Amirpasha Emami opened to 35,000 in early position, and Manuel Carvalho called in the small blind. Espen Jorstad defended his big blind, and the 3♠4♦J♣ flop was fanned out.
Carvalho and Jorstad checked to Emami, who continued for 30,000. Carvalho took some time before sliding out a raise to 110,000, and Jorstad quickly folded.
Emami pondered his decision for a bit, opting to let his hand go as Carvalho raked in the chips.
In a heads-up pot on a board of 9♣10♣K♦6♣7♥, Fabian Gumz bet 210,000 with just 25,000 behind and Francis Kelly called.
Gumz could only show Q♠7♣ for a pair of sevens as Kelly rolled over K♣10♥ to win the pot with two pair.
Brunno Botteon opened to 32,000 from the hijack before Noah Schwartz made it 111,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Botteon, who shoved for 504,000. After using a time bank, Schwartz put in calling chips as the slightly bigger stack.
Bruno Botteon: K♣K♦
Noah Schwartz: A♣Q♦
Schwartz immediately took the lead, making two pair on the A♦Q♣3♥ flop, and held to scoop the pot after the 7♦ turn and 4♦ river.
“Wow, you play so well,” Nacho Barbero chimed in from the table. Schwartz replied that playing well had long since gone out the window, noting he was already into the tournament for “ten bullets.”
Joey Weissman opened to 35,000 from the hijack and called when Bernardo Neves shoved for 144,000 from the button.
Bernardo Neves: A♦10♦
Joey Weissman: A♠8♠
The better ace remained best, and Neves dragged in the double-up after the A♥J♦3♣5♣J♥ runout.
Nick Petrangelo completed in the small blind and called a raise from Nate Silver in the big blind.
Petrangelo checked on the flop of 2♦A♦2♥ and Silver continued for 25,000. Petrangelo called. Petrangelo checked again on the 7♥ turn and Silver sized up to 100,000. Petrangelo laid it down.
Ravid Garbi, in middle position, and Jeremy Menard, in the big blind, exchanged raises preflop that saw the latter all-in for their last 515,000.
jeremy Menard: A♠K♠
Ravid Garbi: J♥J♠
Garbi's jacks were best after the 6♥4♦2♣ flop and 8♥ turn, but the A♦ river gave Menard the better pair for the double.
On the other side of the room, a pot of 800,000 was being contested between Pavel Krylov and Sirzat Hissou. On the J♦4♥5♠4♦K♥ board, Krylov checked from the big blind. Hissou, who more than 1,000,000, eyed up the 450,000 Krylov had behiond and put him to the test for his tournament life.
Krylov went into the tank, eventually putting in calling chips. Hissou had air with A♥6♣, and Krylov's Q♥J♥ was good for the 1,700,000 pot.
Level: 8
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Daniel Negreanu has played almost every hand so far — "Let's just agree to give him all the chips!" joked Nitis Udornpim — including when Jareth East raised to 25,000 on the button and Negreanu three-bet to 75,000 in the big blind.
"You're going to fold, so just fold!" Negreanu said as he smacked the table. East did fold and both players showed an ace.
The next hand, Seth Davies opened on the button and Negreanu and Weiran Pu called in the blinds.
Action checked to Davies on the flop of 10♣6♥8♣ and he continued for 35,000. Negreanu check-raised to 105,000 and only Davies called. Both players then checked on the A♠ turn and 6♠ river before Davies turned over K♠10♥ for a pair of tens.
"You were behind!" Negreanu said as he showed Q♣9♣ for a busted combo draw. He proceeded to pull up out his phone to look up his equity on the flop, joking that he was "going to use RTA at the table."
Aram Oganyan opened to 24,000 in early position, and Michail Manolakis made the call in the cutoff. Juan Pardo then moved all in for 325,000 from the big blind.
Oganyan took some time before shoving his stack, and Manolakis thought it over before getting out of the way.
Juan Pardo: A♣J♠
Aram Oganyan: K♣K♥
Pardo found no help on the 5♣10♦4♠7♣2♥ runout, wishing the table good luck as he quickly reentered and headed to his next table.
Aaron Mermelstein opened to 28,000 from early position before Yuri Dzivielevski jammed for 103,000 from middle position. Paul Esau called from the hijack, and Mermelstein also stuck around.
Mermelstein check-called for 60,000 on the 10♥8♥5♥ flop, but folded to a bet of 150,000 on the Q♣ turn. The cards then went on their backs.
Yuri Dzivielevski: A♦K♠
Paul Esau: J♦J♣
Esau was ahead with jacks, but Dzivielevski sealed the checkmark with the K♦ river giving him a better pair.
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