The remaining 148 players are heading on a one-hour dinner break. We will return to blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000. Play is expected to resume at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time.
The remaining 148 players are heading on a one-hour dinner break. We will return to blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000. Play is expected to resume at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time.
Alexander Sokolovsky under the gun opened to 16,000 and Christian Roberts in hijack three-bet to 48,000. Not to be outdone, Sokolovsky four-bet to 112,000. Roberts called.
The dealer spread 8♥5♠A♥. Sokolovsky bet 25,000 and Roberts, visibly perplexed, called.
The 5♣ turn dropped and Sokolovsky check-called Roberts' bet of 65,000.
On the river 2♥, after action passed to him, Roberts shoved all-in for around 400,000. Sokolovsky took sometime considering his options, taking some minutes into the dinner break.
He finally folded conceding the pot to Roberts.
Paulina Loeliger opened with a jam for 61,000 chips from the button. Sandeep Srinivasan called once the dealer confirmed the amount.
Paulina Loeliger: A♥3♠
Sandeep Srinivasan: A♣6♣
It was a rough start for Loeliger, as Srinivasan flopped two pair on A♦2♥6♠, and held as the board ran out 10♠ on the turn and the 7♠ on the river.
Amro Jawad raised to 18,000 from under the gun, Adekunle Olonoh called from cutoff, and Phillip Mighall called from the big blind. The flop arrived with 4♦5♥2♣, Mighall checked, Jawad bet 20,000, Olonoh called, and Mighall moved all in for 158,000. Jawad folded, and Olonoh called.
Phillip Mighall: 5♦3♣
Adekunle Olonoh: 6♥6♣
Mighall had a pair of fives with a straight draw, and Olonoh had a pair of sixes with a straight draw.
The turn was the 9♦ and the river was the 4♣, which gave Olonoh two pair for the win.
Heads-up, Jean-Robert Bellande in cutoff fattened a 40,000 pot with a 10,000 bet when the dealer fanned out 7♦K♠Q♦. His opponent, Anthony Casale, in the big blind called taking them to the turn.
The dealer peeled a J♣ turn which both players checked.
Casale fired 25,000 into the pot on the 8♠ river, prompting Bellande to muck his hand showing Qx. "Take it, buddy. Take it," he said. "I don't want to play with you anymore."
Action was picked up with Renan Bruschi in late position and Antonio Vargas on the button engaged in an all-in showdown.
Renan Bruschi: 2♣2♥
Antonio Vargas: K♦J♠
The flop came K♠J♥5♦ pushing Vargas into the lead with a chance to eliminate. But the turn 2♠ fell giving Bruschi a set. The river 10♦ didn't improve Vargas, making him surrender some of his chips to Bruschi.
Action was picked up as Jason Wheeler was all in from middle position, against Phillip Mighall who was in early position.
Jason Wheeler: A♣Q♠
Phillip Mighall: 6♠6♥
The board ran out safe for Mighall as it came 8♥9♣3♠K♣2♠, and Wheeler was eliminated.
Samuel Laskowitz raised in early position to 18,000. Samuel Laskowitz went all in for roughly 100,000 before action folded back to Laskowitz, who snap-called with the covering stack.
Oliver Weis: A♦Q♣
Samuel Laskowitz: A♠A♥
It was not the worst start for Weis as he flopped a pair and a backdoor flush draw on Q♦6♦4♥. The 10♣ on the turn only left him drawing to a Queen but the 7♥ on the river eliminated him from the tournament.
Nianqing Wang was all in from under the gun for 81,000, and Robert Mancini called with the bigger stack from early position. Everyone else folded.
Nianqing Wang: A♣10♥
Robert Mancini: K♦K♥
The board was Q♣2♥J♥10♣10♠ and Wang won with trip tens.
According to Niall Farrell, he had raised in late position with pocket eights and Luis Nargentino shoved all in with ace-king. Farrell called, leading them to a showdown.
With none of Margentino's over cards hitting the board, Farrell's eights eliminated Margentino short of the money.