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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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