Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Vladimir Minko opened to 60,000 from the hijack and Todd Belsick shoved from the button for 320,000. Viktor Blom was in the small blind and committed his stack of around 350,000, and Minko gladly took the opportunity to eliminate two opponents.
Todd Belsick: Q♠J♥
Viktor Blom: 6♥6♦
Vladimir Minko: A♣10♠
Belsick managed to hit a flush on the 7♠4♠K♠9♠10♥ runout which meant he tripled up and Minko won the side pot against Blom to claim another bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,000,000
450,000
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450,000 |
|
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1,000,000
676,000
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676,000 |
|
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Busted |
Action was caught on the flop of 4♠5♠3♣, with Matthew Beinner all in and at risk against Edward Jordan.
Matthew Beinner: 10♥10♦
Edward Jordan: 4♦5♦
The turn landed the J♣ and the river brought the 7♦, and Jordan's two pair, four and fives took down the sizable pot. Beinner's impressive tournament run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
1,150,000
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1,150,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Heads-up on a flop of 5♠5♦8♠ with 280,000 in the pot, Julien Sitbon in the cutoff bet 100,000 and Eracles Panayiotou under the gun check-called.
Both players checked the 6♣ turn to find the 4♥ river where Panayiotou led out for 100,000.
Sitbon went into the tank and eventually made the call. "Two pair," Panayiotou said, prompting Sitbon to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
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725,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
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On a board of 2♥3♣3♥K♣4♣ with around 700,000 chips in the pot, Adrian Mateos bet 240,000 on the river into Shaun Deeb. After some thinking, Deeb dropped in the call.
Mateos tabled 6♦6♣ for a pair of sixes, and Deeb mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
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|
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1,500,000 | |
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Shaun Deeb raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Eshaan Bhalla three-bet all in for 380,000, putting himself at risk. Deeb made the call.
Eshaan Bhalla: K♣K♦
Shaun Deeb: A♥9♥
The board ran out 5♠5♣6♥J♣J♥, earning Bhalla the pot, and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
1,160,000
|
1,160,000 |
|
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|
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805,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Vladimir Minko min-raised to 60,000 under the gun and Taylor Paur shoved from button for 320,000. Once the blinds folded, Minko made the call which put Paur at risk.
Taylor Paur: A♠Q♠
Vladimir Minko: 10♣5♣
Minko had the stack to be going after bounties but failed to claim Paur's as the 6♥8♠9♣K♥9♦ runout kept his ten-high behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
2,550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
750,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
720,000
582,000
|
582,000 |
|
|
||
|
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540,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
385,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
John Ripnick in the small blind found himself at risk for approximately 660,000 against Andrei Konopelko in early position.
John Ripnick: A♦J♣
Andrei Konopelko: A♥J♥
Both players were supposed to split as they had the same hand. But Konopelko immediately flopped a flush on 5♥6♥3♥2♠9♥ to send Ripnick to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
3,100,000
225,000
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225,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Roberto Romanello, who was under the gun and Nick Schwarmann, who was in the cutoff.
With about 350,000 in the pot and the board reading Q♦4♣A♥Q♣, Romanello checked and Schwarmann put out a bet of 125,000.
Romanello thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,325,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
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Zhiyuan Xu shoved all in for 150,000 from early position and Vladimir Minko shoved for over 2,000,000 from the cutoff.
Zhiyuan Xu: A♣6♥
Vladimir Minko: Q♥8♣
The dealer put out a flop of 5♣6♠4♦ which gave Xu a pair, and improved Minko to a straight draw.
"It always comes," said Minko to Xu.
It didn't come on the K♥ turn but the 8♥ river gave Minko the best hand, which eliminated Xu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,500,000
180,000
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180,000 |
|
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Busted |