Jack McClelland raised from the button to 60,000 and Akinobu Maeda made the call from the big blind. The flop was 10♣K♥J♥ which saw Maeda checking and McClelland bet out 50,000 and was called.
On the turn A♠ McClelland did not slow down and bet out 225,000 and Maeda calculated for a moment and made the fold.
Erik Seidel opened the action with a raise to 65,000 from the hijack. Akinobu Maeda defended his big blind.
Seidel continued small for 50,000 on a rainbow J♥10♠5♣ flop before Maeda check-raised to 150,000. Seidel called.
The turn 9♠ rolled off and Maeda moved all in for 350,000. Seidel released his hand and Maeda took it down.
Action folded around to Paul Dhaliwal in the small blind who moved all in for 425,000. Henrik Juncker was in the big blind, and in the tank. He eventually flicked in a chip for a call, but saw he was dominated.
Paul Dhaliwal: K♦J♥ 
Henrik Juncker: Q♠J♠
The board ran out A♣2♣10♣2♥4♦ and Dhaliwal held on to scoop the pot.
Paraskevas Tsokaridis raised to 70,000 from middle position and was called by Ankit Ahuja in the big blind.
The flop came J♠K♥A♠, Ahuja checked Tsokaridis bet 70,000 and Ahuja called.
The turn was the A♦, Ahuja checked again, this time Tsokaridis bet 150,000 and Ahuja called.
Action checked through on a K♦ river card. Ahuja tabled K♠9♦ which was good enough to win this pot.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Yang Lei opened the action in early position with a raise to 50,000. Will Souther moved all in from the small blind for 150,000 and Lei made the call.
Will Souther: J♣9♣
Yang Lei: Q♦J♦
Needing to catch a nine or clubs, Souther was unable to after the dealer put out A♠7♦6♣J♠10♠ and he was eliminated.
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25K Fantasy Draft pick Adam Hendrix raised from under the gun to 50,000 and Daniel Chase flat called from late position. Oshri Lahmani with the dominant stack pulled the squeeze play and three-bet to 200,000. Hendrix quickly moved most of his chips in minus 25,000 due to a looming pay jump and Lahmani called.
The flop came out with 3♦6♥2♦ and Hendrix checked and Lahmani put in the 25,000. Hendrix made the call.
Adam Hendrix: A♥K♣
Oshri Lahmani: A♠J♣
The turn was the Q♠ and the river was the 10♠ and Hendrix won with his king kicker.
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