Picking up the action on the turn, Warwick Mirzikinian in the cutoff was involved in a hand with Yuri Dzivielevski in the big blind.
With the board reading A♦10♥6♣7♣ and a sizable pot already in the middle, Dzivielevksi bet enough to force his opponent all in. Mirzikinian did not hesitate to call off his 190,000 stack.
Action was picked up on the K♦Q♦K♠ flop where Masafumi Iijima check-called a bet of 50,000 from the big blind against Philip Sternheimer on the button.
The turn brought the 8♣. Iijima checked, Sternheimer bet 60,000, and Iijima called again.
On the 3♥ river, Iijima thought for a while and decided to lead for 100,000 and Sternheimer snap-called.
Iijima showed A♣K♣9♦8♠ for kings full of eights while Sternheimer showed QxQx for queens full of kings.
Venkata Tayi moved all in for 16,000 from the cutoff before Ray Henson three-bet to 64,000 on the button. Warwick Mirzikinian called in the big blind to put Tayi at risk.
Mirzikinian checked following the 5♦9♦2♥ flop and then called after Henson moved all in for 158,000.
Venkata Tayi: A♦10♦3♦2♠
Ray Henson: Q♦J♠9♠8♠
Warwick Mirzikinian: A♥J♣10♥5♣
The turn and river improved Tayi to a flush to hand him more than a triple up while keeping Henson best for the sidepot.
Joseph Couden opened to 33,000 from middle position and then called with the covering stack after Koray Aldemir moved all in from the cutoff for his last 91,000.
Both Couden and Aldemir took one card after which Couden tabled 10x9x4x3x2x. Aldemir, meanwhile, held 8x7x4x2x and was very much drawing live. The former main event champion did manage to double and survive after peeling the 10♥, though his technique in revealing the last card was criticized by other players at the table.
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