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In a single-raised pot, the flop came down A♥10♦9♦, and Bradley Gafford checked from the big blind. In the cutoff, Min Ji bet 400,000, and Gafford called.
What was an innocuous pot thus far changed completely on the J♠ turn. Gafford checked, Ji bet 750,000, Gafford check-raised to 1,900,000, Ji shoved all in, and Gafford called all in for 6,900,000 total, all of a sudden creating the largest pot of the tournament thus far.
Bradley Gafford: 8♣7♠ 
Min Ji: J♥J♦
Ji was looking for the board to pair, but the 3♠ on the river kept Gafford's straight in the lead to scoop the significant pot.
Chisa Matsutani and Amin Hosein are the recent casualties after coming back from break.
Jed Friedman opened to 600,000 from the hijack before Christos Argyriadis went all-in for 2,335,000 from the small blind. Vincent Moscati also went all-in, but from the big blind for 2,850,000. Freidman gave it some thought before he reluctantly folded as Argyriadis and Moscati went to a showdown with Argyriadis at risk.
Christos Argyriadis: A♦J♣
Vincent Moscati: 10♣10♦
There was paint on the flop, but not any that Argyriadis needed when it came K♠K♣9♠ to keep Moscati in the lead.
The 7♦ turn was of no consequence to either player, and the 3♦ river sealed the deal as Argyriadis was eliminated from contention.
All counts are according to the WSOP Live app.
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
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The 44 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
In a blind-on-blind battle, the board read Q♠3♦2♥9♦ and Scott Stewart checked to Joshua Steinberg, who bet 650,000. Stewart slid in a call.
The river was the 3♠ and Stewart checked. Steinberg bet 800,000 and Stewart instantly called it off. Steinberg showed 10♣8♣ and Stewart tabled the winner with Q♥9♠.
Yifu He opened to 500,000 from under the gun and was re-raised to by Steven Hinkle from early position to 1,275,000.
He made the call and sent them to a flop of 10♣6♥J♦.
Both players checked the flop to bring the 6♦ turn. He opted to bet 450,000. Hinkle gave it a brief consideration before he made the fold as He took in over a million as they went to break.
On a 6♦3♣2♠ flop, Seiji Sasaki checked, and Jordan Meltzer bet 400,000. Yifu He called in late position, and Sasaki called as well. The 7♣ turn brought two checks to He, who bet 1,200,000. Sasaki folded, and Meltzer called.
The A♥ on the river got checked by both players, and Meltzer won with K♣K♥.
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