The action was picked up on a board of 5♦6♣J♠8♠K♠ with roughly 350,000 in the pot. Ivan Poroliev under the gun raised all-in, and Briant Alavez in the small blind with 205,000 behind went deep into the tank.
He eventually made the call with A♥5♥ for a pair, and was right to do so as Poroliev only had A♠9♠. Thanks to this call, Alavez doubled up moments before the break.
Edward Ochana opened to 70,000 from under the gun and action went to Miguel Capriles who three-bet to 200,000 from the hijack. Carlos Guerrero four-bet to 400,000 from the cut off. Ochana gave up his hand and Capriles moved all in for 500,000. Guerrero called the extra 100,000 and the players went heads-up to showdown.
Miguel Capriles: A♦A♥
Carlos Guerrero: K♣K♠
After the cards were flipped, Ioannis Kapnopoulos who was on the button, shared he folded pocket-queens and Ochana said had mucked pocket eights.
Capriles was looking to hold with his pocket aces, and it was a clean double after both missed on the 3♥5♠9♦6♦Q♣ runout.
Ioannis Kapnopoulos opened to 65,000 from middle position. Sami Bechahed in the hijack called, as well as Brandon Mueller on the button.
Erwann Pecheux in the small blind however decided to go all-in for 1,095,000. He made all of his opponents fold and directly won the pot.
Carlos Guerrero opened from the hijack and was called by both players in the blinds.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♦2♣5♣ and Guerrero continued for 65,000. Sami Bechahed in the small blind called while the big blind folded.
Guerrero fired a second barrel to 180,000 on the 5♥ turn, but Bechahed check-raised to 480,000 and made Guerrero fold.
Bartlomiej Swieboda opened from middle position and Zephyr Peling defended the big blind.
The pair saw a 6♣6♦10♦ flop which was checked to the 2♦ turn. Peling check-called a 50,000 bet by Swieboda to see the A♣ river and Peling checked again.
Swieboda moved out 120,000 which sent Peling into a small tank. He eventually called, and Swieboda tabled his A♠K♠ for two pair, having picked up an ace on the river. Peling mucked his hand and remarked, "I let you get there."
Erwann Pecheux opened to 60,000 from the hijack and Ioannis Kapnopoulos three-bet to 250,000 from the small blind.
Pecheux called, and the players went to the flop. The Q♠5♣Q♥ fell and Kapnopoulos bet out 120,000. It didn't take long for Pecheux to muck his hand, passing more across to the current chip leader.
Briant Alavez opened to 60,000 on the button and Craig Mason called from the small blind. Ivan Poroliev also defended his big blind, taking the players three-ways to the A♦6♠J♥ flop.
Action checked to Alavez, who bet 50,000 and only Mason called. A 5♣ turn was checked by both to see the 2♥ river.
Mason moved out 600,000, covering Alavez's remaining 260,000 chips. Alavez went into the tank and looked at his neighbor and again at the board, before finding a fold.
The action was picked up on a board of Q♠2♠K♥10♠ with roughly 350,000 in the pot. William Gard under the gun moved all-in for 605,000 and Ryan Hiller in the hijack went deep into the tank. He eventually made the call.
Ryan Hiller: K♣Q♣
William Gard: 9♠9♦
Hiller called with two pair and managed to avoid spades and jacks on the 6♥ river to take the pot. Both stacks were counted and he was slightly covered so he doubled up while Gard was left with 10,000.
In the next hand, Gard was forced all-in in the big blind but managed to stay in the tournament by hitting two pair with 7♥2♥ against two players. Moments later however, he was all-in in the small blind and called by Michael Newman in the big blind.
William Gard: 9♥4♠
Michael Newman: A♥6♠
Gard didn't survive this one and was eliminated on 10♥Q♠8♦K♦5♠. "Not bad for my first tournament in 15 years," he said while leaving.
Flavien Guenan opened to 60,000 on the button and Zephyr Peling jammed for his remaining 240,000 from the small blind. Only Guenan made the call and the players flipped their hands.
Zephyr Peling: J♠J♦
Flavien Guenan: Q♣Q♠
With Peling stood from his seat, he was still behind after seeing the 9♦K♠K♥ flop. But a J♥ turn saw him pick up a full house, and he re-took his seat after seeing the 6♥ complete the board.
After he valued a set to take from Erwann Pecheux, Carlos Guerrero in the big blind called with Xuan Liu in the small blind moved all-in.
Xuan Liu: Q♣9♥
Carlos Guerrero: A♥2♠
Liu flopped top pair on 5♠Q♠4♥, but the A♦5♣ runout sent her to the rail in 26th place for $9,733.
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