The 394 remaining players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day.
The 394 remaining players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Juan Pardo raised to 2,500 from under the gun and picked up two callers before Vitezslav Cech three-bet to 12,500 from the big blind. Pardo moved all in for 20,000 and only Cech made the call, putting Pardo at risk as the players flipped their cards.
Juan Pardo: 8♣8♥
Vitezslav Cech: A♦Q♦
The board ran out 5♥4♣J♣7♥9♠. Pardo held with his pocket eights to win the pot and bring his stack up to around 50,000.
Eric Tsai opened raised the small blind to an amount that put a short-stacked Andras Nemeth all in.
Nemeth made the call and tabled A♠3♦, Tsai showed 5♥5♦.
Andras Nemeth: A♠3♦
Eric Tsai: 5♥5♦
The flop of J♣2♦J♠ was clean for Tsai's pocket pair, and the J♦ turn gave Tsai a full house and left Nemeth drawing to three outs.
The river 9♦ gave Tsai the win and sent Nemeth to the rail.
After an open by a player in middle position, Ishak Noyan shoved for 16,200 from middle position. Then Christopher Wood decided to four-bet to 30,300 from the button. The initial raiser seemed unhappy to fold, but he eventually did.
Ishak Noyan: A♦K♦
Christopher Wood: A♥Q♦
Wood hit top pair on the Q♥3♥4♦ to take the lead. And he kept it on the turn 3♣ and the river 6♥, sending Noyan to the rail.
Daniel Koloszar raised to 2,500, Peter Tordai called, and Artur Palaj called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠4♠9♣. Action checked to Tordai, who bet 4,500. Palaj called, then Koloszar check-raised to 17,000. Tordai called and Palaj folded.
The turn was the 9♠. Koloszar bet 32,000 and Tordai called. The river came the 6♦. Koloszar moved all for around 80,000 effective, applying maximum pressure to his opponent.
Tordai made the fold and Koloszar showed A♠5♠ for the nut flush, raking in a huge pot that brought his stack up to around 225,000.
Action was picked up on the flop of 9♣K♥10♦ where Tarik Ozdemir called a bet of 2,300 from Toni Kaukua.
Ozdemir checked the A♠ turn and Kaukua fired for 5,000 which was quickly called by Ozdemir.
Before the river was flipped, Ozdemir announced; "I check in the dark."
Kaukua bet 5,000 on the Q♦ river and Ozdemir snap-shoved for over 100,000.
Kaukua tanked for a minute before mucking his hand and after some encouragement to show a bluff, Ozdemir tabled the 8♠
Kemal Aslan raised from late position, Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas three-bet for 7,800 from the small blind, and Kemal Aslan moved all in for 36,500. Cabanillas made the call with the bigger stack and the players turned their cards.
Kemal Aslan: 6♥6♦
Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas: A♥K♣
The board ran out J♣4♦9♠8♣4♠. Aslan held with his pocket sixes to win the pot and double up his stack.
An all-in and call situation occurred at Table 28. In a five-bet pot, Jules Dickerson found himself at risk for 63,300 in the cutoff against Alexandr Dusco under the gun.
Jules Dickerson: Q♥Q♦
Alexandr Dusco: J♣J♥
Dickerson's queens held on a board of 7♥A♣2♥5♣6♣ and he doubled up. Down to five blinds, Dusco was eliminated a few hands later.