Aleksejs Ponakovs's all-in from the cutoff was called by Maksim Mutalapov on the button.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: J♠J♥
Maksim Mutalapov: K♠K♥
The bigger pair held with a runout of 2♠7♥10♣6♥A♣, giving Mutalapov a huge jump up the leaderboard, as he took out a two-time bracelet winner with an almost identical amount of chips.
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Anthony Ibrahim opened to 16,000 under the gun and got a three-bet from Stefan Reiser in middle position to 48,000. The flop came 2♣7♣J♦.
Ibrahim checked triggering Reiser to fire another 25,000 which was enough to make his opponent fold.
Florian Pesce opened to 16,000 on the button and Gilles Cadignan three-bet to 53,000 from the small blind. Pesce four-bet jammed his monster stack of 1,400,000, more than covering Cadignan's 203,000. Cadignan paused before making the call, and the players went to showdown.
Gilles Cadignan: A♠4♠
Florian Pesce: 9♣9♥
Cadignan needed to improve, and he slammed the table in joy after seeing the monotone 8♠5♠7♠ flop, which gave him a flush.
He held on the 6♠ turn and 10♥ river, doubling his stack.
All the chips went in the middle preflop between Junhyoung Ki, who was at risk with A♦3♥, and facing A♣7♦ in Jose Albert's hands.
Albert improved into a pair of sevens with the board K♣7♣5♦J♥3♣ and eliminated Ki from the tournament.
Stepan Vinokurov limped and Karl T Pineault decided to raise to 28,000 on the button. After some thinking, Vinokurov eventually called.
The 5♠3♥K♣ flop was dealt and both players checked to see a 6♦ on the turn. After a minute, Vinokurov checked again but folded after Pineault bet 40,000.
Fausto Valdez raised to 12,000 from early position, and Stephen Kehoe three-bet to 27,000 next to act. The rest of the table folded, and Valdez made the call.
Action checked through on the 5♥9♠6♣ flop.
The turn was the K♣. Valdez checked, Kehoe bet 33,000, and Valdez called.
Both players checked the 4♠ river. Valdez tabled K♦Q♦, which was good for the win.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Action was picked up with two players with their chips and hand in on a completed board.
Sergio Sanchez: J♥J♣
Ivan Ruban:9♦9♣
Sanchez was ahead from the start but was further strengthened when the board ran 5♣2♣7♦J♦A♥ giving him a set on the turn. Sanchez scooped the pot for a double up leaving Ruban with less than a big blind as the levels changed.
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