Biao Ding opened to 50,000 on the button and Renat Bohdanov defended out of the big blind.
Bohdanov checked on the flop of K♠10♦4♦ and Ding checked back. Bohdanov then led out for 125,000 on the 8♦ river and Ding laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
600,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Serge Badel opened to 60,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Samuel Ju on the button who three-bet to 165,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and Badel called.
The flop came 10♠6♠4♠ and Badel quickly moved all in for 315,000. Ju went deep in the tank, but after asking for a count and contemplating for close to a minute, let his cards go and the pot was sent to Badel.
Badel rolled over 10♥10♣ to show he flopped top set as he collected the pot.
"No spades?" asked Badel to Ju.
"No, I had ace-king suited," replied Ju.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
630,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
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Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
In the final hand before the break there was a three-way preflop all-in situation at the last table still playing. Vladyslav Potomkin was all-in for 208,000, Antoine Saout had a little more with 300,000, but Richard Heveli covered both with a stack of near one million. All cards went on their backs as the other players left to enjoy their break.
Vladyslav Potomkin: A♥K♠
Antoine Saout: A♦7♠
Richard Heveli: 8♠8♦
The flop of J♦4♥3♥ was safe for Heveli, but the Q♥ turn brought Potomkin some more outs. However, the river Q♦ paired the board and the two eliminated players' break turned out to be slightly longer than the rest of the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Players are now on their last break of the day. There will be two more one-hour levels played today with the remaining players bagging for Day 3 tomorrow. The action will resume shortly.
Jorg Schneegass opened to 45,000 in the cutoff and Jason Wheeler three-bet to 164,000 in the small blind.
Schneegass took some time before taking back his bet and putting out a four-bet to 360,000. Jason Wheeler stared Schneegass down before announcing "all in" for a five-bet shove. Schneegass quickly folded to hold on to his stack of around 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
2,239,000
|
2,239,000 |
|
1,000,000
815,000
|
815,000 |
George Rotariu open-jammed for 110,000 from the hijack and it folded to Thierry Kuhn-Foret on the button who moved all in over the top. The blinds got out of the way and the cards were shown.
George Rotariu: A♠3♣
Thierry Kuhn-Foret: 8♠8♣
Rotariu was in need of help to stay alive and when the board ran out K♠7♥3♦2♥10♣, it was the eights for Kuhn-Foret that held up to send Rotariu to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
Busted |
There were 450,000 chips already in the middle when the action was caught on a flop that read 4♥J♠10♥. Georgi Abuladze was in the small blind and put out a bet of 95,000. Cutoff Gregory Caracena made the call and the two players saw a turn.
The 4♦ was revealed and both players checked. The dealer put forth the 6♦ river, causing Abuladze to put out another bet, this time of 160,000.
Caracena did not feel like paying more than half his stack and surrendered his hand, looking for a better spot in the future.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
970,000
816,000
|
816,000 |
|
|
270,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Ana Marquez open-jammed a stack of around 200,000 from the button and Renat Bohdanov called in the small blind with a bigger stack.
Ana Marquez: J♥9♦
Renat Bohdanov: A♥8♣
Marquez took the lead as the flop landed 7♠9♠K♥ to pair her nine, but the turn brought the A♦ to give Bohdanov the better pair. The 8♦ on the river completed Marquez' elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
Busted |
