Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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The 83 remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break, only 11 eliminations away from making Day 2.
Davit Mikhanashvili open-raised to 30,000 in the cutoff, and Sergio Aido three-bet to 90,000 on the button. Mikhanashvili then moved all in, and Aido quickly called off his stack of 596,000.
Sergio Aido: A♣K♠
Davit Mikhanashvili: 9♥9♣
Mikhanashvili flopped a set on 7♦8♠K♣, leaving Aido drawing dead on the 6♣ turn. The Q♣ river was already rendered meaningless, and the seven-figure pot was shipped to Mikhanashvhili.
Erik Eisen opened to 30,000 in the hijack, and Oleg Sapozhnikov defended in the big blind. Sapozhnikov check-called Eisen's bet of 25,000 on the 9♣8♥7♦ flop, but led out for 50,000 when the K♥ arrived on the turn.
Eisen called to the 2♣ river, where Sapozhnikov reverted to a check. Eisen then moved all in for 228,000. Sapozhnikov confirmed the amount, then called.
Eisen showed J♥10♦ for a flopped straight, enough reason for Sapozhnikov to muck his cards.
Small blind Biao Ding had lost over two-thirds of his former big stack when he three-bet jammed over Selahaddin Bedir's open-raise of 30,000.
Bedir tanked for a bit in middle position, then called off his stack of 134,000.
Selahaddin Bedir: 10♣8♣
Biao Ding: J♠J♦
Ding flopped a set on A♣J♣5♥, but Bedir still had a chance with a flush draw. The 5♦ turn locked up the pot for Ding, though, and Bedir made a swift exit as soon as the Q♥ river hat hit the table.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Shalev Halfa raised to 25,000 under the gun, and Boris Smuskevicius flat-called as next to act. Amir Sonsino then three-bet to 130,000 from the hijack, folding out Halfa.
However, Smuskevicius four-bet all in for 416,000, and Sonsino swiftly called with the covering stack.
Boris Smuskevicius: K♠K♣
Amir Sonsino: A♣K♦
Smuskevicius' trap had worked out, and he was awarded with a double-up when the 9♣2♥J♦8♥7♠ runout remained devoid of aces.