Chen An Lin raised from under the gun with and Ben Richardson defended his big blind with . Both players caught a large piece of the flop, where Richardson check-called a 75,000 bet from Lin.
The turn brought the to give Richardson a mortal lock on the hand. He checked and Lin fired a second barrel of 215,000. Richardson wasn't going to spring the trap just yet and simply called.
Richardson checked the on the river. Lin waved the white flag and checked behind, saving him some chips.
Espen Solaas raised in the cutoff and Toby Lewis called in the small blind. Both checked the flop for a board of . Lewis bet 175,000 and Solaas called. Lewis bet 450,000 more on the river and Solaas called right away, only to see his opponent show down the stone nuts: .
Johan Schumacher opened and got a call from Ben Richardson in the small blind. Schumacher had and Richardson and they saw a flop. Richardson check-called 55,000. Both checked the and the river was a . Richardson tried a 200,000 bluff but it was quickly called.
Espen Solaas raised to 100,000 on the button and Toby Lewis called in the big blind. On the flop, Lewis checked and called a bet worth 150,000 before both checked down the turn and river. Solaas as last aggressor showed the and Lewis had that beat with .
Lewis raised to 120,000 in the small blind and Stefan Huber defended his big blind. The flop fell and a quick continuation bet of Lewis did the trick.
Mike Del Vecchio open-shoved from under the gun and claimed the blinds and antes.
The next hand, Huber raised to 80,000 on the button and Del Vecchio came along from the big blind. The was checked, and on the turn Del Vecchio check-shoved into a 90,000-bet of Huber, who called.
Mike Del Vecchio:
Stefan Huber:
The river was a blank and Del Vecchio doubled for 400,000 to help himself back up to 1.0 million chips.
The eight remaining players are now playing hand-for-hand until one more player busts. The seven remaining players will then return for the final table, which will be played out on Sunday.
The outer table will now be reported on a 30-minute delay, in order to accommodate with the stream.
Action got folded to Kahle Burns on the button, who had 335,000 in chips left. He put 300,000 of that forward, committing himself to the hand. Johan Schumacher shoved 1,035,000 from the small blind, Chul-Hyon Park folded his big blind and Burns put the extra chips in.
Kahle Burns:
Johan Schumacher:
The flop was about as bad as it could get for Burns, who now needed runner-runner to survive. The on the turn opened up one of the backdoors, as a king would give him a miracle straight. The river wasn't one of those and Burns bowed out in 9th place. The Australian Poker Young Achiever Award winner received A$175,000 for his deep run.
Ben Richardson limped in from the small blind with , Chen An Lin raised to 140,000 in the big blind with and Richardson called. The flop was monstrous for Richardson and he checked. Lin checked behind.
The on the turn gave Richardson the checkmark and he bet 160,000. Lin called in position with ace-high. On the river, Richardson tried to get 550,000 in value. Lin thought about making the herocall but eventually opted against it.
Ari Engel raised to 90,000 first to act. Stefan Huber made it 300,000 on the button. Small blind Espen Solaas announced all in, covering everyone. Engel took some time. He counted down his stack of about 1.5 million. Then, he dropped some chips in the middle. Huber grabbed a stack of chips to bluff his friends on the rail and then quickly folded with a smile.
Ari Engel:
Espen Solaas:
Engel stayed best as flopped. However, the turn caused him to grimace and turn away from the table. The river was the , no help to Engel, and he slowly made his way to payouts.
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