Action was on the flop on a board of Q♦8♥9♥. Vasken Demlakian checked and Michael Gathy bet 6,500 into an already inflated pot. Demlakian put in a check-raise to 14,000, causing Gathy to fold his hand. Demlakian scooped a significant pot to bring his stack up to around 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000 | |
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22,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Heads-up on a flop of 2♠8♠6♥, Alan Ferraro bet 1,200 from early position and Igor Pihela called under the gun.
The turn was the 2♥ and Ferraro bet another 4,200. Pihela then moved all in for 18,000 and Ferraro quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,000 | |
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23,000 |
Sergiy Dudka was in the cutoff and got his last 15,000 in the middle against Samir Rahal in the small blind.
Sergiy Dudka: Q♠Q♦ 
Samir Rahal: A♣A♠
Rahal had picked up aces to leave Dudka at risk of being the first player to be eliminated. The 5♥3♥4♥K♣8♦ board provided no help to Dudka and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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Busted |
Vasken Demlakian bet 700 from the cutoff on a flop of 7♦8♣A♥ and Tamas Balogh called on the button.
The turn was the K♣ and Demlakian checked to Balogh who bet 3,000. Demlakian again called and the 10♦ fell on the river.
Both players checked and Balogh turned over 8♦7♥ for two pair. Demlakian mucked and surrendered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000 | |
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30,000 |
Tudor Zapsa open raised from late position and picked up two calls before Juan Cruz Gianoli three-bet to 3,000 from the big blind. Zapsa called and the rest of the table folded.
The flop came 8♠5♣Q♥ and Gianoli made a continuation bet of 2,300, which Zapsa called. The turn came the 7♠ and Gianoli led again for 6,000. Zapsa once again called.
On the Q♣ river, Gianoli took his sweet time before betting out for 6,000. Zapsa came in with a shove and Gianoli's cards were in the muck before the chips were even in the middle, giving Zapsa the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000 | |
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12,000 |
Tsugunari Toma had a raise of 2,000 in front of him from the cutoff before Derk van Luijk reraised to 8,000 in the small blind. Toma called and they saw a flop of 10♠3♠8♣.
Van Luijk then bet 22,000 and Toma moved all in for around 25,000. Van Luijk snap-called.
Tsugunari Toma: 3♣2♣
Derk van Luijk: A♦A♣
Some shocked gasps arose from the table when Toma revealed his cards. The A♥ fell on the turn to give van Luijk top set and Toma was already drawing dead by the 7♣ river.
"I did not expect that," van Luijk said as he stacked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Busted | |
On the 5♥10♦10♠ flop, with 6,000 already in the pot, Priit Parmasto opened from the button with a bet of 1,600. Yunsheng Sun, seated under the gun, and [Removed:467] in the cutoff, both opted to check-call.
The turn revealed the 2♥, prompting Parmasto to assert his position with a bet of 3,500. Sun folded, but Al Sayegh responded with a check-raise to 7,000, which Parmasto called.
When the A♠ appeared on the river, Al Sayegh confidently went all-in with his last 9,200, prompting Parmasto to fold.
"Are you not afraid of aces?" Parmasto inquired, with a neighbor on his left concurring, "That's what I thought too."
Al Sayegh simply smiled and asked, "What did you have?"
"Kings," Parmasto confessed.
"Oh, wow," Al Sayegh remarked.
A few hands earlier, there was notable action on the 10♠7♥6♦10♦6♣ board, where Parmasto secured a significant pot with J♣10♥ against A♣A♦.
"Tens are running hot at this table," Parmasto remarked, "But this time not in my favor," assuming his opponent had a ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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33,500
33,500
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33,500 |
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Felipe Fontaura Ketzer raised to 500 from under the gun and picked up a late position call. Mallory Frere called on the button and Hossein Ensan called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♦3♠10♦ and all four players checked. The turn came the 5♥ and Ensan, the under the gun led out for 1,200. Only Frere made the call.
The river was the A♥ and Ensan bet out again, this time for 4,000. Frere flicked out a chip to signify the call. Ensan showed 7♦6♣ for the nut straight and Frere mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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41,000 | |
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26,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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With 6,000 in the pot, Marc Pronilow, Samuel Ju, and Ian Hamilton went three-handed to a flop of 7♦8♦Q♥.
All three players checked to the 8♣ turn, where Pronilow bet 3,600. Ju then raised to 8,000.
Hamilton quickly folded, but Pronilow tanked for a minute before he also folded.
Nina Krasilnikova arrived at the table during the hand and introduced herself to each of her tablemates. "Smile," she told Pronilow.
"I am smiling. I couldn't have wished for a better day," Pronilow replied. "I gave you a lot of credit there," he told Ju who raked in the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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40,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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30,000
5,000
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5,000 |
