Minjoo Cho raised to 1,600,000 from the hijack and was called by Gal Naim in the big blind.
Both players checked the 2♦5♣3♦ flop to bring the 3♥ turn. Naim put out a bet of 2,200,000 and was called by Cho.
Naim did not slow down on the 6♦ river. This time, he put out a wager of 5,700,000 to put Cho to a decision. Naim could hardly get his chips pushed toward the middle before Cho folded to yield the pot.
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Lin Zhou went all in preflop and got only one call from Tobias Dammeier. Both gentlemen showed their cards.
Lin Zhou: J♥J♠
Tobias Dammeier: A♠K♦
The dealer ran out the board: 6♣5♥4♠5♠3♦
Zhou doubled up, taking out a chunk of Dammeier's stack.
Kentaro Okawa opened to 1,200,000 from middle position. Zinan Xu moved all in from the cutoff with 1,650,000. Alon Messica raised to 3,500,000. When the action returned to Okawa, he four-bet to 7,100,000. Messica folded.
Zinan Xu: 10♠10♣
Kentaro Okawa: Q♥Q♠
Okawa's queens stayed ahead through a runout of 8♣3♦8♠J♦J♠, sending Xu to the rail.
Matthew Gross raised to 1,650,000 from under the gun before Jamie Martin shoved for 1,500,000 out of the cutoff. Gross made the call to put Martin at risk.
Jamie Martin: K♠K♥
Matthew Gross: Q♣Q♦
Martin had the better pocket pair and was a favorite to come out of the dust with a double up.
The 2♣7♥J♣ flop did not alter the standings.
Martin stayed ahead on the 2♥ turn and the J♦ river to collect the chips.
Luke Purcell opened to 1,200,000, and Karabet Keshishyan called. The dealer showed the 3♥10♠6♦ flop. Keshishyan check-called Purcell for 800,000. The turn showed 8♦.
Purcell checked, and Keshishyan decided to throw 2,500,000 into the middle of the table. Purcell decided to fold.
There was over 5,000,000 already in the middle when Ben Ramon and Brent Crouch clashed, putting all their chips in on the flop of 7♠Q♦Q♥. Crouch was all-in and at risk for 6,100,000, as Ramon was looking for the knockout.
Brent Crouch: 7♣7♥
Ben Ramon: A♠Q♠
Crouch flopped a full house, but Ramon was not out of it with trip queens and a chance to hit a higher boat.
The 9♦ turn gave Ramon a few more outs to work with, but the 5♠ river kept Crouch out of danger as he doubled in a large pot.
The hand was picked up with Guozhi Li all in for 5,075,000 chips and Kyle Grosshanten having made the call.
Guozhi Li: A♦10♣
Kyle Grosshanten: Q♦Q♠
The runout was all Li, as he paired his ace on the flop and turned trips to crack the queens of Grosshanten on a full board of A♠10♠5♦A♥4♠.
David Jackson raised to 1,200,000 under the gun. Justin Smith made the call on the button.
The flop came 8♠Q♦3♦, both checked.
When the 2♦ hit on the turn, Jackson checked and Smith bet 800,000. Jackson made the call.
The 6♠ landed on the river. Jackson studied for some time before betting 2,300,000. Smith made the call.
Jackson tabled 6♦6♣ for a set of sixes on the river to take it down.
The board showed A♣9♦3♥K♠ when the action was picked up. Hang Xu just put 1,000,000 in the middle and got called by Brennen Bryant. The river card showed 8♥.
Bryant decided to go all in to put pressure on Xu, who had roughly 3,000,000 in chips behind. Xu ultimately decided to call and put his tournament life at stake.
Hang Xu: K♣6♠
Brennen Bryant: A♠A♥
Even though Xu paired his king on the turn, it was not enough to beat Bryant's set of aces.
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