Danny Tang made the minimum raise to 200,000 on the button with A♥7♣. Alexandros Theologis weighed his options in the big blind with J♦6♠ before he tossed in a calling chip.
The pair then checked through the K♣9♦J♣ flop. Theologis checked the Q♣ turn as well, and he quickly folded when Tang fired a bet of 280,000 into the pot.
Alex Kulev opened to 800,000 from middle position with only 65,000 behind. Teun Mulder in the big blind raised and Kulev quickly called.
Alex Kulev: A♠Q♣ 
Teun Mulder: A♦J♣
Kulev managed to make the best two pair on A♣K♥8♦Q♦J♥ to secure a double up.
Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and saw Cary Katz defend his big blind. Dzivielevski tossed in 125,000 on the 10♦J♥3♣ flop and quickly called off when Katz check-raised all in for 1,810,000.
Cary Katz: A♠A♦
Yuri Dzivielevski: Q♣J♦
Dzivielevski immediately made two pair on the Q♥ turn, and Katz's aces officially became cracked when the 2♣ river completed the board, eliminating him in 15th place.
Heads-up on a flop of 10♠2♣6♠, Yuri Dzivielevski on the button bet 150,000 but Alex Foxen in the big blind check-raised to 550,000. Dzivielevski made the call.
Foxen checked the 6♦ turn, so Dzivielevski decided to push 450,000 forward. Foxen folded 9♥8♥ and was right to do so as Dzivielevski had two pair with J♠10♦.
Martin Kabrhel opened A♥4♣ to 200,000 in the cutoff, and Danny Tang flat-called 7♠7♥ on the button. Kabrhel tossed in another 200,000 on the 9♦6♦9♣ flop, which Tang matched.
Kabrhel then stood up from his chair to look around the room before he checked. Tang took the initiative with a bet of 525,000, and Kabrhel quickly let go of ace-high to forfeit the pot.
Biao Ding upped the ante to 225,000 in the cutoff, and Teun Mulder called in the big blind. Both players checked the 9♣5♠5♦ flop, and Mulder checked again on the 5♥ turn.
Ding then tossed in a bet of 150,000, which Mulder called. The J♦ river was quickly checked to showdown, where Din's A♦Q♣ bested the A♣4♦ of Mulder to take the pot.
Moments after the restart, Chris Hunichen in the hijack raised to 210,000. Justin Saliba on the button moved all-in for 1,100,000 and Hinichen called.
Justin Saliba: A♠K♣
Chris Hunichen: J♠J♥
Saliba failed to improve on a board of 9♣8♦9♥6♦Q♣ and was sent to the rail.
Level: 17
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
There are brutal ways to bubble a poker tournament, and then there is what’s just happened to Artur Martirosian.
The Russian high-stakes crusher has just exited this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) $100,000 High Roller in perhaps the most painful fashion imaginable, after seeing pocket aces cracked twice in quick succession to fall just short of a $201,754 min-cash.
Here are the two hands that ended the four-time WSOP bracelet winner’s hopes, as he hit the rail at the Paris feature table in the bitterest of circumstances:
The 16 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
The coverage is expected to resume around 12:10 a.m. local time.
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