Multi ways to the 10♦9♠4♦ flop, only Daniel Negreanu in the big blind check-called a bet of 40,000 by Chongxian Yang from under the gun. They both checked the 9♥ on the turn, and the 7♣ came on the river.
Negreanu checked again, and Yang made it 225,000 to go, after which Negreanu virtually patted himself on the back via table chat and exclaimed he "didn't do the thing" and only lost 80,000 instead of his entire stack.
Ka Kwan Lau, Santhosh Suvarna, and Christopher Frank were on the 5♦4♦J♥ flop. Lau tossed in a bet of 55,000 from early position, which Suvarna and Frank both called, sitting in the cutoff and on the button, respectively.
The 9♦ turn then checked to Frank, who bet 165,000. Lau immediately folded, but Suvarna was interested in a river and called.
He then checked again on the 6♣ river. Frank fired a bet of 400,000, and Suvarna tossed his cards into the muck after spending a time bank.
With 130,000 in the pot, Ian Matakis checked from the cutoff on a K♣9♦10♦6♥ board. Levon Khachatryan bet 50,000 on the button, and Matakis check-raised to 280,000, which Khachatryan called.
The 10♣ completed the board, and Matakis thought long and hard on how to proceed, ultimately choosing to check. Khachatryan checked behind and tabled the winning hand with his 9♠8♠7♣5♦ for a straight after Matakis revealed his K♦J♥J♦8♣.
Daniel Geeng opened to 30,000 in the hijack, and Biao Ding called on the button. The flop came A♣Q♦10♣, and Geeng opted to check, then folded when Ding bet 50,000.
One hand later, David Wang limped the small blind, and Joao Simao checked his option to the A♠5♠3♦ flop. Wang bet 12,000 but folded when Simao raised it to 38,000.
Taken from the WSOP LIVE app, these are the top 20 stacks returning from the break.
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
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The remaining 87 players are taking their second break of the day, with action set to resume in 15 minutes.
Joining the action on the 6♣6♦3♠5♦ turn, Artur Martirosian made it 45,000 to go from the small blind. Jeremy Druckman called in middle position, and then Arthur Morris, in the next seat, asked for the size of the pot before he made it 335,000 to go.
Martirosian folded, and Druckman pushed all in for 816,000 total.
Morris grabbed his available time bank extensions, of which he had five left, and used three of them before grabbing his raise, putting it right on top of Druckman's stack and sending his own cards into the muck.
"I had the straight and nut flush draw with four-seven," Morris murmured in table chat.
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