Joey Weissman raised to 90,000 from the button and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 295,000.
Weissman fired again, with a four-bet to 550,000. Muehloecker, undaunted, moved all in. Weissman made the call.
Thomas Muehloecker: A♠J♥
Joey Weissman: K♦K♣
Muehloecker found an ace on the flop and it held through the full runout A♦Q♣4♠9♦7♦, giving him a huge win in a 3,000,000-chip pot to leave Weissman short.
Level: 15
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Nick Schulman raised to 70,000 in the cutoff, Yaman Nakdali three-bet 250,000, and Zachary Grech four-bet to 575,000 from the big blind. Once Schulman folded, Nakdali went all in for 960,000, and Grech called.
Yaman Nakdali: Q♦Q♣
Zachary Grech: A♠J♥
Great start for Nakdali as he flopped top set on Q♥10♠2♠, the 8♠ gave Grech some outs with the double gutshot and flush draw. Help then came with the 6♠ river improving Grech to a flush and eliminate Nakdali.
Boris Angelov raised to 60,000 from the hijack. Ren Lin made the call from the bib blind.
After the flop hit 10♦4♥3♣, Angelov checked and Lin bet 75,000. Angelov raised to 190,000, and Lin quickly moved all in and Angelov called with his entire stack at stake.
Boris Angelov: 10♣9♠
Ren Lin: K♣10♥
Lin's significant lead, thanks to his kicker was erased when the 9♥ came on the turn, giving Angelov two pair. The Q♣ river didn't change things and Lin was left with a puny stack.
After a middle position open, Dylan Weisman moved all in for around 600,000 from the small blind. Teun Mulder called from the big blind and the players were left to go heads up to showdown.
Teun Mulder: A♠K♠
Dylan Weisman: Q♦J♣
Mulder was looking strong and held on the 9♠6♥3♥ flop. The 10♠ turn saw Weisman pick up a straight draw but it also brought another spade for Mulder. The straight came in on the K♦ river, sending Mulder to the rail in 37th place.
He was quickly followed by Johan Schultz-Pedersen who was seen walking away from an adjacent side table.
The hand was joined after a flop of 4♦6♦3♣ with 210,000 chips in the pot and three players holding cards.
Stephen Chidwick was first to act, and he bet 50,000 from the small blind with his 5♦5♣ holding. Kristen Foxen J♠6♠ and Giuseppe Calio J♥6♥ both called.
The 8♥ hit on the turn. Chidwick checked and Foxen bet 150,000.
Despite having the same hand as Foxen, Calio bailed. Chidwick called to see the river.
After the 3♦ landed on the river, both players checked, with Foxen taking it down.
Ihar Soika opened from middle position for 60,000 and Edward Pak moved all in for his remaining 200,000. Action went back to Soika and he made a quick call.
Edward Pak: 10♣10♥
Ihar Soika: 6♥6♣
Pak was ahead but the Q♣J♠6♦ flop quickly put Soika ahead. The 2♦ turn and Q♦ river saw to his elimination and Soika stacked up.
Jovan Kenjic and Dimitar Danchev also hit the rail on the side tables, leaving just 38 players to ladder in the payouts.
Boris Angelov opened to 60,000 from early position and Sam Soverel three-bet to 520,000, leaving just 5,000 behind. Giuseppe Calio four-bet for 525,000 from the cutoff and action went back to Angelov who folded his 8♦8♣. Soverel moved in his last chip to call, and the players went to showdown.
Sam Soverel: 9♠9♥
Giuseppe Calio: A♣Q♠
Soverel was looking strong, but the 6♠4♠J♠ flop brought in a sweat of the flush. The J♥ was a safe turn for Soverel, but he crashed out after the 3♠ river was placed.
Yulian Bogdanov open jammed from the small blind for 385,000 and Brock Wilson flicked in a time bank card to consider his option before making the call from the big blind.
Yulian Bogdanov: J♥10♦
Brock Wilson: Q♦9♦
Bogdanov flopped a broadway straight draw on the K♠K♣Q♥ flop but still needed to find more to survive.
A 8♣ turn didn't change much but the A♦ river got him there.
Zachary Grech
Nick Schulman raised to 60,000 from the hijack. Zachary Grech three-bet from the small blind to 210,000 chips.
Schulman used a time bank to consider his action, then four-bet to 375,000.
Unfazed, Grech fired back with a five-bet all-in. Schulman calls for all of his 960,000 chips.
Nick Schulman: A♠J♠
Zachary Grech: A♣Q♣
Schulman was saved on the river in a runout of 10♠Q♦6♥8♦K♥, giving him a Broadway straight for the win.
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