Level: 27
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Jakub Sterba had gone all in for 2,575,000 from the hijack, and Ken Tong looked him up in the cutoff.
Jakub Sterba: K♣Q♣
Ken Tong: 9♥9♦
Sterba shot ahead on the J♠6♦K♥ flop, and the 7♥ turn left Tong with just two outs. However, one of them emerged from the deck on the 9♣ river, sending Sterba to a brutal exit.
Chipleader Alex Anton open-shoved on the button. Yue Zhao called for 1,800,000 in the small blind, and Maksim Shornikau decided to risk his 5,525,000 from the big blind.
Yue Zhao: Q♣2♦
Maksim Shornikau: A♣Q♥
Alex Anton: 10♠8♠
Zhao and Shornikau could not like the K♠6♦9♠ flop, as it gave Anton a plethora of extra outs. The 5♥ turn was not one of them, but the 7♠ river did.
The unstoppable Anton rivered a flush, scoring a double knockout and elevating his stack across the 50-million mark.
Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 950,000 from the hijack, and Alex Anton flat-called in the small blind. Yue Zhao came along from the big blind, and she and Anton both checked the 4♠6♠A♦ flop.
Kuznetsov then continued for 800,000, which Anton raised to 2,100,000. Zhao quickly moved out of the way, but Kuznetsov jammed all in for 9,200,000. Anton snap-called, putting his opponent at risk.
Nikita Kuznetsov: A♠7♠
Alex Anton: 6♥6♣
Anton had flopped a set, but Kuznetsov was still in the hand with a flush draw. However, he K♦ turn brought a red card, and the A♥ river upgraded Anton to a full house.
Anton was awarded the pot, and Kuznetsov exited in 22nd place.
Preflop, Mikita Badziakouski got his stack of 5,300,000 in from early position, and was up against Jingyao Yan in the cutoff.
Mikita Badziakouski: A♥A♣
Jingyao Yan: A♦J♥
Yan flopped a Broadway draw on Q♠10♣4♠, which turned into an open-ender on the 9♣. However, the A♠ river brought the last ace in the deck, making Badziakouski top set to double him up in style.
Jon Vallinas Santos shoved in his last 3,075,000 from early position. Mohamed El-Wely called on the button, while Aleksei Istomin folded 10♠10♥ in the small blind.
Jon Vallinas Santos: J♠9♠
Mohamed El-Wely: 7♦7♣
The 8♠2♠3♥ turn added a flush draw to Vallinas' overcards. The 4♣ turn changed nothing, and the Triton ONE Jeju runner-up exited as 23rd in Cyprus when the river came the 10♦.
Paulius Vaitiekunas was in the cutoff and raised to 800,000. Mohamed El-Wely flat-called from the small blind, and the duo went heads up to the 2♠J♥5♥ flop.
Vaitekunas continued for 725,000, but El-Wely check-raised to 2,700,000. Vaitiekunas tossed in calling chips, and the Q♣ graced the felt on the turn.
Vaitekunas checked, after which El-Wely sized up to 3,225,000. Vaitiekunas called to the 2♦ river, where the players checked it to showdown.
El-Wely could only show king-high with K♥10♦, meaning Vaitiekunas chipped up further with A♥J♣ for second pair.
In a limped pot to the 3♥10♣9♥ flop, small blind Paulius Vaitiekunas bet 400,000, which Yiwen Yuan raised to 1,300,000 from the big blind.
Vaitiekunas called, and he check-called when Yuan continued firing and bet 1,600,000 on the 10♦ turn. After a second check from Vaitiekunas, Yiwen piled in a sizable bet of 4,400,000 on the 9♣ river.
Vaitiekunas gave it a bit of thought, but decided he could not fold and called. He showed A♠A♥, and the best starting hand in the game won him the pot as Yuan had been barreling with J♥3♣.
On a 3♦A♦Q♠10♥ turn with 6,900,000 in the pot, Mehmet Samsa was all in for 9,200,000 under the gun, and button player Alex Anton had him at risk.
Mehmet Samsa: A♣J♣
Alex Anton: A♠Q♦
Samsa had one last chance to hit a gutshot, but no king arrived on the 5♣ river. Samsa exited the stage, becoming the first elimination of Day 3.