The remaining players are taking a 15-minute break.
The remaining players are taking a 15-minute break.
Alex Foxen moved all-in for 220,000, and Isaac Haxton called in the big blind.
Alex Foxen : A♥6♥
Isaac Haxton: Q♥8♠
Neither player connected with the K♥J♥4♦3♣2♠ board, and Foxen switched places with Haxton on the leaderboard.
Bernhard Binder limped in from the small blind, and Miroslav Atanasov checked his option in the big blind.
Binder checked to Atanasov on an 8♠5♣9♥ flop, and Atanasov bet 95,000. Binder then check-raised to 320,000, and Atanasov called.
Binder continued for 340,000 on the 5♥ turn, and this time Atanasov raised to 880,000, which Binder called.
The J♠ completed the board, and Binder checked. Atanasov moved all-in for 3,900,000, and Binder called for 2,700,000.
Atanasov tabled K♥7♥, showing a king-high bluff. Binder then revealed he had flopped a straight with his 7♣6♥. That pot catapulted Binder into the tournament chip lead.
Alex Foxen raised to 160,000 from under the gun and called when Chahnhoon Jung moved all-in for 1,200,000 from the cutoff. Foxen had Jung outchipped by just 120,000, making it a crucial pot for both players.
Chahnhoon Jung: A♠Q♥
Alex Foxen: A♥K♦
Foxen looked set to reduce the field by one and double up in the process. However, the Q♦3♠Q♠ flop had other ideas, improving Jung to trips. It was all over on the 2♥ turn, and Foxen paid Jung his double-up after the 10♥ completed the board.
Danilo Velasevic raised to 160,000 from the hijack and called when Raul Lozano moved all-in for 945,000 from the big blind.
Raul Lozano: J♥10♥
Danilo Velasevic: A♦9♣
Lozano found no help from the deck, as the 7♦4♠6♥K♦6♣ board sent him crashing out.
Having just doubled Alex Foxen up, Isaac Haxton was looking to have the favour returned. He moved all-in for 495,000, and Foxen called, looking to finish the job.
Isaac Haxton: K♦8♠
Alex Foxen: 7♠7♦
Parity was restored when the 6♥3♥6♦K♣A♥ board was completed, and Haxton got some of his previously lost chips back.
Jesse Lonis moved all-in for 520,000 on the button and was at risk when the chip leader, Danilo Velasevic, called from the small blind.
Jesse Lonis: 7♠7♦
Danilo Velasevic: Q♥Q♦
The underdog tag didn't stick around for Lonis, as the 2♥A♠7♥ flop saw him leapfrog Velasevic into the lead. There was no reversal in fortunes for Velasevic, who paid Lonis his double-up when the 9♦ and J♠ completed the board.
Alex Foxen moved all-in for 815,000 from under the gun, and Isaac Haxton put him at risk from the button.
Alex Foxen: K♥10♥
Isaac Haxton: Q♥Q♦
The deck came to Foxen's rescue, as the 2♣5♥K♠8♣K♦ runout gave him trips and a double-up. Meanwhile, Haxton was left nursing a short stack.
Level: 20
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Ryuta Nakai raised to 120,000 on the button, and Raul Lozano moved all-in from the small blind, having both the big blind and Nakai covered. The big blind folded, but Nakai called.
Ryuta Nakai: 8♠8♥
Raul Lozano: 5♥5♣
Nakai virtually locked up the double on the J♥9♥8♣ flop and earned the check mark on the K♣ turn. The 7♣ river completed the board, and the pot was pushed to Nakai.