Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The 56 remaining players are on a 15-minute break. Play will resume at the 10,000/15,000 level.
Action was picked up with Pomjun Cha and Miguel Ore Avila engaged in an all-in showdown.
Pomjun Cha: A♥A♦8♠4♥4♣
Miguel Ore Avila: A♣K♣Q♦Q♣4♦
Cha had pocket aces which Avila's pocket queens couldn't beat. The board ran 5♠5♦7♣8♥K♥ giving Cha a double up.
On the very next hand, Avila opened to 36,000 and David Jenkins in hijack called. Cha in the big blind shoved all-in for 166,000. Avila bet pot which covered what Jenkins had behind. Jenkins went into the tank and mulled over what he should do next.
Ultimately, he folded, leaving the two players to head to showdown once again.
Pomjun Cha: A♠K♣K♠9♥4♥]
Miguel Ore Avila: A♣A♦6♦5♠3♠
It was Avila's turn to have pocket aces. But Cha was pushed ahead when he caught a full house on the K♦10♥10♣. The 4♠8♦ runout didn't help Avila, doubling Cha up for a second time.
Jenkins was saying he had pocket jacks, and Cha, teasing, said he should have called so he could get properly paid.
This hand was picked up on the flop after a raise and call preflop.
Gianluca Cedolia bet 94,000 on the 5♦10♠3♠ flop from early position. Miguel Ore Avila made the call from the hijack.
Both players checked it down on the 7♠ turn and Q♥ river.
Cedolia showed A♦A♥5♠5♥4♠ for a flush, which was good enough as Avila looked at his hand one last time before he tossed them in the muck to award the pot to Cedolia.
Joseph Skinner limped in middle position and Paul Fisher raised to 50,000 in hijack. When action folded back to him, Skinner called.
The flop came Q♣3♥J♣. Skinner with his remaining 50,000 jammed all-in. Fisher called taking them to showdown.
Joseph Skinner: A♠J♠8♥7♥5♥
Paul Fisher: A♣K♠K♦10♠6♦
Skinner hit the flop with a pair but couldn't beat Fisher's pocket kings. The dealer peeled the 3♦ with no consequence and completed the board with a 10♣ river. Skinner left the table to head out to the payout counter as Fisher scooped the pot.
Nino Pansier in the small blind limped and Suguru Nakajima in the big blind checked his option.
The dealer flopped K♠10♠7♥ and both players checked through the 5♠ turn.
Pansier bet 13,000 on the river 8♦ and Nakajima called.
Pansier showed Q♣10♥6♦6♣3♥ for a pair of tens. Nakajima tabled Q♦J♠9♣5♣3♦ for a flush.
Kai Yang opened to 42,000 on the button and was called by Thomas Brabham in the small blind.
Brabham checked the 3♥7♣A♠ flop before Yang continued for 40,000. Brabham made the call.
Both players checked through the 3♦ turn to bring the 8♣ river. Brabham bet 168,000. Yang gave it a brief consideration before he folded to award the pot to Brabham uncontested.
Marc Rivera under the gun and Miltiadis Kyriakides in cutoff limped. Kamel Mokhammad decided to raise to 66,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Rivera called but Kyriakides got out of the way.
The flop came 6♥J♠2♠ and both players checked all through the 3♠ turn and 10♠ river. Mokhammad after seeing Rivera show K♥K♦Q♣J♦3♣ for a turned two-pair.
Miguel Ore Avila limped from middle position before Birger Larsen made it 45,000 from the cutoff. Avila made it 162,000 in response. Larsen put in his stack for 77,000 total to be all-in and at risk.
Birger Larsen: A♦Q♥J♦10♦3♦
Miguel Ore Avila: Q♠Q♣8♠7♣7♠
Larsen needed to improve to stay in the tournament, and the flop gave him something to work with when it fanned out 5♦9♦J♣ to give him an open-ended straight draw.
The 4♠ turn did nothing for either player, but the river was what Larsen needed when it came the K♣ to give Larsen a straight.