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Ruslan Khadartsev had his stack of around 2,500,000 in the middle from the small blind, and had been put at risk by Marco Carravieri from under the gun.
Ruslan Khadartsev: A♥Q♦ 
Marco Carravieri: J♦J♠
Khadartsev needed to connect in order to stay alive and left it very, very late as he paired his queen on the river with the board coming 6♣4♦K♠9♣Q♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,280,000
3,155,000
|
3,155,000 |
|
1,130,000
1,145,000
|
1,145,000 |
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Dmitry Kataev min-raised from early position and Aliaksandr Hirs defended out of the big blind.
Hirs checked the 5♣2♠6♣ flop and Kataev bet 400,000. Hirs used a time bank card before check-raising to 1,225,000. Kataev looked back at his cards and then shoved for Hirs' remaining 2,600,000. Hirs didn't take long to fold, and Kataev added even more chips to his stack.
At another table Italo Modena has run up his stack to roughly 20,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000,000
3,785,000
|
3,785,000 |
|
||
|
20,000,000
12,500,000
|
12,500,000 |
|
2,600,000
2,450,000
|
2,450,000 |
Mounim Kaddouri made it 400,000 to go from the cutoff before Timothy Chung three-bet to 1,100,000 from the button. Kaddouri called to see a flop.
The dealer spread out a flop of A♠2♦J♣ and Kaddouri checked. Chung bet 650,000, which Kaddouri called.
The 3♠ turn checked through for the 2♣ to land on the river. Kaddouri let out for 1,850,000 and Chung quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500,000
2,430,000
|
2,430,000 |
|
3,700,000
3,180,000
|
3,180,000 |
Anthony Spinella opened from the button and Azamat Tulepbergenov shoved from the big blind for around 2,500,000. After thinking it over, Spinella elected to call.
Azamat Tulepbergenov: A♠K♥
Anthony Spinella: K♦9♦
Spinella wouldn't have liked seeing the hand of Tulepbergenov and didn't find much to work with on the 2♥Q♠4♣ flop. A 5♣ on the turn left him with three outs and one shot to hit it, but the K♠ river wasn't what he needed, which meant Tulepbergenov doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,250,000
2,920,000
|
2,920,000 |
|
5,000,000
1,340,000
|
1,340,000 |
|
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Samantha Lake opened to 400,000 from the cutoff with J♦J♣ and Raoul Kanme peeled from the big blind holding 7♥6♦.
The flop came 6♥9♦J♠ where Kanme check-called a bet of 300,000 from Lake to the A♠ turn. Again Kanme checked, then Lake fired again for 800,000 with her set. That was enough to get the job done as Kanme laid down his pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,875,000
5,775,000
|
5,775,000 |
|
4,600,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
Marco Carravieri shoved from under the gun for 750,000 and Anthony Spinella called in the cutoff. Ruslan Khadartsev called on the button, and Dawid Smolka also came along from the big blind.
The flop came 3♣9♣4♦ and when it checked to Kharartsev, he bet 800,000. Smolka folded, as did Spinella, leaving Carravieri heads up for his tournament life.
Marco Carravieri: Q♠7♥
Ruslan Khadartsev: J♦J♣
Carravieri needed to find a queen but after the J♥ turn, it didn't matter if he did as he was drawing dead to Khadartsev's set. An A♥ on the river sealed his fate, and Carravieri was sent on his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,425,000
4,145,000
|
4,145,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000,000
17,500,000
|
17,500,000 |
|
|
23,500,000
4,285,000
|
4,285,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,100,000
3,710,000
|
3,710,000 |
|
6,500,000
1,840,000
|
1,840,000 |
|
5,000,000
1,330,000
|
1,330,000 |
|
4,500,000
1,565,000
|
1,565,000 |
|
3,800,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
3,100,000
1,970,000
|
1,970,000 |
