Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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The 144 remaining players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break. The coverage is expected to resume around 7:45 p.m. local time, on a 30-minute delay.
Yonatan Koko had made it 10,000 on the button when Marcelo Aziz three-bet to 28,000 from the big blind. Koko tanked for a bit, then moved all in. Aziz quickly called for 117,000 in total.
Marcelo Aziz: A♦J♦
Yonatan Koko: A♥2♠
Koko's move had not worked out, although the 5♠6♣7♦8♣ turn did present some chop outs. However, Aziz paired on the J♥ river, securing him a double-up.
Aleksandr Chernikov open-shoved for 63,000 under the gun, and Ren Lin called in middle position as the only interested player.
Aleksandr Chernikov: K♠J♣
Ren Lin: 8♠8♣
The Q♥3♣7♠A♠ turn brought extra outs for Chernikov, but the 6♠ river bricked in favor of Lin. Chernikov took his exit, while Lin eclipsed three starting stacks in chips.
Still playing in the previous level, Samuel Mullur opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from middle position. Guoliang Wei then three-bet to 16,000 in the hijack, and Johan Schultz-Pedersen called all in for 500 in the cutoff.
Luigi Soncin was in the big blind and four-bet to 25,000, which was enough to fold out Mullur. Wei called to the 10♥9♥10♠ flop, where Soncin slowed down and checked. Wei then bet 30,000, and Soncin called.
The A♠ turn and 6♣ river were subsequently checked to showdown. Soncin tabled A♦10♦ for a full house, besting Wei's Q♠Q♣ and Schultz-Pedersen's 9♠3♠ to scoop the pot.
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Ehsan Amiri opened to 10,000 in the cutoff, and Nenad Dukic three-bet to 38,000 from the small blind. Amiri then four-bet to 85,000, and Dukic jammed all in for 179,000.
Amiri requested a count, after which he decided to call.
Nenad Dukic: A♠K♥
Ehsan Amiri: A♦Q♠
Dukic was a big favorite to double, but the 2♥Q♥Q♣ flop left him with just running outs. The 6♥ turn have gim a flush draw, but the K♠ river was not enough to let him survive.
Ole Schemion open-raised to 8,000 from middle position. Ben Fan responded with a three-bet to 20,000 as nex to to act, and Aleksandr Chernikov committed his stack of 99,000 from the cutoff.
Big blind Hao Zhu then called all in for 10,000, and Schemion reshoved for 171,000. Fan had seen enough and got out of the way, prompting a three-way showdown.
Hao Zhu: 9♦8♣
Aleksandr Chernikov: 10♥10♦
Ole Schemion: K♥K♦
Zhu flopped a gutshot on 6♠J♦Q♠, but Chernikov had two of his outs. The J♥ turn and 7♦ river helped neither Zhu nor Chernikov, and they were both eliminated by Schemion's kings.
Picking up the action with 95,000 in the pot on a K♣5♥Q♦2♥ turn, Aleksandr Kropotov fired a bet of 58,000 from the small blind, worth over half his remaining stack.
Andrei Konopelko called in the big blind, prompting Kropotov to check the subsequent 8♦ river. Konopelko responded with an all-in bet, and Kropotov quickly folded his Ax10x, conceding the pot.