Action was picked up with 2,000 chips in the middle on a 10♥4♦5♦ flop.
Elias Kolsun fired out 800 from under the gun and the big blind called.
The big blind led for 1,500 on the 4♠ turn and Kolsun made the call.
The big blind continued for 1,800 on the 10♣ river before Kolsun raise to 5,000. His opponent frustratingly folded.
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Yi Klassen opened the action to 600 from under the gun. The hijack player on her left three-bet to 2,200 before she four-bet to 8,000. Her opponent called.
The dealer put out A♥8♣9♠ and Klassen continued for 5,100. The hijack peeled in position.
Klassen checked the 2♦ turn over to the hijack who fired 10,000. She made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ river and Klassen tabled A♦K♠ for the winner and a nice pot early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yuhang Chen raised to 600 from early position, Andrew Moreno then three-bet to 1,800, and Chen made the call.
The flop came Q♦J♥9♦, Chen checked, Moreno bet 1,400 and Chen called.
Action checked through on the 5♠ turn card.
The river was the 6♣, Chen bet 2,100 and Moreno quickly called. Chen tabled A♠J♣ which was good enough to win the hand.
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There was a raiser from under the gun before Richard Green three-bet to 2,100 on the button. Matthias Lipp four-bet to 5,800 from the big blind and Green called.
Lipp continued for 4,000 on 6♠6♣9♦ and Green made the call in position.
The turn 8♠ hit the felt and Lipp sized-up to 9,000. Green called once more.
The river Q♥ peeled off and Lipp moved all in for 42,000. After a short tank, Green called. Lipp tabled A♥5♥ for the bluff and Green scooped the pot with 9♣5♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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103,600
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10,200 |
Action picked up on the river with a large pot brewing in a hand between Pierre Calamusa and Yi Klassen.
With about 30,000 in the pot and the board reading 7♣2♦9♠3♠2♣, Klassen moved all in for 72,000, putting Calamusa to the test for all of his chips, who had 56,600 behind.
Calamusa went deep into the tank, clearly faced with a difficult decision.
"You show me?" Calamusa asked, as he contemplated what to do. Klassen nodded her head yes.
Eventually the clock was called and the tournament director came over to begin the countdown. With just a couple seconds left, Calamusa made the call and tabled K♣K♠ for two pair, kings and deuces.
Yi showed A♣Q♦, and the sizable pot was pushed Calamusa's way.
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143,200
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Cliff Josephy raised to 600 from under the gun, a player in the cutoff then three-bet to 1,800 and Josephy made the call.
Action checked through on a 7♣J♣5♥ flop.
The turn was the 10♠, Josephy bet 3,800 and the player in the cutoff called.
Both players checked on a 6♦ river. Josephy tabled Q♦Q♠ which was good for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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71,000
11,000
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