There were already about 1,600,000 chips in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Dylan Linde checked from the big blind and partypoker Sponsored Pro Anatoly Filatov bet 800,000 from the button. After some consideration, Linde called.
The fell on the turn and Linde checked. Filatov bet again, 1,800,000 this time, Linde folded, and Filatov took the pot.
There was a massive pile of chips in the middle, the board read , and Anatoly Filatov had face-up in front of him when we got to the table. As the dealer counted down Filatov's stack, we were informed that after five players saw the flop, Plesuv and Filatov got all the chips in on the turn. Plesuv held but was trailing Filatov's set of fours and failed to improve on the river, so Filatov took the pot for a huge double-up and is now the chip leader.
With about 7,000,000 chips already in the pot and the board reading Michael Addamo checked from the hijack and Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault bet 1,600,000 from the cutoff. Addamo check-raised all-in for 11,175,000, and after several minutes in the tank, Carpentier-Perrault called to put Addamo at risk.
Carpentier-Perrault:
Addamo:
Carpentier-Perrault was ahead with a pair of nines and Addamo needed to make a flush or straight on the river in order to preserve his tournament life. The final card was the which changed nothing, so Carpentier-Perrault took the pot to end Addamo's run in this event.
Manig Loeser raised to 700,000 from the hijack, Tom Waters called from the cutoff, and Renato Nomura three-bet to 2,575,000 from the button. Loeser shoved, waters folded, and Nomura called with the larger of the two stacks by a very narrow margin.
Nomura:
Loeser:
Nomura had the preflop advantage and Loeser needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out to pair Loeser's ace, so he took the pot to leave Nomura with crumbs.
Renato Nomura shoved for his last 650,000 from early position, Daniel Clark called to put him at risk, and Dylan Linde shoved from the button for 1,300,000. Clark called and the three players tabled their hands.
Linde:
Clark:
Nomura:
The board ran out to give Nomura a set of fours, so he tripled up, and Linde's ace high held up in the side pot against Clark.