Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Ping Liu opened on the button with 5♥4♥ and Sergio Aido called in the big blind with A♥3♦.
Aido checked on the flop of J♠Q♦3♥ and Liu continued for 240,000. Aido called. Aido checked again on the 8♣ turn and Liu checked back.
Aido led out for 900,000 on the 9♠ river and Liu laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,050,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
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4,310,000
120,000
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120,000 |
Jonathan Borenstein limped the small blind holding the Q♦9♣ and Sami Bechahed checked his option in the big with the J♥10♣.
The Q♥Q♠9♥ flop was gin for Borenstein, who flopped a boat and checked. Bechahed bet 125,000, and Borenstein called to see the 3♣ turn.
Borenstein checked for a second time and Bechahed bet 425,000. Borenstein used a time extension before just calling and the 8♥ completed the board on the river to give Bechahed a useless straight.
Borenstein checked for the third time and Bechahed bet 1.2 million. Borenstein moved all in for 190,000 more and Bechahed called only to be shown the bad news.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
7,700,000
2,700,000
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2,700,000 |
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4,240,000
1,940,000
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1,940,000 |
Nick Schulman opened to 250,000 from early position with A♠J♣ and Ping Liu three-bet to 600,000 in the cutoff with A♦5♥. Schulman laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,410,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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2,590,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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Sami Bechahed opened to 240,000 in the cutoff with A♠10♦ and David Coleman called in the big blind with 3♣2♣.
Coleman checked his flush draw on the flop of A♣Q♠K♣ and Bechahed continued for 150,000 with his gutshot. Coleman called.
Coleman then bet 240,000 with his flush on the J♣ turn and Bechahed called with his useless straight. Coleman sized up to 950,000 on the 4♥ river and Bechahed went in the tank before calling and seeing the bad news.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,850,000
850,000
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850,000 |
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4,330,000
1,460,000
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1,460,000 |
Nick Schulman raised to 240,000 from early position with the A♣4♣ and David Coleman called from the button with the A♠J♥. Jonathan Borenstein came along from the big blind with the J♣8♣ and it was three-way action to the flop of K♥2♥2♦, which checked around.
After the dealer burned and turned the J♠, Borenstein checked despite pairing his jack, and Schulman, who had the worst hand, bet 300,000. Coleman called with the best hand, and Borenstein got out of the way.
The A♥ river was a cooler card for Schulman, who made aces and deuces with a king kicker.
“Very unlucky card,” Phil Hellmuth said in the commentary booth.
Schulman bet again but downsized to just 150,000. Coleman just called and won the 1.8 million pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,080,000
750,000
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750,000 |
|
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1,350,000
1,240,000
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1,240,000 |
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Sami Bechahed raised to 2,000,000 in the small blind and Nick Schulman called off in the big blind with 1,225,000.
Nick Schulman: 4♥4♣
Sami Bechahed: K♦7♥
Schulman's fours fell way behind as the flop landed K♠A♣8♦ to pair Bechahed's king before the board finished out 10♦2♦ to mark the beloved poker commentator's elimination.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,510,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
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Busted | |
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Ping Liu raised to 275,000 under the gun with the K♦10♦ and Sergio Aido looked down at the A♦Q♥ on the button. He just called and that inspired Sami Bechahed to come along from the big blind with the K♦J♣.
The 5♥10♠K♣ flop gave all three players a little something, but even so it checked around to the turn, which was the 5♣.
Bechahed led out for 300,000, Liu called, as did Aido, and the 7♦ completed the board on the river. The players returned to checking and Liu took down the 1,905,000 pot.
Sergio Aido opened to 275,000 in the cutoff with A♥Q♦ and Jonathan Borenstein three-bet to 750,000 on the button with A♦K♥. Aido called.
Aido checked on the flop of A♣4♦10♦ and Borenstein continued for 600,000. Aido called. Aido checked again on the 4♣ turn and Borenstein sized up to 1,400,000. Aido burned through a couple of time banks, then laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,560,000
1,490,000
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1,490,000 |
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5,500,000
1,260,000
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1,260,000 |
The remaining five players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,560,000 | |
|
|
||
|
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7,470,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
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5,495,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
5,320,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
4,990,000
1,580,000
|
1,580,000 |