Chance Kornuth had been registered for the $100,000 High Roller since the start of the day but was nowhere to be seen until now.
The Chip Leader Coaching co-founder has finally taken his seat and finds himself in tough company, sharing a table with current chip leader Emilien Pitavy, defending champion Chris Hunichen, and high-stakes regular Alan Keating.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000 | |
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Emilien Pitavy raised the hijack to 23,000, and Taylor von Kriegenbergh called on the button. Action was then on Alan Keating in the small blind, who had just lost a pot in the previous hand. Keating announced he was all in, saying, "I've had enough already", before suggesting that he was reacting to having just lost a pot.
Pitavy folded to the all-in, but von Kriegenbergh called.
Alan Keating: A♠8♣ 
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: A♣Q♠
Keating was at risk and dominated, but fortunately for him, the deck would cooperate, as the board came down 6♠4♠3♥8♥3♠, giving Keating an unexpected double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,450,000 | |
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1,600,000 | |
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870,000
460,000
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460,000 |
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770,000 | |
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760,000 | |
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720,000 | |
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380,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Landon Tice opened to 22,000 from the hijack before Christopher Puetz three-bet to 66,000 from the cutoff. Alex Kulev four-bet jammed for 195,000 from the button. Tice folded while Puetz called.
Alex Kulev: AxQx
Christopher Puetz: K♦9♦
Puetz paired up on the 9x7x3x3xXx runout to bust the Bulgarian. Kulev then reentered.
As that hand finsihed, on another table, Gregory Jensen was all in and at risk to Santhosh Suvarna. The chips got in on the J♦5♦4♥ flop, with Jensen holding A♠A♥. Suvarna had a flush draw with his K♦8♦.
The 6♣ turn was safe for Jensen but Suvarna made the flush on the 3♦ river to bounce back up above the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
328,000
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328,000 |
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675,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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600,000
584,500
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584,500 |
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Busted | |
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Emilien Pitavy opened in the cutoff to 25,000 and only Alan Keating called, defending his big blind.
The flop came 8♠K♦2♦ and Keating checked in flow. Pitavy continued for 17,000, which met immediate resistance as Keating check-raised to 60,000. Pitavy called, and the players saw a 8♣ turn.
Keating continued the aggression for 75,000, and Pitavy stuck around to see a river card.
That card was the 10♥. Keating hit the brakes, electing to check. This opened the door for Pitavy to take the betting lead back, doing so with a bet of 240,000.
Keating thought about it, but ultimately didn't take too long before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,450,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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1,600,000 | |
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770,000
480,000
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480,000 |
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760,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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720,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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630,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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410,000
210,000
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210,000 |
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 20,000 from the button and was re-raised by Matthew Belcher in the small blind to 70,000. Ponakovs then went all-in and was beaten into the middle by Belcher.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♦7♦
Matthew Belcher: 8♠8♣
The board ran out K♥J♠3♦Q♦7♥ and Ponakovs was eliminated while Belcher surpasses the 2,000,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
576,000
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576,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Joao Vieira opened to 20,000 from the button and was called by Alex Kulev from the big blind.
Kulev check-raised to 55,000 over a bet of 12,000 on the A♠4♠Q♦ flop and was called.
Kulev continued for another 65,000 on the J♣ turn. Vieira used a time bank before raising to 800,000. Kulev had 155,000 behind and quickly folded.
As the hand played out, Biao Ding joined the table with a fresh starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
410,000
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410,000 |
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600,000 | |
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15,500
379,500
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379,500 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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|
600,000 | |
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600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,650,000
176,000
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176,000 |
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960,000
235,000
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235,000 |
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940,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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900,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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120,000
527,000
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527,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
514,000
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514,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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