There was no further major action on both tables during the last hands of the night and the remaining 14 players bagged up. They will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time and play down to a winner. A recap of today's action is to follow.
Sonay Kehya raised from under the gun, making it 1.4 million to go, and picked up three callers in Jonathan Wong, Dominik Desset and Arsenii Karmatckii in the big blind.
The flop came and the action checked to Desset, who bet 3.1 million. Kehya was the only caller and Desset bet agin the turn for 4.6 million, which Kehya called. After the river, Desset emptied the clip by moving all in for 7.7 million. Kehya asked for a count, took more than two minutes and called.
Desset showed for top pair and Kehya mucked for ace-king high.
Victor Tyurin raised to 1.5 million and fellow Russian Albert Skobelev called from the big blind. On a flop of , Skobelev check-called a bet of 1.5 million and checked again the turn. Tyurin bet four million and Skobelev check-raised to eight million before Tyurin moved all in for what appeared to be 15 million.
Skobelev called to set up the following showdown:
Victor Tyurin:
Albert Skobelev:
The on the river restored the preflop order and improved Skobelev to a straight, eliminating Tyurin in 15th place for €8,000. "Tournaments are stupid," Tyurin said on his way out.
First Arsenii Karmatckii hero-called a bet of Robin Hegele and was good with king-high against jack-high before doing so again to take plenty of chips off Dominik Desset.
Karmatckii raised to 1.8 million and was called by Desset in the big blind. The flop fell and both players checked. On the turn, Desset bet 3.7 million and Karmatckii called before the river completed the board.
Desset made iot 8.2 million to go and Karmatckii took just brief consideration before tossing in a single chip. "Queen high," Desset announced and showed . Karmatckii had that beat with and calimed the pot.
Sonay Kehya raised from the small blind and Ngoc Minh Hoang called in the big blind. The flop came and Kehya continued for 3.6 million, which Hoang called.
After the turn, Kehya bet another 4.6 million and Hoang called before the river slowed down the Dutchman, as he checked. Hoang bet 6.1 million and Kehya gave it some thought before calling.
Hoang showed for trips fives and Kehya mucked . "Nice hand, you are a good player," Kehya said with a dry smile on the face as Hoang claimed the pot and took over the top spot.
We joined the action on an flop in a single-raised pot between Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Yair Bitoun, and shortstack Jack Sinclair. Bitoun bet out for 40,000, which got ElkY to fold, but Sinclair stuck around to see another card. Both players checked the turn, before the came down on the river.
Bitoun checked it over to Sinclair, who bet 65,000, before being set all-in for his entire 250,000. Sinclair snap-called and rolled over for the nut flush. Bitoun flashed for a rivered set, before the pot was shipped Sinclair's way for a much-needed double up.
Grzegorz Idziak raised to 1.4 million and Albert Skobelev three-bet to 3.6 million from the small blind. Idziak moved all in and Skobelev called it off after brief consideration.
Grzegorz Idziak:
Albert Skobelev:
The board came and Idziak doubled for 13.5 million to remain in contention.