Lander Lijo raised to 40,000 in early position, Arthur Morris flatted in the cutoff, and Benjamin Eilers called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♥2♦8♣ and it checked over to Morris who bet 50,000. Eilers called and Lijo bumped it up to 220,000.
Morris thought for a moment before giving up his hand, as did Eilers, and the pot was pushed to Lijo.
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Arthur Morris on the button and Benjamin Eilers who was under the gun.
With about 130,000 in the middle and the board reading 4♣2♠3♥10♣5♥, Eilers led out for 50,000 and Morris announced a raise to 400,000.
Eilers thought for a brief moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
Action was folded around to Edward Leonard on the button who moved all in for 205,000. Michael Berk in the big blind didn't take long and made the call.
Edward Leonard: A♣9♥
Michael Berk: A♦4♠
No four for Berk on the 5♠7♦K♣3♠8♦ runout and Leonard was sent the pot for a full double up.
Luigi Soncin raised to 40,000 in first position and Ravi Shankar called on the button while everyone else folded.
The flop rolled out 2♦8♣10♦ and both players checked to the 8♥ turn where Soncin bet 55,000 and Shankar called.
On the river J♠, Soncin checked over to Shankar who moved all in for 120,000 and Soncin snap-called.
Ravi Shankar: Q♣J♦
Luigi Soncin: Q♦9♦
Soncin's gutshot came home while Shankar hit his no good top pair. Shankar was eliminated from the tournament while Soncin soared to over one million chips.
Roeland Peeks raised to 40,000 in early position, Zhiyuan Xu three-bet to 110,000 on the button, and Rahul Rastogi cold four-bet shoved in the small blind. Peeks called off the rest of his stack with about 175,000 back to put himself at risk and Xu folded.
Roeland Peeks: Q♣Q♥
Rahul Rastogi: A♠K♥
It was a fair fight, but Rastogi pulled ahead on the A♥8♣8♥ flop, pairing his ace. The 4♣ turn and 10♣ river offered no help to Peeks and he was sent to the payout desk.
Action was joined with the board reading 5♠K♥7♠9♣ and the pot at over 200,000.
Smain Mamouni, who was on the button, bet out for 210,000, and Jonah Labranche in the big blind was in the tank for a good 3-4 minutes before he announced that he was all in. Fabrizio Gonzalez, who was also in the pot, snap-folded while Mamouni snap-called.
Jonah Labranche: Q♠J♠
Smain Mamouni: 8♦6♦
Mamouni had turned a straight and needed to dodge a spade to send Labranche to the rail. However, the 3♠ peeled off on the river and made Labranche his flush for a monster pot and to send him soaring up the chip counts with nearly 2,000,000. Mamouni was left with a little more than a bowl of rice after the nasty suck-out.
John Oneal raised to 40,000 under the gun and Pierre Merlin three-bet shoved in middle position for 325,000 to put himself at risk. Oneal made the call.
Pierre Merlin: Q♥Q♣
John Oneal: A♣Q♠
Oneal pulled ahead on the 6♥A♥9♥ flop, pairing his ace, but Merlin picked up a flush draw. There were no hearts to be found on the K♣ turn or A♦ river and Merlin was sent packing.
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