Action was on the flop of Q♠6♠2♣. Kyle Gross bet 27,000 from the big blind. Akinobu Maeda was in early position and jammed all in.
Gross folded swiftly and Maeda gathered the pot as his stack has almost doubled since the day began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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173,000
77,500
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77,500 |
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131,000
56,500
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56,500 |
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An all in and call were made from Martin Zamani and Agustin Naranja. Both players revealed their hands.
Martin Zamani: A♦K♣ 
Agustin Naranja: K♠Q♠
The board ran out Q♦J♠5♥9♠5♣ for Naranja to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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128,000
39,500
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39,500 |
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Busted | |
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Seth Katich was sitting in late position facing an all in bet from the player under the gun of 15,000 and made the call.
Under the gun: K♥J♥
Seth Katich: A♣10♥
The dealer gave the flop of 7♠2♥K♣ and the player under the gun almost sat back down until the turn brought the A♥ and the river was the 2♠ giving Katich the win with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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327,000
135,500
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135,500 |
Roman Korenev was in a middle position and raised to 6,000 and Richard Dixon called from the button.
The players saw a 4♠10♣2♦ flop and Korenev checked to Dixon who raised to 4,000. Korenev made the call.
The turn came the 7♦ and the action checked to Dixon who bet 12,000 and Korenev made another call.
The 2♠ river saw Korenev fold after Dixon bet 18,000, leaving Dixon to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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156,000
75,500
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75,500 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | |
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Action was picked up on the river with the board reading 4♠2♠2♥8♣10♠. From the big blind, Jonathan Wang moved all in for 26,500 with a pot of 45,000 in the middle.
Dorian Melchers had to think it over for a while before he called.
Wang tabled the A♥A♣, which was the winner as Melchers mucked and Wang gathered in the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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98,000
51,500
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51,500 |
Amin Hosein raised to 6,000 from under the gun and four players made the call.
The flop came 7♠3♦4♣ and the small blind was quick to check. The big blind moved all in for 31,000 and was called by Hosein. Juan Mareiras in late position called for his remaining 6,000 and all three players revealed their hands.
Juan Mareiras: 10♣9♠
Big Blind: 7♥6♠
Amin Hosein: 8♣7♣
The board ran out K♠10♥ for Hosein to take the side and Mareiras the main, tripling up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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94,000
51,500
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51,500 |
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67,500
67,500
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67,500 |
Yuhang Chen raised from a middle position to 6,000 and got a call from Connor Drinan on the button, Richard Dixon in the small blind and the big blind.
Four players saw the 8♣9♦Q♣ flop and action checked to Drinan who raised to 6,000, getting a call from Dixon and Chen, losing the big blind.
The 6♠ was turned and all players checked to the Q♠ river with the action checking to showdown.
Dixon showed A♦J♥ and Drinan flipped over Q♦K♠ for trip queens. Yuhang Chen threw his hand into the muck and Drinan scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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230,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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158,000
22,500
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22,500 |
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120,000
8,000
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8,000 |
Johnny Steven raised on the button to 5,500 and the player in the big blind called. The flop came out with A♥4♦8♣ and both players checked.
On the turn 7♣ the big blind checked and Steven bet 4,500 and received a call.
The river K♠ brought another bet from Steven of 5,750 and the big blind check called and mucked when Steven flipped over K♦3♠ for the pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
107,500
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107,500 |
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