In the cutoff, Leonid Orman shoved with a little bit more than five blinds. In the big blind, Quan Zhou asked for the count, and called.
Leonid Orman: 10♦9♦
Quan Zhou: A♥Q♠
Leonid hit two pair on the flop 9♥10♥6♥. Standing up, he saw the 6♦ being revealed on the turn. But the river 4♥ wasn't the one he wanted, as it completed Zhou's flush. Finishing 274th, Orman wins $2,225.
Shuang Luo opened in early position to 17,000 before it folded to Boris Angelov in the big blind. He called and the two players were off to a flop heads up.
The 2♠3♥J♠ flop landed and action checked to Luo who continued for 20,000. Angelov called.
The 7♥ landed on the turn and it was checked over to Luo again. She went into the tank for a moment and then announced she was all in. Angelov thought it over for only a moment before sending his cards to the muck.
Luo pulled in the chips and gained some life in the tournament as players continue to hit the rail.
On 8♦10♠A♠3♥ with already 400,000 in the pot, Steve O'Dwyer on the button went into the tank after Christos Fatta in the cutoff moved all in for 240,000 chips. And eventually, O'Dwyer called.
Christos Fatta: A♣8♣
Steve O'Dwyer: A♥Q♥
Fatta had two pair and was on his way to double up. But the terrible Q♠ landed on the river, giving the best hand to O'Dwyer, who has more than 900,000 chips now.
Christos Fatta opened in early position to 16,000. It then folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff who didn't think for long before putting in a three-bet to 60,000. Fatta snap called and they were off to a flop heads up.
The 5♣Q♦4♣ flop hit the felt and action was checked over to O'Dwyer who down-bet to 35,000. Fatta called.
The K♥ landed on the turn and it was checked to O'Dwyer again. He took a moment, gathered some chips, and put out a large bet of 145,000.
Fatta went into the tank for about a minute before returning his cards to the dealer. O'Dwyer scooped and added some chips to his already sizable stack.
From under the gun, Sahab Saberikakhki opened, then saw Nikolaos Lampropoulos in the big blind moving all in for approximately 100,000 chips. Saberikakhki called.
Nikolaos Lampropoulos: A♠K♥
Sahab Saberikakhki: K♦J♦
On 8♦Q♥6♣K♣4♦, Lampropoulos kept the lead and doubled up. Down to 4,000, Saberikakhki didn't have enough to pay the big blind on the next hand.
Sahab Saberikakhki: 10♣8♣
Michele D'Angelo: 5♠5♦
Saberikakhki lost again on Q♠J♦4♥7♠A♠, and was eliminated.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The current chip leader Gaelle Baumann raised to 12,000 from early position before Turan Abdullah put in the cold three-bet to 37,000 from middle position. It folded all the way back to Baumann who thought for a moment and then called.
The A♥J♣8♥ landed on the flop and both player went over their options before landing on a check.
The 10♣ landed on the turn and Baumann went into the tank. She decided to bet and landed on a sizing of 42,000.
Action was on Abdullah who thought for only a moment before putting in another raise to 135,000. Baumann snap folded and Abdullah dragged a healthy pot without going to showdown.
Sereika Karolis opened under the gun to 12,000. It folded all the way to Lukovic Nemanja in the big blind who completed and they were off to a flop heads up.
The Q♦Q♣4♠ flop landed and Nemanja check-called an 11,000 bet from Karolis on their way to a 4♥ turn.
After the board double paired it was checked over to Karolis who thought for a moment before putting out the same bet, 11,000. Nemanja called.
The 3♠ landed on the river and action quickly checked through. Nemanja was first to show A♣10♣ for just ace-high and Karolis quickly tabled 7♥7♠. Karolis dragged the pot after some thin value bets.
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