Hands #19-25: Ivers Still in the Lead
Hand #19: David Guay raised to 1,200,000 from the early position and Ido Ashkenazi called on the button. They both checked through the 
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Guay check-called the 1,550,000 bet of Ashkenazi. They then both checked when the 
completed the board on the river for Guay to pick up the pot with 
for the queen-high flush.
Hand #20: Joseph Cheong completed his small blind and Zinan Xu opted to check. The flop came 
, Cheong bet 600,000 which Xu called to see the 
on the turn. They both checked through to the 
river, on which they both checked again. Cheong scooped the pot with 
.
Hand #21: Ivan Deyra shoved from the early position for 5,900,000 and got no action. The French rail went crazy and cheered loudly.
Hand #22: Ashkenazi raised to 1,350,000 from mid-position and Xu three-bet to 4,000,000 on the button. Action folded back to Ashkenazi who folded.
Hand #23: Andrea Buonocore raised to 1,300,000 from mid-position and that was enough to pick up the blinds and ante.
Hand #24: Xu raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack and no one called.
Hand #25: Cheong raised to 1,300,000 from the early position and Ashkenazi called from the big blind. The flop came , Ashkenazi check-called the 1,000,000 continuation-bet of Cheong. They then both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Ashkenazi to win the hand with 
for the turned pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000,000 | -2,500,000 |
|
56,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
|
52,800,000 | 7,800,000 |
|
19,500,000 | -6,300,000 |
|
17,800,000 | 400,000 |
|
15,000,000 | -8,000,000 |
|
8,675,000 | 275,000 |
|
4,200,000 | -3,100,000 |