Bernd Gleissner made it 125,000 from under the gun. Bogdan Munteanu three-bet it to 315,000 from the cutoff. Gleissner made it 710,000 when it was back on him. Munteanu then four-bet shoved and Gleissner called.
Bernd Gleissner: A♣A♥ 
Bogdan Munteanu: K♥K♠
The flop came 6♠7♦4♥, the turn was the 5♥ and the river the Q♥ to keep it safe for the aces and give Gleissner the double.
Matthew McEwan opened under the gun to 100,000 and Lucas Blanco three-bet to 250,000 from the cutoff. Yang Zhang was in he big blind and four-bet to 600,000, which got McEwan to fold. Blanco then shoved for 1,060,000 total, and Zhang called.
Lucas Blanco: A♦A♣
Yang Zhang: A♥K♠
A great spot for Blanco who took full advantage as the runout of 5♣8♥8♦J♦3♣ earned him a double-up.
When it folded to Turbo Nguyen in the hijack, he raised to 100,000. It folded to the big blind Mostafa Haidary who made the call.
The flop came 5♠3♥Q♣ and Haidary checked to Nguyen who bet out 100,000. Haidary then raised to 250,000 which Nguyen quickly called.
The turn brought the J♣ and Haidary checked to Nguyen who quickly bet out 500,000. Haidary wasted no time and threw his hand in the muck.
Matthew McEwan opened to 100,000 from the hijack and Iaron Lightbourne called out of the big blind.
On the 6♠5♣A♥ flop, Lightbourne check-called a bet of 80,000 from McEwan.
Both checked the Q♣ turn to the 6♣ river. Lightbourne led out for 80,000, and McEwan folded.
Action folded to the cutoff Xuming Qi, who raised to 100,000, before being three-bet by Mostafa Haidary to 275,000. Qi made the call to see a flop.
The flop came out 5♣Q♠5♦ and Qi check-called the bet of 125,000 from Haidary.
After the turn was the 10♥ Qi checked to Haidary, who bet out 260,000. After about a minute in the tank, Qi folded his hand and gave the pot to Haidary.
Jake Schwartz min-raised to 100,000 under the gun and Yang Zhang called from the hijack, Matthew McEwan also called from the hijack.
On the 8♣J♣4♦ flop, Schwartz continued for 130,000, and only Zhang called.
Another bet of 375,000 was made by Schwartz on the 7♠ turn, and again Zhang called.
An A♣ completed the board and Schwartz fired a third bullet of 420,000, which Zhang called quickly.
Before Schwartz could show, Zhang had tabled A♠J♠ for two pair, and Schwartz mucked.
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| ROOM / TABLE / SEAT | PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | CITY / STATE / COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe / 626 / 1 | Nenad Dukic | 3,450,000 | 69 | Kragutevae, RS |
| Horseshoe / 626 / 2 | Turbo Nguyen | 2,250,000 | 45 | Tustin, CA, US |
| Horseshoe / 626 / 3 | Richard Dixon | 1,600,000 | 32 | Cheyenne, WY, US |
| Horseshoe / 626 / 4 | Brandon Schwartz | 4,300,000 | 86 | North Bay Village, FL, US |
| Horseshoe / 626/ 5 | Xuming Qi | 1,150,000 | 23 | CN |
| Horseshoe / 626/ 6 | Mostafa Haidary | 1,000,000 | 20 | Guildford, , AU |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 1 | Bogdan Munteanu | 3,300,000 | 66 | RO |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 2 | Sonny Franco | 1,270,000 | 25 | Montagnac, , FR |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 3 | Max Kruse | 2,600,000 | 52 | Hamburg, , DE |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 4 | Pedro Madeira | 725,000 | 15 | Belo Horizonte, , BR |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 5 | Bernd Gleissner | 1,730,000 | 35 | Represa, , DE |
| Horseshoe / 634 / 6 | Ihar Soika | 3,460,000 | 69 | Minsk, , BY |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 1 | Matthew McEwan | 3,200,000 | 64 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 2 | Krasimir Yankov | 1,700,000 | 34 | Blagoevgrad, , BG |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 3 | Lucas Blanco | 1,650,000 | 33 | GB |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 4 | Iaron Lightbourne | 1,500,000 | 30 | LONDON, GB |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 5 | Jake Schwartz | 2,700,000 | 54 | New York, NY, US |
| Horseshoe / 642 / 6 | Yang Zhang | 4,700,000 | 94 | DALIAN, CN |
There will now be a short pause in play while the final 18 players undertake a seat redraw.
Yang Zhang shoved all in from the small blind, and Georgios Sotiropoulos called off his stack of 330,000 from the big blind.
Georgios Sotiropoulos: Q♦7♠
Yang Zhang: Q♣2♣
Zhang improved to a flush draw on the 3♠A♣K♣ flop and paired his deuce on the 2♦ turn. Sotiropoulos needed to find an offsuit seven on the river but the 8♥ wasn't what he was looking for.
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