Braxton Dunaway opened to 200,000 from the button and Erwann Pecheux in the big blind called.
Both players checked a flop of 5♣J♦7♥ leading to the K♠ turn. Pecheux checked but Dunaway bet 225,000. Pecheux made the call.
The 10♥ landed on the river and Dunaway bet 500,000. Pecheux went into the tank and check-raised to 2,000,000. Dunaway looked at his cards and folded.
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
In a hand that went 4-minutes into the first break of the day, Ioannis Kapnopoulos opened to 160,000 from the hijack and Albert Calderon called from the cutoff.
The pair saw a 3♣10♥3♦ flop and Kapnopoulos bet 250,000. Calderon called, and they were taken to the 2♥ turn. Kapnopoulos continued for 510,000 and Calderon took some time, before matching and paying to see the K♥ complete the board.
Kapnopoulos moved all in for around 1,500,000 and Calderon flashed his A♦10♦ before mucking, leaving Kapnopoulos to take down the pot.
The seven remaining players are now on their first break of the day.
Briant Alavez opened to 160,000 from under the gun. He was called by Braxton Dunaway to his left and Kimon Fountoukidis, who defended from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♦K♠6♦, and Alavez continued for 100,000. Dunaway called, but Fountoukidis folded.
Alavez checked the 6♥ turn. Dunaway bet 275,000, and the Mexican player folded.
Action folded around to Braxton Dunaway, who limped from the small blind, and Yaniv Peretz checked from the big blind. As the dealer placed the J♥K♥Q♥ flop, Peretz was staring down his neighbor until Dunaway completed his action.
Both checked to see the 7♦ turn, and again Peretz was looking directly at Dunaway as he bet out 80,000. Peretz called, and the A♦ completed the board.
Peretz bet out 175,000, and Dunaway called. The pair flipped their cards, and both had a ten for the straight, and the pair chopped the pot. Dunaway with J♣10♥ and Peretz with 10♠4♣.
In the next hand, Albert Calderon opened to 160,000 from early position and Peretz three-bet to 480,000 from the small blind. Calderon asked, "How much is that?" to get confirmation from the dealer as the pair were sitting at opposite ends of the feature table.
Calderon called, and the players saw a 3♣3♥Q♣ flop. Peretz bet out 250,000, which saw Calderon swiftly throw his hand into the muck.
Heads-up on a flop of 6♥J♣9♣, Braxton Dunaway in early position bet 150,000, and Kimon Fountoukidis in the big blind check-called.
Dunaway fired a second barrel to 280,000 on the A♣ turn. Fountoukidis check-called again.
Both players then quickly checked the 8♠ river, so Fountoukidis showed K♦J♦ for a pair, which was good enough to take the pot.
With little action getting to the flop, players have tightened up their play after the most recent elimination.
In a recent hand, Erwann Pecheux opened to 160,000 on the button, and Albert Calderon defended his big blind.
The Q♠4♦J♠ flop was checked through to the 10♦ turn and 2♦ river. Calderon took the pot after betting out 225,000 on the river, forcing a fold from Pecheux.
A few hands later, Yaniv Peretz opened to 160,000 from the hijack and Kimon Fountoukidis defended from the big blind. The J♥Q♦8♣ flop was check-folded by Fountoukidis after Peretz moved out a 120,000 bet.
Braxton Dunaway opened to 160,000 from under the gun and was only called by Ioannis Kapnopoulos in the cutoff.
Dunaway continued for 100,000 on the Q♣4♦9♦ flop and was called, but checked the 2♥ turn. Kapnopoulos seized this opportunity to bet 330,000. Dunaway eventually made the call.
The A♣ river was checked by both players, so Dunaway quickly flipped over his K♠K♥. Kapnopoulos mucked his cards.
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