Roman Hrabec limped on the button, Ka Kwan Lau completed from the small blind, and Dario Sammartino checked his option.
The flop came K♣Q♥3♦ and Lau led out for 20,000. Sammartino folded, but Hrabec made the call.
The turn was the 9♠, and this time Lau bet 75,000. Hrabec paused, and then raised to 175,000. Lau responded by raising pot, which would have put Hrabec all in. Hrabec folded, and Lau dragged the pot.
Manuel Stojanovic's big stack took a slight dent after he clashed in a showdown with Daniel Negreanu. Stojanovic began the hand with a raise to 45,000 from early position. Negreanu responded with a reraise to 200,000 from the hijack before Stojanovic put in enough to put Negreanu all in. Negreanu flipped in his final 4,000 to head to a showdown.
Daniel Negreanu: A♥A♠8♦3♦
Manuel Stojanovic: A♣K♣9♠4♠
Negreanu hit a set when the flop fanned out A♦J♣Q♥, but Stojanovic was still drawing to a straight. The 5♣ turn and the 9♦ river averted danger for Negreanu to give him the double-up.
Alex Foxen raised to 30,000 in early position and Manuel Stojanovic three-bet to 108,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Foxen who peeled to see a flop of 8♥7♥7♦.
Foxen checked to Stojanovic who continued with a bet of 80,000. Foxen check-raised to 290,000 and Stojanovic slid his cards to the muck.
Level: 16
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Isaac Haxton, Jesse Lonis, Bryn Kenney, and Tyler Moncek were each looking at a flop of 10♣7♦7♠, with 100,000 already in the middle.
When the action got to Kenney, he bet 60,000 and only Moncek called.
The turn 3♠ slowed the action down as both players checked. The river J♠ also checked through, and when Kenney revealed Q♠9♠9♣7♣, showing he had rivered a flush, Moncek mucked his hand.
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The action folded around to Jonathan Azoulay in the small blind who just limped in. Joni Jouhkimainen raised it up from the big blind and Azoulay ripped all in for his last 66,000. Jouhkimainen quickly called and the cards were face up.
Jonathan Azoulay: J♠10♠5♥5♦
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♣A♦K♣8♣
The flop came A♥7♦6♣ and Jouhkimainen all but locked up the pot with a set of aces. The 7♥ on the turn and the 7♣ on the river spelled the end for Azoulay who departed.
"Christmas in June for Joni," Martin Kabrhel said to his neighbor.
Johnathan Nader committed his last 102,000 to put himself at risk. Maximilian Schindler raised to 342,000 to push everyone else out and go to a heads-up showdown against Nader.
Johnathan Nader: 9♣8♦7♣6♦
Maximilian Schindler: A♣J♣10♠8♠
Nader improved to two pair when the board ran 3♥9♦6♣3♦Q♣ to double and stay in the tournament.
On a star-studded table, Jason Koon limped from the hijack and then saw Thomas Taylor raise to 40,000 on the button. Action folded back to Koon, who made the call.
The flop came down A♥Q♠7♥, which was the perfect storm to see Koon and Taylor maneuver their stacks into the middle.
Taylor was the player at risk, and the player revealed their hands.
Thomas Taylor: A♠A♣Q♣10♥
Jason Koon: A♦Q♥10♠4♥
A cooler situation, Taylor with top set versus Koon with top two pair and a flush draw.
The turn 8♣ kept Taylor in the lead, before the river Q♦ improved both players to a full house. Taylor had the bigger boat, though, and once his stack was counted, the dealer pushed the nearly one million chip pot in his direction.
On a flop of 7♦5♥3♦, Jesse Lonis led out with a bet of 77,000 and Tyler Moncek called in position. The turn was the 10♥ and Lonis bet the pot of 300,000. Moncek only had 268,000 remaining and made the call.
Tyler Moncek: A♣J♥J♣7♣
Jesse Lonis: J♠10♣9♣8♣
Lonis had top pair and a wrap while Moncek was a sitting duck with just a pair of jacks. However, the Q♠ on the river bricked out and Moncek's pair of jacks was enough to double up.
"How is it possible to lose this hand?" Lonis questioned after.
"I didn't think it was possible," Isaac Haxton responded.
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