We arrived at the table to see that Lasse Christiansen was all in and at risk preflop for 233,000 holding . He was dominated by Dashgyn Aliev's , and Aliev held on the flop (), and the turn (), but the spiked on the river.
A few hands later, Christiansen doubled with ace-king through Ramil Yusupov. Suddenly, Christiansen now has 1.06 million chips.
Theodoros Aidonopoulos opened to 40,000 from early position, Yasar Guden three-bet to 95,000 out of the small blind, and Robert Auer moved all in for around one million or so. Aidonopoulos folded, and Guden called all-in for 814,000.
Guden:
Auer:
The board ran out , and Guden doubled to around 1.65 million. Auer dropped down to 240,000.
Kevin Stani managed to get his stack of 491,000 all in before the flop holding . Unfortunately for Stani, he was up against the of Ramil Yusupov.
The flop brought down and Stani still needed to improve to stay alive in this tournament. The came on the turn and gave Stani spade outs, but it was the on the river that paired his eight and gave him the best hand. Stani scooped up the pot and is now sitting around a cool million.
We arrived at the table to see Thang Duc Nguyen all in and at risk against Yasar Guden. Guden held and was crushing Nguyen's .
The flop brought and by the turn, Nguyen was head. He grabbed his belongings and began to head out as the completed the board. Guden absorbed his stack and is now sitting on 840,000.
We caught Calvin Anderson and Khiem Nguyen heads up on a board of . Nguyen checked, Anderson fired 120,000 or so, and Nguyen check-raised to what looked like 300,000. Anderson called.
The river was a repeat king - the - and Nguyen moved all in for 622,000. There was a beat, and then Anderson called.
Nguyen showed for jacks full of kings, and Anderson frustratedly showed for a lesser full house.
On the last hand before the break, Yasar Guden opened to 47,000 from early position, Pascal Vos called on his direct left, and Alexander Helbig three-bet to 131,000 from the big blind. Both Guden and Vos called.
The flop fell , Helbig led out for 163,000, and both Guden and Vos folded.