Rough Start for Lebedev
Level 23
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Sergey Lebedev raised to 1.1 million and Honglin Jiang three-bet to 3 million in the big blind, which Lebedev called. On the 
flop both players checked and Lebedev bet the 
turn for 3.5 million, Jiang called.
On the 
river, Lebedev shoved for 8.5 million effective and Jiang called with the 
. Lebedev only had 
and had to forfeit a big chunk of his stack. Lebedev then lost a three-bet pot against Stephen Chidwick and Sam Greenwood and lost more than half of his stack thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000,000
9,000,000
|
9,000,000 |
|
||
|
31,000,000
16,025,000
|
16,025,000 |
|
16,500,000
-24,425,000
|
-24,425,000 |
. Hecklen only had 
, but found help on the board of 
to double.
and that was it for the Spaniard.
and the board came 
. Hecklen was well ahead with the 
turn and 
river brought no help for Vas Nunes and he became the next casualty of the day.
turn into Kitai's second barrel of 2.2 million and the Belgian called.
and Nitsche said "good game buddy" before quickly implementing the chips of Jozonis into his growing tower.
and Manuel Martinez Solsona defended his big blind with 
to see a flop of 
river paired the board and Martinez Solsona check-called all in to see the bad news and bow out in 46th place.
on the river was of no help and Nitsche busted yet another opponent on his way to cement the chip lead.