Akira Ide raised all in from early position. Sebastian Arce made the call with less from the button.
Sebastian Arce: A♥10♥
Akira Ide: Q♠J♠
Arce had the lead and n the runout 4♠10♦10♠9♠Q♣ he flopped trip 10s, but Ide turned a flush for the winner.
When Charles Moore, an elderly gent with Santa-like features, sat down at the same table as Richard Harris, the latter immediately began thumbing through his phone.
He found the picture he was looking for and showed it to the table.
"That's my father in Greece," Harris said.
Moore took a look at the photo and acknowledged the strong resemblance.
"What a handsome man that is," Moore said. "Tell my brother from another mother, I said hello."
Christina Gollins was on the button and covered Athanasios Polychronopoulos's remaining 6,500,000 who was sitting in the small blind. The cards were already face up and the chip stacks were being counted.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos: K♣Q♥
Christina Gollins: A♠2♠
The board ran out 5♥6♥J♣3♥4♦ with Gollins hitting the straight, and Polychronopoulos was left standing with no chips.
Level: 39
Blinds: 1,000,000/1,500,000
Ante: 1,500,000
The remaining 32 players are on a 15-minute break
After Richard Harris raised from under the gun, Sivan Pauker moved all in from middle position, and Napat Chokejindachai did the same with the largest stack at the table.
Harris bowed out.
Sivan Pauker: 9♣9♥
Napat Chokejindachai: 10♣10♥
Just nipped by one, with the smaller pair, Pauker entered the runout behind and stayed there as the board finished 7♠7♣A♣J♦5♦.
Zheming Zhu opened to 2,400,000 from the button and Richard Harris reraised all in for 15,900,000 from the small blind. After asking for a count, Zhu called.
Richard Harris: A♦9♦
Zheming Zhu: 10♠10♥
Harris bid Zhu good luck and waited for the flop to come 4♦4♥A♥. The small blind was looking hopeful as the dealer peeled the 7♠ turn. The dealer turned over 5♥, securing Harris with a double.
Peter Brown opened from under the gun and Akira Ide was all in for 8,000,000 in the big blind and action was back on Brown who made the call.
Akira Ide: A♦4♣
Peter Brown: Q♦10♠
Blindar was ahead and there was no change on the 6♠J♣7♥3♠5♣ runout, knocking Brown down to just a handful of big blinds.
In the next hand on the same table, Stanislav Blindar opened to 2,400,000 from middle position and action went to Brown who was now in the big blind. Having paid the ante, and the big blind, Brown had just 1,200,000 left not committed to the pot. He moved it all in and was at risk for his tournament life.
Peter Brown: 5♣4♦
Stanislav Blindar: A♠6♠
The A♦2♥9♠ flop was good for Blindar who picked up a pair of aces. There was no more luck for Brown and he hit the rail after seeing the 9♥ turn and 7♠ river.
Chengyue He raised to 12,000,000 from the cutoff. Zheming Zhu, seated to his immediate left, went over the top all in. He made the call with less.
Chengyue He: 4♣4♠
Zheming Zhu: J♠J♦
Zhu's bigger pair was in control through the turn K♠6♦6♥Q♥, and then the dealer bobbled the river card, which to many at the table made it look one of the fours He needed for the win.
Alas, the last card was the 5♥, five pip instead of four, and He excited in 40th place.
"I almost had a heart attack," Zhu said with chuckle and a sigh of relief.
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