Outer Table Hand #29: Antoine Labat opened to 550,000 in early position and Martijn Gerrits three-bet to 1,700,000 from the hijack. Alex Lynskey put in a four-bet to 4,100,000 from the cutoff and Eric Froehlich five-bet shipped for around 16,300,000 from the small blind. Labat and Gerrits both quickly folded and Lynskey made the call.
Eric Froehlich:
Alex Lynskey:
Lynskey was in a great position to eliminate Froehlich and win a monster pot. The flop came and Lynskey was still well in the lead. The on the turn meant Froehlich would need to hit one of two remaining queens in the deck. The river brought the and Froehlich headed to the payout desk in 23rd place.
Hand #19: John Cynn raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Kosntantin Beylin called in the big blind.
The flop was checked around as the landed on the turn. Beylin checked, Cynn bet 500,000, and Beylin called.
The river fell the and both players checked. Beylin tabled his for a full house, and Cynn mucked.
Hand #20: John Cynn raised to 500,000 from the hijack, and Paulo Goncalves called in the big blind.
The flop landed and Goncalves checked to Cynn who bet 650,000. Goncalves folded, and Cynn collected the pot.
Hand #21: Ivan Luca opened to 520,000 from under the gun and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Michael Dyer opened to 480,000 from the hijack and Ivan Luca called in the big blind.
The flop landed and Dyer continued for 425,000. Luca check-raised to 1,040,000 and Dyer quickly called as the landed on the turn.
Luca checked, Dyer bet 1,950,000, and Luca folded.
Hand #23: Paulo Goncalves opened to 500,000 in the cutoff and Hari Bercovici called on the button, as did John Cynn in the big blind.
The flop landed and Cynn checked to Goncalves who bet 480,000. Bercovici raised to 1,380,000 and Cynn folded. Goncalves folded, and Bercovici collected the pot.
Hand #25: Tony Miles opened to 550,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Haro called from the small blind along with Martijn Gerrits in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to Miles who bet 1,100,000 which was good enough to take down the pot.
Hand #26: Ming Xi ripped all in for 9,020,000 in middle position and everyone folded.
Hand #27: Gerrits raised to 600,000 on the button and Alex Lynskey called from the small blind. Yueqi Zhu three-bet to 2,000,000 in the big blind and both Gerrits and Lynskey folded.
Hand #28: Haro opened to 550,000 from the hijack and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Ryan Phan opened with a raise to 525,000 from middle position. Action folded around and Phan took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Under the gun, Sylvain Loosli opened with a raise to 550,000. Joe Cada was in the small blind and he three-bet making it 1,800,000. Nicolas Manion folded the big blind and Loosli folded as well allowing Cada to take down the pot.
Hand #23: Manion limped in from the small blind and Loosli checked in the big blind.
The flop was and Manion led out for 325,000. Loosli quickly folded and Manion took down the pot.
Hand #24: Aram Zobian raised from the hijack to 560,000. Ryan Phan defended in the big blind.
The flop was and Phan checked. Zobian put out a bet of 425,000 and Phan promptly folded.
Hand #25: Artem Metalidi opened with a raise to 500,000 in early position and Nicholas Manion called in the cutoff. Ryan Phan called from the small blind and Nirath Rean called in the big blind.
The flop was and Phan checked as well as Rean, Metalidi, and Manion.
On the turn Phan led out for 1,200,000. Rean called while Metalidi folded. Manion then clicked it, raising to 3,200,000. Phan folded after some thought and Rean tanked for several minutes before folding as well. So Manion took down the pot.
Secondary Table Hand #18: Hari Bercovici raised to 500,000 from middle position, John Cynn called from the cutoff, and Bart Lybaert three-bet shoved from the small blind for 6,050,000. Bercovici folded quickly, while Cynn mulled it over for a while before he called.
Lybaert tabled , but Cynn was in the lead with .
The flop came down , giving Cynn a set of sevens and leaving Lybaert needing running straight cards. The turn was a good start for Lybaert, but the river ended his Main Event in 24th place.
Hand #16: Ivan Luca raised to 520,000 from the button and Kae Saechao called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Saechao check-called 250,000 from Luca. Both checked the turn, the river completed the board and Saechao bet 450,000. Luca tanked for a bit before he folded.
Hand #17: Michael Dyer opened to 480,000 from under the gun and Bart Lybaert called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Lybaert checked to Dyer who continued for 425,000. Lybaert called, the turn fell and Lybaert checked. Dyer bet 820,000 and Lybaert folded.
Hand #19: Alexander Haro opened for 550,000 in middle position and folded to a three-bet to 1.7 million from Martijn Gerrits on his left.
Hand #20: Haro opened in middle position and won the pot.
Hand #21: Gerrits raised to 600,000 in the hijack and got calls from Alex Lynskey in the cutoff and Ming Xi in the big blind. On the flop, Gerrits continued for 1.1 million and only Xi called. Xi check-folded to 2.1 million on the turn.
Hand #22: Lynskey raised to 500,000 in the hijack and Tony Miles defended big blind. Miles check-called 500,000 on and check-folded to a bet on the turn.
Hand #23: Eric Froehlich raised in the cutoff to 550,000 and won the pot.
Hand #24: Yueqi Zhu made it 550,000 in middle position and both blinds called. The flop came and both Antoine Labat and Haro check-folded without much delay.
Hand #16: Artem Metalidi made it 500,000 to go from early position and Sylvain Loosli moved all in for 4,475,000 out of the small blind, Metalidi folded.
Hand #17: Ryan Phan limped in from the small blind and Nirath Rean checked in the big blind to see a flop of . Phan bet 250,000 and Rean raised it up to 625,000, Phan gave it some thought and he let go.
Hand #18: Joe Cada raised it up to 525,000, and that ended up winning the blinds and antes uncontested.
Hand #19: Cada raised it up to 525,000 for the second hand in a row and Nirath Rean three-bet to 1,570,000 on the button, Cada folded.
Hand #20: Aram Zobian received a walk in the big blind.
Outer Table Hand #18: Ming Xi raised to 780,000 in middle position and Alexander Haro called in the cutoff. Barry Hutter was in the small blind and moved all in for 2,540,000. Xi instantly re-shipped all in for around 7,500,000 and Haro thought for a minute before laying his hand down.
Ming Xi:
Barry Hutter:
It was a coin flip with Hutter at risk for his Main Event life. The flop came and Xi picked up a flush draw to go with his two overcards. The turn brought the and Xi paired his ace to take the lead. The on the river completed the board and Hutter was sent to the rail in 25th place.