Over 25,000 was already in the middle when this hand was picked up on the river of the board that read 3♣6♥2♥6♦10♠.
Gregory Brown chose to shove from the big blind for 21,000 effective to put Joao Simao at risk in the hijack position. Simao took some time before he decided on a call.
Brown showed Q♣Q♦, which was enough as Simao showed A♠K♦ to be eliminated from the tournament.
Daniyal Gheba started the action with a raise to 1,000 from the button. Norman Shapiro made the call from the small blind before the big blind folded.
Shapiro continued with a check-call of 700 on a A♣4♥9♦ flop, before both players checked when the 9♠ turn arrived.
The dealer then added the 5♥ river to the board, and Shapiro chose to lead out for a bet of 3,100. This was enough to lay claim to the pot as Gheba returned his cards to the dealer with haste.
A raising war preflop began when Mike Meskin was first to act and raised it to 800. Frank Brannan chose to re-raise it to 2,800 from the cutoff, which led to four bet from Meskin who bumped it up to 15,800. Brannan five bet all-in and was called by Meskin to put Brannan at risk.
Frank Brannan: A♠K♦
Mike Meskin: A♦K♣
Despite the commotion, it turned out both players held the same hand.
The 5♥10♦7♠8♣K♠ runout did not offer any drama of an upset as both players took back their chips and moved on to the next pot.
It folded to Shoichiro Hamada in the small blind who put 1,200 towards the middle which was enough to put Lander Lijo in the big blind all in. Lijo obliged and put himself at risk against Hamada.
Lander Lijo: K♣7♠
Shoichiro Hamada: J♦10♣
Despite the bleak circumstances, Lijo got his money in ahead against Hamada. The 9♣5♣5♦ flop was safe for Lijo keeping him ahead in the race.
The 6♠ was of no consequence to Lijo, who was one card away from a double up, but the J♣ river was a disaster for Lijo as it gave Hamada a pair of jacks to eliminate him from the tournament.
With two players seeing a board of 5♦5♣Q♦J♠ and just under 15,000 in the middle Dragana Mackelprang checked from under the gun and Theo Arnoldi bet 11,000 from the hijack. Mackelprang called.
Mackelprang shoved for around 20,000 on the J♣ river and Arnoldi quickly called with a covering stack.
Mackelprang had K♠Q♠ for two pair, queens and jacks but Arnoldi had A♣A♦ for aces up to send Mackelprang to the rail and take the last of her chips.
Ryuta Nakai raised from the button to 900, which saw Justin Sternberg called from the small blind. Jonathan Proudfoot then raised to 4,500 from the big blind. Nakai folded, but Sternberg committed his remaining stack of 3,400 into the middle.
Justin Sternberg: Q♦3♦
Jonathan Proudfoot: K♣9♣
The board ran out a safe 6♥5♥10♥10♣5♠ for Proudfoot, sending Sternberg to the rail.
These are the top 25 stacks after the first break according to the WSOP+ App
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
There was over 15,000 already in the pot on the board of 5♣9♥4♥5♦ when Iago Sturzeneker bet 11,000 from under the gun, which led to a call from Aliaksandr Shylko in the cutoff, and a fold from Brandon Wilson in the big blind.
The J♦ river led to a huge bet by Sturzeneker who opted to go all-in for 64,600. This bet sent Shylko into the tank who took time to weigh the situation.
Shylko eventually folded to give Sturzeneker the pot.
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