A completed board of 
was spread across the felt with Nicholas Marchington and David Guay heads-up in the pot. Marchington led out for 525,000 into a pot of around 800,000.
Guay slid out a raise to 1,880,000 and Marchington went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call. Guay turned over 
for a full house and Marchington mucked his cards.
Antonio Esfandiari raised from early position, Daniel Kirsch three-bet shoved from the small blind for his remaining 400,000-ish and Esfandiari called with 
, leading Kirsch's 
.
The board ran out clean for Esfandiari, ending Kirsch's run in 100th place.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Tobias Duthweiler opened for 160,000 from the hijack and Pavlin Karakikov just called from the big blind to see a 
flop.
Karakikov checked, Duthweiler bet 140,000, and Karakikov check-raised all in for 960,000. Duthweiler wasted little time in making the call and the hands were turned up.
Karakikov: 
Duthweiler: 
Karakikov had flopped top set but Duthweiler had a pair with a straight draw. The 
turn gave Duthweiler an added flush draw but he missed when the 
bricked the river.
On a completed board of 
, small blind Timothy Su checked and Alex Livingston bet 425,000 into about 900,000. Su came out with a check-raise to 1.55 million and Livingston thought about a minute then slid in a call.
Su showed 
for trips and took it down.
Johnathan Dempsey raised to 160,000 on the button and Carl Shaw three-bet to 700,000. Dempsey was in the think tank and moved all in, Shaw called it off for his last 1,600,000.
Carl Shaw: 
Johnathan Dempsey: 
The board came 
and Shaw was sent to the rail in 101st place.
Yuri Dzivielevski defended out of the blinds and check-called a bet of 205,000 by Kevin Rand on the flop. They checked the 
turn and Dzivielevski bet the river for 875,000. Rand raised to 2,100,000 and Dzivielevski called.
Rand announced an eight and tabled the 
, while Dzivielevski had a straight with the 
.
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Action folded to Australian Daniel Hachem in the small blind, and he limped in.
Robert Heidorn elected to raise from the big blind to 300,000.
Hachem thought for a few moments, then splashed out a three-bet to 1,200,000.
"1.2?" asked Heidorn before he took about 30 seconds before folding.
The flop read 
, Henry Lu checked his big blind and Michael Kapernaros bet 230,000 from the cutoff. Gabe Patgorski folded his button and Lu made the call.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Lu bet 300,000 and Kapernaros called after contemplating for a while but mucked when Lu tabled 
for trip aces.
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