We didn't catch the pre-flop action but Ambrose Ng got the rest of his 406,000 chips in and was at risk against Juan Etcheverry. Ng was in great shape for the double up holding against Etcheverry's and would score the huge double up when the board ran out .
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Pratyush Buddiga opened for a raise in the cutoff and saw Noah Schwartz make it 59,000 on the button. Buddiga made it 125,000 to go, but Schwartz bumped it up still further to 225,000. Buddiga shoved all in, and Schwartz tanked for a couple of minutes before making what looked to be a painful fold.
We got to the table with a bet of 50,000 in front of Carlos Chadha on a board of and he was facing a raise to 125,000 from Christopher Lockhart. Chadha would spend several minutes before deciding to make the call while saying "alright, show me the jack of diamonds."
"Playing the board," replied Lockhart who turned over .
Chadha had the board beat, however, with his . "Sorry I took so long," he apologized, happy though to have taken down the pot.
On the first hand back from the break, Louis Boutin moved all in for 85,000 from the hijack and Naoya Kihara reshoved for 201,000 from the small blind. Chance Kornuth was next to act in the big blind and he peeked down at his cards. Snap call.
Boutin:
Kihara:
Kornuth:
Kornuth had a stranglehold on the hand with the other two players at risk of elimination, and the board secured the double for Kornuth. He's now sitting behind a massive stack of 1,750,000
Olivier Busquet opened to 23,000 in early position and Adam Reynolds three-bet shoved from the big blind for 136,000. Busquet tanked for a bit before he called.
Busquet:
Reynolds:
The board ran out , safe for Busquet to score the elimination.
Andreas Samuelsson opened to 22,000 in middle position, [Removed:551] shoved from the button for 222,000, Ratharam Sivagnanam reshoved from the big blind and Samuelsson folded.
[Removed:552]:
Sivagnanam:
The board ran out , giving [Removed:552] a ten-high straight on the river to score the double up.
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. "Sorry I took so long," he apologized, happy though to have taken down the pot.
, giving [Removed:552] a ten-high straight on the river to score the double up.
