The remaining 19 players are on their first 15-minute break.
The remaining 19 players are on their first 15-minute break.
In a hand that ran five minutes into the break, Hang Xu bet 450,000 under the gun, holding on to his last 15,000.
Mauro Ferreira thought about it for some time, then made the call. Thinking that Xu was all-in, Ferreira tabled his hand, showing A♦3♠.
After the flop came 7♥4♠2♣, Ferreira made the 15,000-chip bet to pull Xu all in.
Xu considered his options for a while, then made the call.
Hang Xu: K♣3♣
Mauro Ferreira: A♦3♠
The turn and river of 10♠9♣ made no difference, as Ferreira took the hand with ace-high.
Mauro Ferreira opened in middle position to 175,000, and Corentin Soulier on the button called. Mans Montgomery in the small blind joined in to see a flop.
The flop came 2♦10♠2♣. After action was checked to him, Ferreira continued with 165,000, and only Soulier called to see the next card.
Both players checked the 3♥ turn and the K♦ river. Soulier tabled A♣Q♥ for ace-high while Ferreira hit two pair on the flop with his 10♣9♣.
The hand was joined on the turn with Maher Achour and Spyridon Apartoglou tussling over a pot that already had 1,000,000 chips in it.
With the board reading Q♣6♠K♣2♥ Achour checked in the small blind. Apartoglou bet 720,000. Achour made the call.
The 9♣ fell on the river. Achour again checked.
Apartoglou tanked for a bit, then bet 2,900,000, all but 80,000 of his stack.
Achour went into a deep tank, considering his next move for a good five minutes before he folded.
Sitting with mere crumbs, Yuto Misaka was forced all in from the big blind. Jose Latorre raised to 160,000 in middle position, Daniel Smiljkovic three-bet to 440,000 on the button, and Latorre called.
The Q♦6♣5♥ flop was checked by both active players. Latorre checked the 9♥ turn and folded to a bet of 800,000 from Smiljkovic.
Yuto Misaka: 4♠2♥
Daniel Smiljkovic: A♠A♣
Misaka needed a trey and a trey only to survive, but the river came the 5♦ instead to end his run in 20th place.
Orson Young open-jammed all in on the button for 610,000, and small blind Spyridon Apartoglou responded with an all-in of his own, pushing the big blind out of the way.
Orson Young: Q♦J♣
Spyridon Apartoglou: 9♠9♦
The flop came Q♠3♥5♠ immediately pushing Young ahead. It was looking good for him after the A♣ turn and K♣ river as well. Young was visibly happy as he scooped the pot for a double.
Yuto Misaka shoved all in for 590,000 from the cutoff. Caleb Harris, who was on the button made the call with 15,000 less.
Caleb Harris: A♥5♣
Yuto Misaka: A♠K♠
The door card hit Harris and he rode out the full board of 10♥9♣5♥7♦7♥ to win the hand with a pair of fives, leaving Misaka with crumbs.
Very short-stacked, Goichi Kawaski raised all in for 220,000 in the cutoff. Roman Hrabec clicked it to 445,000 on the button and the blinds folded.
Goichi Kawaski: A♣7♥
Roman Hrabec: A♥Q♣
The inferior ace remained second-best during the A♠K♣3♥A♦6♣ rundown, making Kawaski the 21st-place finisher.
With nearly equal stacks of around 1.5 million each, Huy Nguyen and Daniel Smiljkovic got their chips in the middle preflop.
Huy Nguyen: A♦Q♦
Daniel Smiljkovic: A♣K♦
The best hand held up during the 8♥4♠2♦K♥9♥ rundown and after the dealer double-checked, Smiljkovic had Nguyen covered by a hair to send the latter out in 23rd.
Agharazi Babayev raised to 160,000 from the buttom. Eoghan O'Dea reraised to 400,000 in the small blind.
Babayev moved all in for more than 2,000,000 chips. O'Dea made the call.
Agharazi Babayev: K♥Q♠
Eoghan O'Dea: A♣K♦
Babayev's bad situation got worse on the flop, though he picked up a flush draw on the turn, but by the end of the runout 9♦9♠A♠3♠A♥, O'Dea had a full house.