On a heads-up turn of J♥8♥5♥9♥, Yue Liu bet 12,000 into the pot of 24,000 and Aleksei Istomin went into the tank for a bit before making the call.
The river then came the 8♠, pairing the board, and both players decided to check and the cards were tabled.
Istomin flipped over 7♥7♦ for a seven-high flush but Liu tabled A♥6♣ for the nut flush to win the pot, boosting him to 90,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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John McMurry opened to 1,000 from under the gun before a middle position player three-bet to 3,300. McMurry called.
McMurry then led for 6,000 on the 9♣5♠3♦ flop and was called. He continued for 10,000 on the 9♥ turn and was called again.
McMurry emptied the clip on the J♠ river and jammed for 21,500. His opponent quickly folded and conceded the pot.
On a heads-up turn of 9♠A♣5♠6♠, Ben Farrell led out for 3,000 but was then raised to 8,000 by Vahid 'Alex' Jalali.
Farrell made the call and the two went to the river 2♦ which saw both players check. Farrell then flipped over A♠Q♥ for top pair and Jalali mucked to award him the pot.
For the third time today, Alexandra Botez was in another pocket aces versus ace-king showdown.
The first time around, she was the one coolered, but she held the rockets on the last two occasions and was good on both runouts
This is insane. I got AA versus AK again. LETS GO. - @alexandrabotez https://t.co/0M2kdolwfQ
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.
With 219 entries in Day 1b already, an extra $700,800 has been added to the $1,552,000 collected yesterday.
The prize pool currently stands at $2,252,800, meaning the guarantee has already eclipsed early in the final starting flight.
There are another six levels of late registration, so the above figure will continue to get bigger and bigger as the day goes on.
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