Action was picked up with the cards on their back with Joseph Carden all in for 1,510,000 and Lander Lijo putting him at risk.
Joseph Carden: A♥Q♠ 
Lander Lijo: A♦J♠
Carden had Lijo dominated and in great shape for a double up. The board ran out 9♦5♣7♣9♠Q♣ to improve Carden to two pair, queens and nines, and scoop the pot.
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break. Play with continue with 35 players with blinds at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante.
On the last hand before the break, Bradley Gafford opened the action from under the gun. Lyudmil Ivanov was in the big blind and defended.
The flop was 3♥2♣4♣. Ivanov check-called Gafford’s 60,000-chip bet.
The turn was the 9♠. Ivanov checked, Gafford bet 200,000. Ivanov again called.
The river was the 10♣. Ivanov checked again and Gafford went all in for 520,000. Ivanov quickly called.
Gafford flipped over 9♣9♦ for a turned set of nines, while Ivanov also had a set, the flopped set of deuces with 2♥2♠, which cost him almost 900,000 chips.
Grant Juric jammed for 665,000 from under the gun and was called by Andjelko Andrejevic in middle position. After the action folded around, it was the two players heads up, with Juric at risk.
Grant Juric: A♣6♣
Andjelko Andrejevic: K♥K♦
Juric would need help to stay in the tournament, and the Q♠10♣2♣ flopped did that by giving him a flush draw to go along with his ace as outs. The Q♥ on the turn removed two of Juric's outs, but the 5♣ was good enough to give him the ace high flush, and the double up.
According to the players, Ben Hoy opened the action with a raise from under the gun. Najeem Ajez called in middle position and Farhad Jamasi also called in the big blind.
The flop was J♣5♥2♦ and, after Jamasi’s check, Hoy continued for 80,000. Ajez called and Jamasi also called.
The turn was the K♠. Jamasi checked again and Hoy bet again, this time 350,000. Ajez called and Jamasi folded.
The 8♦ rolled off on the river. Like every street, Hoy bet again, this time for 400,000. Ajez quickly called.
Hoy turned over AxQx and Ajez took down the pot with K♣10♣. Hoy commented that he thought Ajez had a jack.
When action folded to Clemen Deng in middle position, he raised to 90.000. But after it folded to Joseph Carden on the button, he three-bet to 210,000. After both the blinds folded, Deng chose to make the call.
The flop came A♥4♣8♠ and Deng checked-called the bet of 120,000 from Carden.
Both players checked after the 2♠ came on the turn.
The river was the J♣, and that's when Deng over-bet the pot, for 785,000. After looking puzzled by the bet, Carden eventually folded his hand, giving the pot to Deng.
On the turn, Nikolay Yosifov bet 225,000 from the big blind and Ankit Ahuja called in middle position to go to the river which was completed to read 5♦9♥10♦J♠2♥.
Ahuja moved all in to force Yosifov to make a decision for his tournament life. After several moments, Yosifov folded and Ahuja added the pot to his stack.
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