Nguyen and Hrabec Out Before the Money
Level 17
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Michael Zhang raised to 100,000 and folded when Trung Quan Nguyen as well as Ning Lu moved all-in thereafter.
Trung Quan Nguyen: 8♥8♦ 
Ning Lu: A♥A♦
The Q♣J♥5♦7♦6♠ board reduced the field by one.
In a duel of high-stakes and online grinders, Roman Hrabec then tangled with Artur Martirosian.
Hrabec called a three-bet to 240,000 by Martirosian and they checked the K♥10♥8♦ flop. On the 6♦ turn, Hrabec check-called for 400,000 with fewer than a million behind. That led to the 4♠ on the river on which Hrabec checked. Martirosian jammed with the covering stack and was called.
Martirosian showed the K♠9♠ for the top pair and Hrabec's A♦10♣ was no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,600,000
2,295,000
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2,295,000 |
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4,400,000 | |
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1,500,000
515,000
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515,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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