Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Sorel Mizzi opened the action for 9,000 from the cut-off so button Amichai Barerand small blind Maxim Prokhorov came along for the ride. Yaxi Zhu was in the big blind and raised to 30,000.
Mizzi mused and raised her right back to 65,000 and Barerand and Prokhorov got out of the firing live. Zhu gave it several minutes thought before sliding out another raise making it 135,000. Mizzi threw in the towel and no flop was necessary for Zhu to claim a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
370,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
with around 80,000 in the middle and both players checked.
and Flueckiger quickly checked. Troyanovskiy took a few moments before betting 57,500. Flueckiger made the call but flung his cards away in frustration as Troyanovskiy showed his 
rivered set.
flop with Scott Davies holding 
. The turn was a blank but a river 
gave Walthaus the straight to eliminate Davies
turn or the 
river, ensuring that he would be eliminated just shy of the money. Pogodin scored the elimination and increased his stack to 190,000.
Dimitar Danchev bet 21,000 and faced a raise to 51,000 from Buyanjargal Bold. Danchev made the call making a pot of over 100,000. Neither of them had a pot sized bet left and Bold’s food had just been delivered.
and Danchev moved all in. Bold took his time as his tournament life was on the line but in the end he did make the call with 
. There were gasps as Danchev turned over 
needing to hit a spade for his flush.
gave Danchev his hand and Bold was left with his fresh meal but no chips and no reward from the tournament.
, allowing Douglas to score the double. Argyros, on the other hand, was left crippled with just around 4,000.
. Danchev was rising from his chair as the flop 
hit but the turn 
and Vladimir Troyanovskiy bet 6,500. Sunny made the call and they both checked the turn card 
.
