Imre Makranyi opened to 1,500,000 from the cutoff before Ivan Blank shoved from the big blind for 4,400,000. Makranyi called to put Blank at risk.
Ivan Blank: 5♦5♣
Imre Makranyi: A♥3♥
Blank had a healthy lead preflop, but the flop changed that in a hurry when it fanned out 10♦A♣Q♠ to give Makranyi a pair of aces.
The 4♦ turn, and the 6♣ river danced around the pocket fives of Blank but never hit to eliminate Blank from contention.
Action folded to John Kokolakis in the cutoff, who open-jammed all in for 3,300,000, and it was folded to Ren Lin in the big blind who squeezed his cards and made the call.
John Kokolakis: 2♥2♦
Ren Lin: A♣3♣
A safe flop for Kokolakis came 7♦10♣J♠, but when the A♥ peeled off on the turn, Lin steamed into the lead. No deuce for Kokolakis on the Q♣ river, and Kokolakis was sent to the rail.
Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Action was picked up as Wanda Hallman was all in for roughly 5,000,000 from the cutoff against Joshua McDougall who was in the big blind.
Wanda Hallman: Q♣Q♠
Joshua McDougall: K♠7♣
The board ran out safe for Hallman as it came 10♥2♣6♥A♦4♣, and she doubled.
Mohamed Aissani went all in for 6,025,000 on the button, which led to a call from Derek Staib to be at risk for his tournament life.
Mohamed Aissani: A♦Q♦
Derek Staib: A♥2♦
Aissani needed to fade the deuce, and the flop did just that when it fanned out J♣4♥7♥ to keep Aissani in the lead.
The 3♦ gave Staib more outs, but he whiffed on the 9♣ river as Aissani secured the double-up to drag in the chips.
Action folded to Lucas Lew in the hijack who raised to 800,000. Valentino Konakchiev sat on the button three-bet to 5,500,000 which left him just 2,000,000 behind.
Action came back to Lew who moved all in and had Konakchiev covered. Konakchiev went into the tank for a good while before he made the call for his tournament life.
Valentino Konakchiev: A♥5♥
Lucas Lew: J♣J♠
No help for Konakchiev on the 9♦10♦4♦ flop. the 10♠ turn changed nothing and when the river bricked out with the 6♣ Lew was pushed the monster pot whilst Konakchiev was sent packing.
Christopher Basile called 400,000 in the small blind, and Brett Murray checked in option in the big blind.
The flop came 3♠4♠2♦, and both players opted to check. The 6♥ on the turn saw Basile check again and Murray fired out a bet of 500,000, then Basile called.
Both players opted to checked on the 9♣ river, and Basile tabled a flopped straight with 6♣5♠ and took the pot.
Kimura Nao opened to 800,000 from the hijack before Lucas Lew called from the cutoff.
Nao and Lew both checked the A♠A♣3♦ flop to bring the 2♦ turn.
Nao checked again before Lew bet 1,000,000. Nao called.
Both players checked the 4♣ river to go to a showdown.
Nao showed 6♥6♠ for a pocket pair of sixes. Lew tabled 9♣9♦ to claim the pot.
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