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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,029,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
|
585,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
500,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
470,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
414,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
350,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
323,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
314,000
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
||
|
313,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
310,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
276,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
260,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
240,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
||
|
238,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
||
|
237,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
229,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
228,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
222,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
218,500
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
218,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
215,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
210,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
204,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Alexandre Viard was under the gun and moved all in for 60,500. Aleks Dimitrov was in the next position and called.
Action folded around to Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind and he moved all in for just shy of 200,000. Dimitrov asked for a count and eventually called.
Viard: 
Dimitrov: 
O'Dwyer: 
Viard and O'Dwyer were both at risk to be eliminated, and Viard needing major help with just two sevens left in the deck.
The board ran out 
. Viard rivered a seven to stay alive and queens were good for Dimitrov on the side, eliminating O'Dwyer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Lucas Blanco opened early and called the shove of Adrian Gruber, who had about 50,000 in the small blind.
Blanco: 
Gruber:
Gruber was ahead, but Blanco picked up outs when 
flopped. The turn closed some of those off as Gruber snagged a flush draw to add to his pair, but the 
river caused someone at the table to whistle at the sick ending.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
384,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
Busted |
Mikhail Zamyatin raised to 12,000 under the gun and Igor Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 30,000 one spot over. James Salmon, who was to his left, then four-bet all in for 137,500. Zamyatin called off for 131,500 and Yaroshevskyy got out of the way.
Zamyatin:
Salmon: 
It was a classic flip and Zamyatin needed to hold to stay alive. He maintained the lead on both the 
flop and 
turn, but then disaster struck when the 
spiked on the river to give Salmon the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
304,500
179,500
|
179,500 |
|
Busted |
Lokesh Garg pushed all in for 85,500 on a flop of 
after Pedro Romanzo Pollino bet 20,000 from under the gun. Pollino called, showing 
. Garg was drawing with and after a brick turn, he got there when the 
hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
190,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
A short-stacked Samuel Gagnon got his last 33,000 all in from the hijack and Igor Yaroshevskyy, who had chips to spare, called from the big blind.
Gagnon: 
Yaroshevskyy:
Gagnon got it in good, but he had to dodge a lot of cads when the flop came down to give Yaroshevskyy an open-ended straight draw. The turn was no harm to Gagnon, and neither was the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
999,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
72,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
Dmitry Ponomarev got his remaining 95,000 chips in the middle with 
and was called by Robin Luca Wozniczek with .
In a classic race, Ponomarev was unable to dodge six outs when an ace showed up in the window on a flop of 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending Ponomarev home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
Busted |
In the hijack, Mark Radoja raised to 11,000. Big blind Sergey Lebedev shoved for 43,500 and Radoja called.
Mark Radoja:
Sergey Lebedev: 
The board ran out 
and Lebedev hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
