The Brit dropped to around 22 big blinds as a result, while Lamb climbed above one million in chips.
in the window, he said "that's a start" but the 
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