Phil Hellmuth limped in from middle position, Michael Zulker limped behind from the small blind and Michael Garner checked from the big blind.
All three players checked the 6♠3♣6♣ flop leading to the 10♣ turn. Action checked around to Hellmuth who bet 8,000. Zulker called while Garner folded J♦8♣.
Both players checked the 6♥ river. Hellmuth had king-high with K♥J♠ while Zulker had Q♥10♥ for sixes full of tens to take the pot.
The turn showed 7♣6♦3♥6♣ and Katie Lindsay bet 16,000 for Daniel Lazrus to call. Both then checked the 8♦ on the river and Lindsay tabled the A♥Q♠. Lazrus checked his cards again and then tossed them into the muck, exclaiming "ace ten of clubs".
With around 18,000 already in the pot, the flop came 10♣9♦5♥ and action quickly escalated. Itay Katz led out from the big blind with a bet of 15,000, only for Vedat Deviren in early position to raise it up to 40,000, leaving himself just 9,000 behind.
Katz went deep into the tank before deciding to shove, and Deviren snap-called to put himself at risk.
Vedat Deviren: A♦10♥
Itay Katz: K♠10♠
Both players had top pair, but Deviren’s ace kicker had him in the lead. The A♥ on the turn improved his hand to two pair, and the Q♥ river changed nothing, locking up the double-up for Deviren.
Dan-Florin Ciltan raised all in from the cutoff for 39,000 and Thomas Gabriel called on the button.
Dan-Florin Ciltan: 9♥9♠
Thomas Gabriel: A♥A♠
The board ran out J♦4♥J♥3♠J♠ and the jacks full of aces was good for the pot to eliminate Ciltan from the tournament.
Yingge Yan opened from early position and was called by Heitor Saraiva in the hijack, Maxwell McCurdy in the small blind, and Corey Zarnoch in the big blind.
On the 6♥5♥2♠ flop, the action checked all the way to Saraiva who put out a bet before McCurdy check-raised to 35,000. In the big blind, Zarnoch would jam all-in. It folded back to McCurdy who snap-called for his remaining 74,000 total.
Maxwell McCurdy: 5♠5♣
Corey Zarnoch: 4♥3♦
It was a cooler scenario as McCurdy flopped middle set but was behind the flopped straight of Zarnoch. The board ran out 10♦9♠ as McCurdy could not find his needed board pair, and was sent to the exit in brutal fashion.
Action was multiway with roughly 20,000 in the middle and the incomplete board showing 5♠4♥8♠.
When the action checked to Luis Fernandez on the button, he elected to move all in for 14,000. Both the small blind and Gregory Katayama in the cutoff called.
The dealer then provided the A♦ turn, which both active players checked.
Katayama placed a bet of 27,000 on the J♥ river, but swiftly pulled it back when the small blind player folded.
When Katayama turned his cards over, revealing A♠J♠, Fernandez sat back in his chair and laughed. He then showed that he had been rivered, turning over A♣5♣ for a worse two pair.
Zhihao Ye raised in early position to 6,000, Yoon Choi on his direct left three-bet to 19,000, action folded to Ye who four-bet to 50,000, Choi called.
Ye bet 20,000 when the flop came 7♠9♦Q♣, Choi called. Choi decided to shove 69,000 chips when the 6♣ hit the turn, Ye went deep into the tank but decided to fold.
Nicolas Enjamio opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from the hijack, and Giovanni Zanette responded with a three-bet to 16,000 on the button. Enjamio made the call, and the two went heads-up to the flop.
The 4♣2♦10♣ flop saw Enjamio check it over to Zanette, who continued for 18,000. Enjamio called without much hesitation.
On the 6♥ turn, the action followed the same pattern, check from Enjamio, bet of 40,000 from Zanette, and another call.
The J♥ river slowed things down, and both players checked it through. They tabled identical hands, Ax10x with a pair of tens and top kicker, resulting in a chopped pot.
A big hand just played out between Yiqian Song and Tamas Lendvai, which the latter recalled after the pot was pushed his way.
Song opened to 6,500 from the hijack and Lendvai three-bet to 21,500 from the small blind. Song called.
On the 3♣9♥8♥ flop, Lendvai bet 25,000, which Song called. Lendvai bet again for 65,000 on the 4♦ turn, and again Song called.
When the K♠ hit the river, Lendvai shoved for 104,500, which sent Song deep into the tank. Several minutes passed and Lendvai eventually called the clock on his opponent. During the 30-second countdown, Song called.
Lendvai then flipped K♣K♦ for a rivered set, and Song's K♥J♥ went into the bin.
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