Alex Kulev raised to 8,500 on the button and faced immediate resistance as Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 24,000 from the small blind. Kulev responded by putting Ponakovs all-in, and Ponakovs was all too happy to send his 103,000 into the middle.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: Q♠Q♦ 
Alex Kulev: 10♥10♦
The runout was clean for Ponakovs, as the dealer provided a 3♣4♥7♥J♣9♥ board, seeing his superior pair hold.
Alex Foxen raised to 9,000 from the hijack and faced a three-bet to 50,000 from Jon Vallinas in the big blind. Foxen four-bet all-in for 208,000, and Vallinas called.
Alex Foxen: Q♥Q♠
Jon Vallinas: A♠K♣
It was poker's classic flip, and on this occasion the deck favoured Foxen, as the J♥4♣5♣6♦7♣ kept his pocket pair in the lead.
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Xuan Liu raised to 8,000 from the hijack, which Jules Dickerson and Ye Wang called in the blinds.
The dealer provided a J♦10♣7♠ flop, and the action checked to Liu, who bet 55,000. Dickerson moved all-in, having both opponents covered, which forced Wang out, but Liu called, putting her remaining 10,000 into the middle.
Xuan Liu: A♥A♦
Jules Dickerson: 10♠9♠
The 4♣ turn and 5♥ river brought no change to the standings, seeing Liu's aces standing strong and claiming a double.
Punnat Punsri raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and, next to act, Bryn Kenney three-bet to 17,000. One seat over in the hijack, Phil Ivey four-bet to 50,000. Those bets were enough to see Punsri cede, as he returned his cards to the dealer. Kenney, however, responded with a five-bet shove for 262,000, which Ivey called.
Bryn Kenney: A♠A♥
Phil Ivey: A♣K♣
Ivey found some help on the 2♥K♠4♥ flop, but that was as good as it got, as the 2♦ turn and 3♥ river completed the board, earning Kenney a double-up.
Wayne Heung raised to 6,500 under the gun, and Ming Hong Teoh three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind. Heung then four-bet shoved, covering Teoh's 124,000, and Teoh called.
Ming Hong Teoh: A♥A♣
Wayne Heung: Q♠Q♣
Both players improved to a full house on the 8♣J♦J♥K♠J♠ runout, but crucially, Teoh's pocket aces retained their lead to earn him a full double-up.
Ethan Yau raised to 7,000 on the button and called when Xiang Yongkong three-bet to 19,000 from the small blind.
Yongkong continued for 10,000 on a 10♠3♥4♣ flop, and Yau raised to 30,000, which Yongkong called.
When Yongkong checked on the 7♦ turn, Yau bet 150,000, and Yongkong called off his 133,000 stack, putting himself at risk.
Xiang Yongkong: A♦K♠
Ethan Yau: 4♥3♣
Yongkong was drawing dead, and when the 8♦ completed the board, his chips were pushed over to Yau.
Wiktor Malinowski raised to 6,500 from middle position, and one seat to his left, Alisson Piekazewicz, three-bet to 24,000. The action folded back to Malinowski, who four-bet to 57,000. Undeterred, Piekazewicz five-bet jammed, having Malinowski's stack of 225,000 comfortably covered. Malinowski called, and the cards were tabled.
Wiktor Malinowski: A♦A♣
Alisson Piekazewicz: A♠K♥
Piekazewicz had run straight into pocket aces, and when the 8♥6♥7♣Q♥5♦ runout didn't help him, he paid Malinowski his double up.
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