Arriving at the table the board showed 9♦5♠3♥Q♥ in a pot between Aleksejs Ponakovs and Jeremy Ausmus. Ponakovs checked from under the gun and Ausmus bet 37,000 from the hijack. Ponakovs made the call.
The river came the 2♣ and the action went check-check. Ponakovs turned over 6♥5♥ for a pair of fives. Ausmus mucked and Ponakovs pulled in the pot.
In the last hand of the previous level, Dylan Linde opened to 2,500 from the cutoff. Roman Hrabec and Brandon Wilson called from the button and big blind.
Action checked to Hrabec on the K♠Q♠7♥ flop and he bet 2,500. Wilson was the only caller. The Q♥ turn then checked through to the 7♦ river. Wilson checked once more after using his shot clock. Hrabec also used his 30-second allowance before making it 14,000. Wilson made a one-chip call after some thought and mucked after Hrabec tabled 7♣4♣, which was good for a full house.
As the hand played out, there was some action on a nearby table.
Jun Obara opened 3,500 before Espen Jorstad three-bet to 13,500. Obara responded by making it to 33,500 and snap-folded when Jorstad ripped in his starting stack.
Action was picked up in a four-way pot with Galen Hall in the big blind and Chance Kornuth on the button.
The flop read Q♥8♥5♥ and all players checked to the 6♠ turn where action checked around to Kornuth who bet 5,500. The small blind folded and Hall raised to 21,000 which only Chance called.
On the river 10♠, Hall bet 40,000, prompting Kornuth to use a time extension. Kornuth counted out the call, looked over to Hall and then tossed it into the center.
Hall tabled A♥5♦ for just a pair of fives and a flush blocker, which was no good against Kornuth's K♥Q♣ for top pair.
Thomas Boivin opened to 2,500 from the cutoff before getting three-bet by Christian Roberts on the button to 8,500. After the blinds folded Bolvin made the call to see a flop.
Bolvin checked the J♠6♣6♠ flop and Roberts put out a bet of 7,000. Bolvin put in the call.
The J♥ turn and 7♥ river got checked through and the cards were revealed. Bolvin showed A♥Q♥ and Roberts flipped up A♠3♠ to chop the pot
Galen Hall raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 15,500 out of the big blind. Hall made the call and they headed to the flop.
Kornuth bet 8,000 on the 6♥3♣6♠ flop and Hall called.
The 4♣ turn saw Kornuth slow down and check. Hall fired a bet of his own for 15,000. Kornuth folded and Hall dragged in the pot.
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The biggest pot so far took place in the back of Paris Purple and saw Adrian Mateos heading to the reentry counter.
As recounted by the table, Roberto Perez opened before Mateos three-bet behind him. Perez responded by four-betting to 23,000 and Mateos called.
Perez bet 7,500 on the 6♥8♣A♥ flop and Mateos called. Perez then checked on the 5♣ turn and Mateos bet 20,000. Perez check-raised all in for 128,000 and Mateos called with less.
Adrian Mateos: A♠K♠
Roberto Perez: A♦A♣
Mateos had run into top set and was drawing dead headed to the 2♦ river to mark one of the first eliminations of the day.
The hijack attempted to raise it, but it was ruled as limp. Mike Shi, in the cutoff, and the small blind also limped. Yulian Bogdanov then made it 20,000. Action folded back to Shi who clicked it to 40,000, folding out the small blind. Bogdanov reraised to 70,000 and Shi stuck around.
Bogdanov continued for 12,000 on the K♣J♠9♦ flop and was called. The 4♣ turn and 7♣ river checked through to showdown. Bogdanov tabled Q♣Q♠, and Shi mucked.
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