Alex Foxen joined the field, and on his first hand, the action folded to him in the small blind. He limped in, and Tom Middleton checked behind.
Foxen bet 2,000 on the J♠A♠J♦ flop, which Middleton called. The Q♣ turn saw Foxen continue for 7,000, and Middleton returned his cards to the dealer.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Mike Meskin was already all in and at risk against Carlos Pombal Peixoto, who sat to his direct left. Meskin had just secured a double-up after getting his remaining chips in with pocket queens for his last ~30,000.
Mike Meskin: Q♣Q♠
Carlos Pombal Peixoto: A♠Q♦
The A♦5♠5♦ flop was looking scary for Meskin, and Peixoto took the lead. There was no help on the 2♠ turn either, but a Q♥ river was enough to save him from an early elimination.
There were roughly 24,000 chips in the pot on 8♠9♣3♦.
Alexandre Reard, who was in early position, checked to Chance Kornuth on the button, who decided to fire out a bet of 17,500, and Reard called.
The 4♦ on the turn did not slow Kornuth down, and he bet 36,000. Reard called again.
Both players checked on the 4♥ river, and Reard tabled the winner with A♦K♥.
Barak Wisbrod opened to 2,500 from early position, and Keyavash Hemyari called on the button. Ignacio Moron defended the big blind, and the players went three-way to the flop.
The dealer fanned the 6♠J♦4♣, and action checked to Hemyari, who bet 3,000. Only Moron stuck around to get to the 6♥ turn.
Moron led out 5,000, which prompted Hemyari to make a quick fold.
Yulian Bogdanov made it 3,500 to play from the hijack and was looked up by Lander Lijo in the big blind.
The flop came 7♥5♠2♥ and Lijo check-called Bogdanov's 6,000 continuation-bet.
The players checked down the 9♣ turn and 5♥ river with Lijo tabling A♦3♣ for third pair and ace kicker, which was good as Bogdanov mucked his hand.
Viktor Blom opened to 4,000 on the button, and Tom Middleton called, defending his big blind.
The action checked all the way through on the 4♦5♥6♣9♠Q♠ board, and Middleton showed he was lying in the weeds on the river when he tabled A♠Q♦ for the winner.
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