Niklas Hambitzer opened for 90,000 in early position and saw Benjamin Pollak make it 255,000 in middle position. Hambitzer came back with 650,000, and Pollak mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,520,000 | 375,000 |
|
620,000 | -245,000 |
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Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,245,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
2,145,000 | 520,000 |
|
2,120,000 | 50,000 |
|
1,865,000 | 30,000 |
|
1,660,000 | -290,000 |
|
1,305,000 | -32,000 |
|
|
865,000 | -462,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,255,000 | 155,000 |
|
1,725,000 | 411,000 |
|
1,585,000 | -511,000 |
|
1,410,000 | -584,000 |
|
1,285,000 | 395,000 |
|
1,225,000 | -5,000 |
|
1,010,000 | -165,000 |
|
730,000 | -286,000 |
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
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Chance Kornuth defended his big blind from a cutoff raise from Shyam Srinivasan, and 
flopped. Srinivasan's continuation-bet of 65,000 was raised to 165,000, and he came back with a three-bet to 290,000. Kornuth wasn't deterred, pushing in a reraise to 480,000. Srinivasan looked like he was going to respond with the rarely seen flop five-bet as he cut out a full stack of green T25,000 chips and a a stack of blue T5,000 as well. After a couple of minutes though, he slid his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000 | 825,000 |
|
|
1,230,000 | -236,000 |
Emrah Cakmak raised to 75,000 from the small blind, and Pratyush Buddiga defended. Cakmak bet 75,000 on the 
flop, and Buddiga again made the call. Cakmak switched to a check-call line on the turn, putting in 125,000, but Buddiga's 300,000 on the 
river got a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,305,000 | -545,000 |
|
|
1,950,000 | 370,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga raised to 65,000 in early position and got three-bet to 168,000 by Diego Ventura. Maurice Hawkins put in his last 48,000, and Buddiga called. The flop came 
, and Buddiga check-called 140,000. Checks ensued on the 
and 
, and Buddiga showed down 
for top pair. Neither Ventura (
) nor Hawkins (
) could beat it, though Hawkins commented that he wished Ventura had bluffed out Buddiga to ensure his own survival.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,835,000 | -255,000 |
|
|
1,580,000 | 71,000 |
|
Busted |
