The players are taking their final 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they will play two more levels before bagging up for the day.
The players are taking their final 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they will play two more levels before bagging up for the day.
Eelis Parssinen raised to 11,000 under the gun, and Gha Iakobishvili three-bet to 35,000 from the cutoff. Parssinen then four-bet to 80,000 and called when Iakobishvili moved all-in for 257,000.
Gha Iakobishvili: A♦K♠
Eelis Parssinen: Q♥Q♦
Iakobishvili whiffed the 2♣J♠9♦6♠5♠ board, seeing Parssinen's queens hold and Iakobishvili joined the rail.
Samuel Mullur raised to 10,000 from middle position, and Mikita Badziakouski called in the big blind.
Badziakouski checked to Mullur on an 8♥4♠10♦ flop, who bet 13,000. Badziakouski then check-raised to 40,000, but promptly folded when Mullur three-bet all-in for 240,000.
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 10,000 from under the gun, and Wai Kiat Lee defended his big blind.
Lee check-called when Ponakovs continued for 11,000 on a J♥5♠4♠ flop, and the 8♣ turn was then checked through.
Lee checked a third time on the 9♥ river, but called once more when Ponakovs bet 33,000.
Ponakovs tabled 6♥6♣, which lost out to the higher pair of Lee, who flipped over Q♠8♠.
Michael Watson raised to 10,000 from under the gun, and Dan Dvoress moved all-in for 39,000 from middle position. Jamil Wakil then four-bet all-in for 75,000, and Watson called, putting two at risk.
Dan Dvoress: 7♥7♣
Jamil Wakil: 8♠8♣
Michael Watson: A♥K♠
The preflop standings stayed the same across the Q♦Q♣9♣10♥5♦ flop, giving Wakil a near triple-up. Watson was left with less than ten big blinds, while Wakil was eliminated.
Left with a short stack from a previous collision, Paul Phua moved all-in from the cutoff and was at risk when Danny Tang looked him up in the big blind.
Paul Phua: 10♥10♣
Danny Tang: K♠5♦
It was a promising situation for Phua to start spinning his stack up, but the 9♦5♠Q♥K♦6♠ laid rest to those hopes, instead sending Phua to the rail.
Murly Manokharan raised to 11,000 on the button, and Alex Foxen defended his big blind.
Both players checked on the 3♣4♣9♠ flop, and when Foxen led out for 29,000 on the 7♠ turn, Manokharan called.
Foxen bet again on the 4♥ river, this time for 86,000. Once again, Manokharan called.
Manokharan tabled his J♠9♥, and Foxen mucked his hand.
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Danny Tang raised to 9,000 from under the gun, which Paul Phua and Thomas Boivin called from the button and big blind.
The action checked through on both the 8♠J♠A♦ flop and the 10♥ turn. The previous street's action tempted Boivin to lead out for 29,000 on the 7♦ river. Tang responded with a raise to 148,000. Phua folded, but Boivin called.
Tang tabled K♦Q♣, and Boivin mucked his cards.
Stephen Chidwick limped in from the small blind, and Biao Ding checked in the big blind.
Chidwick led out for 9,000 on the monotone Q♥K♥A♥ flop, and Ding called. Chidwick bet again on the 9♥ turn, this time for 30,000. Once again, Ding called.
The 6♥ river put a flush on board, but didn't slow Chidwick down, as he put Ding all-in for 109,000. Ding called and took down the pot with his 10♥7♥, beating the 10♦5♠ of Chidwick.