Calvin Anderson opened to 24,000 on the button, Yasar Guden called out of the big blind, and the flop fell . Guden led out for 35,000, and Anderson tank-called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The two knuckled again.
Guden opened up for a pair of eights, but Anderson had that beat with for two pair. At the sight of Anderson's hand, Guden threw his hands up.
"You're the one who called with queen-eight," Anderson chuckled.
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"All in, call! Table 3!" was shouted across the tournament floor.
Yngve Steen was all in and at risk for his last 133,000 before the flop. Thomas Julian-Simon had called the all in and had potential to send Steen home.
Steen showed and was up against Julian-Simon's . The flop brought and the turn the , meaning that Steen would have to avoid Julian-Simon pairing up on the river to stay alive.
Fifth street brought the and Steen was able to secure himself a double up. The Norwegian is now sitting on about 280,000 while Julian-Simon has fallen to 330,000.
Kai Uwe Lach open-shipped all in from under the gun for his last 221,000. It folded over to Aliev Dashgyn who flat called. The rest of the table flung them in and the hands were rolled up.
Lach:
Dashgyn:
A run out of appeared on the felt and Lach was sent packing. Dashgyn, who was already leading the field, has now extended his chip lead with a grand total of 2.325 million in chips. Dashgyn is also the first player to cross the two-million chip mark.
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The flop read and Yasar Guden bet enough to put Marc Witt all in. Witt decided to call off his last roughly 180,000.
"Ohhh," said Guden, tabling . "Why did you call? Look."
Witt rolled over for top pair with a worse kicker and was indeed behind. The hit the turn, though, giving Witt outs to make a spade flush. The river did not oblige, however, as it brought the and eliminated Witt from play.
Guden scooped up the pot and is now at 1.22 million.
Colin Moffatt got the rest of his short stack all in holding , and was racing agains the of Theodoros Aidonopoulos. The board ran out , and Moffatt was eliminated.
Colin Moffatt opened to 24,000 in middle position, Dashgyn Aliev three-bet to 52,000 on his direct left, and Daniel Reijmer cold four-bet jammed for around 400,000 near the button. Moffatt re-shoved, having both players covered, and Aliev snap-called all-in for 606,000.
Moffatt:
Aliev:
Reijmer:
The aces held as the board rolled out , and Aliev now sits with a massive, 1.65 million-chip stack. Reijmer was eliminated, and Moffatt is in the danger zone with just 70,000 chips.
When we arrived at the table, Thang Duc Nguyen - who was sitting in the small blind - had what looked like a three-bet of 71,000 sitting in front of him. Pratyush Buddiga also had chips in front of him - a four-bet to 128,000 - and Nguyen responded with a five-bet to more than 300,000.
Buddiga said something about "aces or kings," then folded two queens face up. Nguyen looked at his cards one last time, then showed jacks.
. Guden led out for 35,000, and Anderson tank-called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. The two knuckled again.
for a pair of eights, but Anderson had that beat with 
for two pair. At the sight of Anderson's hand, Guden threw his hands up.
and was up against Julian-Simon's 
. The flop brought 
and the turn the 
, meaning that Steen would have to avoid Julian-Simon pairing up on the river to stay alive.
and Steen was able to secure himself a double up. The Norwegian is now sitting on about 280,000 while Julian-Simon has fallen to 330,000.
appeared on the felt and Lach was sent packing. Dashgyn, who was already leading the field, has now extended his chip lead with a grand total of 2.325 million in chips. Dashgyn is also the first player to cross the two-million chip mark.
and Yasar Guden bet enough to put Marc Witt all in. Witt decided to call off his last roughly 180,000.
. "Why did you call? Look."
for top pair with a worse kicker and was indeed behind. The 
, and was racing agains the 
, and Aliev now sits with a massive, 1.65 million-chip stack. Reijmer was eliminated, and Moffatt is in the danger zone with just 70,000 chips.
