Kevin Xu opened the action with a raise to 37,000 in the cutoff. Tomasz Gluszko bumped it up to 133,000 in the small blind, which Xu called after some thought.
Both players stood pat, and Gluszko put in a small bet of 45,000 after the hand. Xu debated for a bit but eventually decided to call.
Gluszko tabled 10x8x7x4x3x and won the pot when Xu's hand disappeared into the muck.
Tomas Szwarcberg opened to 35,000 under the gun and called when cutoff Oliver Vereschagin three-bet to 85,000 in the cutoff.
Swarzcberg took one card before Vereschagin stood pat. Swarzcberg checked over to Vereschagin, who fired 125,000 into the pot.
Swarzcberg quickly relinquished his cards, and Vereschagin tabled 8x6x5x3x2x for a pat eight-low.
Han Liu opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and James Chen shoved for just over 200,000 from the button. Liu called with a covering stack to put Chen at risk and both players drew one.
James Chen: 10x6x5x3x 
Han Liu 9x8x4x3x
Things were looking good for Chen when Liu caught a 4x to pair but Chen drew a 10x for a bigger pair and was sent to the rail while Liu won the hand.
Jun Weng made a raise to 40,000 under the gun. J Austin Hijar called in the small blind, and Oliver Vereschagin defended his big blind.
Hijar took one card, Vereschagin drew two, and Weng stood pat. Hijar then checked to Vereschagin, who fired a bet of 110,000. Weng did not waste much time before shoving in his seven-figure stack, covering both opponents.
Hijar immediately mucked, but Vereschaging went into the tank. After a few agonizing minutes, he also laid his hand down, claiming to fold 8x6x5x4x2x.
Weng was kind enough to table 7x6x4x3x2x for the second nuts as he raked in the pot without showdown.
Ray Henson open-raised to 150,000 under the gun, leaving only 17,000 back. Han Liu in the cutoff took some time before the clock was called on him. Not long into his countdown, he called.
Both Henson and Liu stood pat and checked it down. Henson tabled Jx9x6x4x3x for a jack-nine low, which Liu beat with Jx6x4x3x2x for a jack-six.
Henson's final chips were automatically put all in in the big blind two hands later. Thomas Eychenne then limped in under the gun, and Alessandro Ponzio completed his small blind.
Ponzio took two cards, Henson exchanged no fewer than four, and Eychenne drew one. Ponzio and Eychenne checked the empty side pot down, revealing all hands.
Ponzio had made a king-low with Kx9x8x6x2x. Hensen had made a pair of tens with 10x10x5x4x2x, and Eychenne also paired up with Jx5x3x2x2x, shipping the pot to Ponzio and eliminating Henson.
Jonathan Borenstein opened from the hijack, Brad Ruben three-bet to 115,000 from the button, Borenstein four-bet shoved for 281,000 and Ruben called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Borenstein stood pat and Ruben stood pat behind. Borenstein had a ten with 10x6x5x4x2x but Ruben had him beat with 8x7x6x4x2x to win the hand while Borenstein was sent to the rail.
Oliver Vereschagin raised to 40,000 in the hijack. Jonathan Borenstein made it 140,000 to go in the cutoff, which Vereschagin called once the action folded back to him.
Vereschagin drew one before Borenstein stood pat. Vereschagin then led all in, covering the 290,000 chips of Borenstein.
Borenstein spent a few minutes in the tank before letting his hand go, claiming to fold a nine-low.
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Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 24,000
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