The table folded to Joni Jouhkimainen in the small blind, who chose to raise before he faced a shove from Todd Ivens. Jouhkimainen had him covered and called.
Todd Ivens: K♥Q♦6♦6♥
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♠10♦5♣4♠
The board ran out J♠6♠10♦10♣2♣ to give Ivens a full house and double through Jouhkimainen.
Heading to a flop of 7♥7♦2♥ with around 200,000 in the middle, Erick Lindgren tossed in a bet of 75,000 from early position. Roussos Koliakoudakis check-raised to 250,000 from the big blind and Lindgren called.
The turn brought the 4♥ and Koliakoudakis shoved all in for roughly 450,000. Lindgren nearly beat him into the pot and the cards were tabled.
Roussos Koliakoudakis: Qx10x2x2x
Erick Lindgren: K♠K♦7♠4♠
Koliakoudakis flopped a full house but Lindgren turned a bigger one, leaving Koliakoudakis drawing to just a single out. The river was the 9♥ and Koliakoudakis headed to collect his payout.
Action folded to David Eldridge on the button, who raised to 115,000. Ka Kwan Lau then three-bet from the small blind to 460,000. The big blind got out of the way, and Eldridge moved all in, covering Lau's stack. Lau made the call, and the cards were turned on their backs.
Ka Kwan Lau: A♠Q♥J♥3♦
David Eldridge: Q♠Q♣J♣6♠
The flop gave Lau a flush draw, coming 5♥8♥6♦, and he didn't need to wait long to hit it. The turn provided the 9♥, and the inconsequential river came the 8♦.
The dealer counted down Lau's full stack, confirming it to be 770,000. A dismayed Eldridge then slid a stack of chips to his opponent, giving him a late night double-up.
The hand began when Sean Winter chose to raise to 140,000 from under the gun. Roman Hrabec raised to 480,000 in the next seat over, which was enough to put Winter all in.
The table folded around, and Winter called to head to a showdown.
Sean Winter: K♠K♦J♠2♣
Roman Hrabec: A♦A♥J♥7♦
Winter needed help to stay alive, but the 4♣6♦7♥6♥Q♥ runout instead improved Hrabec to a flush to send Winter out of the tournament.
The action began when Phil Ivey raised to 120,000 from the hijack. David Eldridge called from the cutoff, and the rest of the table folded to take two players to the flop.
Ivey and Eldridge both checked the K♥9♦3♦ flop.
When the 10♠ came on the turn, Ivey checked, but Eldridge opted to fire 180,000. Ivey folded in response as Eldridge won the pot.
Phil Ivey raised to 120,000 from the hijack, and only Jonas Kronwitter, in the big blind, called.
Both players checked the J♣3♦3♣ flop, and the dealer put out the 9♥ turn.
Kronwitter took over the betting lead, putting 100,000 in the middle, which Ivey called.
Both players then checked again on the Q♦ river, and Ivey's K♠Q♣J♦8♣ was good enough to lay claim to the pot.
Thomas Taylor opened the bidding with a raise to 100,000 from the button. Artem Maksimov called from the big blind.
Both players checked through the 6♦5♠7♠ flop and were greeted with the K♣ turn. Maksimov fired for 175,000 and was called by Taylor.
The 7♥ river did not slow down Maksimov, who fired a bet of 300,000. Taylor bowed out to award the pot to Maksimov.
Gjergj Sinishtaj scooped a big pot at table 663. After check-raising the river and getting called by David Eldridge, he showed A♥A♦9♥2♦ on the A♣K♠Q♦8♣K♣. He's now playing around 4,300,000.
At his table are notable names such as Phil Ivey and Chris Brewer. Here's a chip update from that table:
Level: 20
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Biao Ding raised from the button to 100,000, and only Joni Jouhkimainen called, defending his big blind.
Jouhkimainen checked the 7♣Q♠5♥ flop, allowing Ding to continue with the betting lead, doing so for 250,000. Jouhkimainen then put his plan into action, check-raising to pot, which was enough to put Ding all in. Ding confirmed the raise size before calling and turning his cards over.
Biao Ding: A♣K♠Q♣5♦
Joni Jouhkimainen: 8♠7♠6♣6♦
Jouhkimainen had a pair and an open-ended straight draw, but was behind Ding's two pair.
The turn A♥ improved Ding to a better two pair, and the river 10♣ gave him the check mark and the full double up.
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