Chris Nguyen opened to 4,500 and got a call from Edward Park on the button. Thomas Muehlocker three-bet to 21,000 from the small blind and Nguyen was the only caller.
The flop came Q♣6♠4♦ and Muehlocker continued for 16,500. Nguyen called.
Muehlocker used a time extension on the 5♠ turn before betting 48,000. Nguyen folded.
With 88,000 in the pot, the action was on Brandon Wilson in the big blind, with a 10♦5♣J♠9♠9♣ board in the middle.
Wilson bet 41,000, leaving himself just 1,000 behind, and the action was on Artur Martirosian. Martirosian took his time in making a decision, but ultimately chose to fold.
The pot saw Wilson and Martirosian switch places on the leaderboard.
With roughly 17,000 in the pot, Ben Heath checked from the big blind on a 6♠K♥2♣ flop. Jason Koon bet 4,000 from under the gun, which Bernhard Binder called from the hijack before Heath got out of the way.
The action was checked through on the 3♥ turn, tempting Koon to stab the 3♠ river for 25,000. Binder made the call, and when Koon tabled Q♣10♠ for just queen-high, Binder flipped over his 7♠7♦ to claim the pot.
Action was on a river of A♣8♣7♦4♣J♦ with Masato Yokosawa checking out of the small blind to Galen Hall in the big blind.
There was approximately 160,000 chips in the middle, with Hall shoving for 103,500.
Yokosawa used up four time extensions before flicking in a chip to call. Hall tabled A♥Q♠ for top pair, with Yokosawa revealing A♦5♦ as Hall doubled up.
Galen Hall opened to 4,500 from middle position, which both Mario Navarro and Artur Martirosian called from the cutoff and big blind.
When Martirosian checked on the 10♦7♣2♥ flop, Hall continued for 11,000. Navarro called, but Martirosian folded.
The action then checked through on the 10♥ turn, and Hall checked again on the 2♠ river. Navarro put a bet of 25,000 into the middle, which was enough to claim the pot, as Hall returned his cards to the dealer.
We noticed that Alex Theologis' seat was empty, with Chris Nguyen looking like the most likely beneficiary.
On a 5♣5♥7♣Q♠ board, Nick Petrangelo check-called 31,000 from Nguyen and the river was the J♥
Petrangelo checked, with Nguyen using a time bank before checking back. Petrangelo tabled 5♠4♠ and trips was enough to take down the pot.
Joao Simao opened to 4,500 in the hijack before calling a 16,000 three-bet from Jesse Lonis in the cutoff.
The action was swift from that point, as play checked through on all three streets. With 8♦10♣10♦2♣K♠ spread across the felt, Simao tabled 4♥4♣ for the winner.
Nazar Buhaiov opened to 4,500 and Lander Lijo defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♦8♥8♦ and Lijo checked. Buhaiov continued for 4,000 but folded to a check-raise to 13,000 from Lijo.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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