Joining the action on the K♣9♥4♣8♣ turn, chip leader Eelis Pärssinen bet 90,000 and David Eldridge called in the cutoff. They checked the 5♥ on the river and Pärssinen flashed his A♣K♠ first without revealing the other two cards.
Eldridge had that beat with the J♥J♣9♣2♥ for a flush and Pärssinen mucked.
Michael Moncek opened to 70,000 from under the gun and action folded to John Racener in the small blind, who raised pot to 230,000. Moncek called.
Racener bet his last 35,000 on the K♥5♦4♠ flop and Moncek quickly called to put Racener at risk.
John Racener: A♣A♥K♦9♣
Michael Moncek: 9♦6♣5♠2♣
The 3♣9♥ runout left Moncek with a straight to crack Racener's aces for the elimination.
With almost 200,000 chips in the pot on a board of Q♠7♣K♥, Joni Jouhkimainen checked it over to Yang Wang, who bet 78,000. Jouhkimainen called.
A 6♥ fell on the turn which Jouhkimainen checked again, and Wang kept on firing with a bet of 350,000. Jouhkimainen called again.
The Q♥ completed the board and Jouhkimainen checked for a third time, then was faced with a shove from Wang for 600,000. It didn't take too long for Jouhkimainen to come to a decision and he did so by releasing his cards back to the dealer.
Tomer Daniel opened to 65,000 and Philip Marsico called in the small blind. They checked the Q♣7♠5♥ flop and Marsico check-called for 75,000 on the 4♥ turn. Marsico checked again the A♣ river and then folded when Daniel bet 200,000.
Tom Dwan opened to 55,000 from the cutoff and found one caller in Alex Livingston from the big blind.
Both players checked on the J♣J♠A♣ flop and J♦ turn.
Livingston checked a final time on the 4♥ river and Dwan bet 85,000. Livingston folded after a bit of thought and Dwan added to his stack.
Joao Vieira raised to 45,000 and earned two callers in Viktor Blom as well as Caleb Furth in the blinds. They checked all the way to the A♥Q♠3♠8♣6♠ river on which it checked to Vieira, on which he bet 85,000. Only Blom called and mucked upon getting shown K♦K♠5♦5♠.
Christian Harder raised under the gun to 50,000 and got a call from Matthew Kolibas from the hijack.
Neither player decided to bet on any of the streets as they checked it down to showdown on the 10♦Q♦4♥J♥9♦ runout.
Harder showed K♣K♠J♦Xx and took it down with a straight.
Michael Duek raised to 70,000 from middle position and was called by Juha Helppi in the big blind.
Both players checked on the 5♦6♣10♥ flop and then Helppi led out for 120,000 on the 9♥ turn. Duek called.
The 2♦ filled the river and Helppi put 125,000 into the middle. Duek burned up a time extension before folding and Helppi dragged the pot.
On a board of 3♦7♥A♠, Eelis Parssinen had fired a bet into the pot, and David Aldridge was the only player to call.
Both checked the 10♠ turn to see the A♥ fall on the river. Parssinen bet 350,000, and Aldridge called.
Parssinen showed A♦J♠6♣3♠ for a full house, and Aldridge flashed an ace before mucking his cards.
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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