With the two players looking at a board that read J♠7♠3♦5♥Q♦, the action was on Jinho Hong, in the big blind, who checked.
Adrian Mateos, on the button, placed a bet large enough to put Hong all in for his effective stack of 150,000. Hong burned through several time bank chips before electing to make the fold.
After the flop 8♥4♠10♥, Martin Diaz bet 19,000 from the big blind on the turn 6♥. Ilia Pavlov in the small blind check-called.
Then on the river 9♦, Pavlov took the lead and bet 60,000. Diaz called quite quickly and Pavlov mucked his cards.
On a board of 7♦6♠5♣9♦, 65,000 chips were in the middle in a pot between Juan Pardo and Pablo Silva. Pardo checked to Silva, who put forth a bet of 24,000. Pardo made the call and the Q♥ river rolled off.
Both players now quickly checked and Pardo showed down K♣7♣ for a pair of sevens, but he was beaten by A♠9♥ of Silva, who played a pair of nines.
Silva has more than doubled his stack since the bubble began, and is playing more than one million chips.
Heads-up on a flop of 8♣8♥9♠, Andreas Christoforou bet 20,000 from the hijack and Nariman Yaghmai called in early position.
The turn came the 6♥ and Christoforou bet another 60,000. Yaghmai again called and the Q♣ fell on the river.
Yaghmai checked to Christoforou, and the Cypriot used a time bank before using one of his chips to tap the felt. Yaghmai then turned over A♦Q♦ for two pair on the river and Christoforou nodded his head before mucking.
Steve O'Dwyer opened the action with a raise to 13,000 from under the gun before Ilia Pavlov made it 50,000 to go from middle position. The action folded back to O'Dwyer, who four-bet to 114,000.
Pavlov asked O'Dwyer how much he had behind and went all in after he had received the answer, shoving 550,000 chips effectively. O'Dwyer realized he got caught and quickly made the fold, leaving himself plenty of chips to play with.
Armin Rezaei bet 45,000 on a board of K♠J♣2♥Q♥ from under the gun and Adrian Mateos called in the big blind.
The river came the Q♦ and Rezaei fired out another 100,000. Mateos this time gave up his hand.
A few hands later, Mateos was in the cutoff on a flop of 7♥9♦10♣ and bet 16,000. Masato Yokosawa called in the big blind and the 3♣ fell on the turn.
Both players checked to the 7♣ river, where Mateos bet 120,000. Yokosawa called, and Mateos showed A♣5♣ for the running flush and Yokosawa mucked.
Heads-up on a board of 3♥10♠J♣9♥, Dmitrii Nazarov bet 15,000 from early position before Markkos Ladev raised under the gun to 60,000.
Nazarov came back with a reraise to 120,000 and Ladev quickly called. The river came the 5♥ and Ladev checked over to Nazarov, who slowed down and checked behind.
Ladev showed Q♥J♠ for top pair and Nazarov mucked as Ladev crossed the million-chip milestone.
On 9♣10♠A♠Q♥ with 70,000 in the pot, Nenad Dukic on the button bet 40,000. Deividas Daubaris in the big blind check-raised to 130,000. Dukic eventually called.
The K♥ landed on the river and Daubaris moved all in. Dukic quickly called, but had to wait for the tournament director to flip his cards.
Nenad Dukic: A♥J♠
Deividas Daubaris: K♠J♣
Both players hit a straight on the river, so they split the pot.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Dario Sammartino opened in middle position to 15,000 and got called in late position by Jovan Kenjic. The action was then on Viacheslav Goryachev on the button who put in a three-bet to 55,000. It folded back to Sammartino who only took a moment before opting to apply max pressure with an all-in wager.
Both of his opponents' hands found the muck and he scooped yet another pot on the bubble. He flipped the 10♣ and smiled as he dragged the pot.
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