Jorge Silva opened to 9,000 in early position and was called by the small blind and Didier Mambour in the big blind.
All three players checked on the 9♣8♣9♦ flop and the small blind checked again on the 5♠ turn. Mambour bet 6,500 and both opponents folded.
Dennis Holmstrom raised from middle position to 9,000, finding Nilo Rodriguez in the big blind, who defended.
Rodriguez check-called a bet of 12,000 from Holmstrom on a flop of K♣9♦K♦.
The turned 8♣ checked through to the 8♦ on the river. Rodriguez elected to take the lead for 17,000. After some time in the tank, Holmstrom made the call.
Rodriguez tabled A♥10♦ having successfully extracted value from just ace high. Holmstrom tossed his cards into the muck.
Mihai Trofim opened to 8,000 in early position and Lukas Zaskodny three-bet jammed a stack of around 40,000 from the hijack. Trofim gave it some thought and called with a bigger stack.
Lukas Zaskodny: J♦J♥
Mihai Trofim: K♠J♣
Zaskodny stayed ahead with jacks as the board ran out 5♠4♦Q♣8♦Q♦ to earn him a double with the money bubble approaching.
The hand was heads up with approximately 28,000 in the middle.
On a board of 3♥4♦2♠, Thomas Weinmeyer, in the big blind, check-called a bet of 14,000 from Mihai Trofim, who was under the gun.
The turned Q♦ checked through to the A♠ on the river. Weinmeyer elected to take the lead for 42,000 and Trofim's cards promptly found their way into the muck.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The hand was heads up with 27,000 already in the middle on a flop of K♦7♠2♠.
Daniel Lindholm, in the big blind, checked the action to Matias Chervin on the button. Chervin bet out for 9,000 and Lindholm called.
The 9♥ turn checked through to the J♦ on the river. Lindholm took the lead for 14,000 and Chervin went into the tank before finally making the call.
Lindholm tabled 10♠6♠ for just ten high, while Chervin held the winner with A♣7♣.
Cheng Zhao opened to 12,000 in middle position and Aleksi Lindholm called from the next seat as Guoliang Wei came along from the big blind.
Wei checked on the flop of Q♥5♣7♣ and Zhao continued for 15,000. Lindholm called and Wei check-raised to 55,000. Zhao quickly folded and Lindholm went in the tank before following suit.
Mathias Siljander, who has been getting rowdy as the night winds down, was in a heads-up pot on a board of 7♣2♣7♦.
Siljander bet 11,000 and his opponent raised all in for around 52,000. Siljander gave it some thought and called.
Opponent: K♣8♣
Mathias Siljander: 9♠2♠
The lubricated Siljander was ahead with a pair of deuces against his opponent's flush draw and eliminated the opponent as the board finished out 7♠10♠ to improve him to a full house.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Ange Besnainou found himself all in and at risk, against Didier Mambour, for his last 44,000.
Ange Besnainou: A♥A♦
Didier Mambour: K♣K♠
The board ran out J♦6♠6♣A♠3♥. Besnainou had his opponent drawing dead on the turn, ensuring him the full double.
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