Updated chip counts according to the WSOP live app.
Updated chip counts according to the WSOP live app.
Level: 9
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Players are on a short 15-minute break.
Youness Barakat opened to 12,000 from early position and Kasparas Klezys called from the cutoff. Sean Winter raised to 67,000 on the button, and both players called behind.
The 7♣6♦J♣ flop prompted Barakat to check, Klezys to bet 200,000 and Winter to move all in covering both remaining players. Barakat quickly mucked, and Klezys called.
Kasparas Klezys: J♥J♠9♣6♥
Sean Winter: A♠A♣K♣8♠
Klezys had flopped a set which had Winters aces beat. There was a sweat on the Q♠ turn as it brought in straight draw outs for Winter, but the 7♠ river was safe and Klezys got a full double-up.
The next all-in showdown unfolded just before the end of the level and Stephen Chidwick was all-in for 222,000 against Santhosh Suvarna with all of the chips going in preflop.
Stephen Chidwick: K♥J♥10♠6♠
Santhosh Suvarna: AxK♦K♣7♣
Thanks to a board of 9♥8♣7♥10♥Q♠, Chidwick improved to a flush and took a chunk out of Suvarna's stack on the second bullet.
Eelis Parssinen was in the small blind and on a 3♦J♣5♣ flop with a pot of 138,000. He was in the pot three-ways with Jason Koon sitting to his direct left, and Artur Martirosian in the cutoff.
Parssinen bet 138,000 and Koon mucked. Martirosian re-raised, Parssinen moved all in and Martirosian snap called.
Eelis Parssinen: 9♥6♣4♣4♦
Artur Martirosian: K♣K♥7♦3♣
Parssinen was sitting with fours, a flush draw and the open-ended straight draw, but faced Martirosian's pocket kings and bigger flush draw.
The 10♦ turn and Q♦ river didn't change the standings and Parssinen was eliminated from the tournament. However, he was seen just moments later with a fresh 600,000 stack, having rebought back into the tournament.
Alex Foxen was able to increase his stack when he bet the 8♣7♦2♠6♠ turn for 128,000 and picked up a call by Youness Barakat. He then jammed the 5♠ river and Barakat folded.
Soon after, Jonathan Depa was all-in for 410,000 against Foxen on the 10♠9♥5♠ flop.
Jonathan Depa: 10♦10♥7♠6♥
Alex Foxen: A♠K♠Q♣3♣
The 2♥ turn gave Foxen a wheel draw that was no good, and the 8♣ river confirmed Depa's double.
This hand was picked up with about 150,000 in the middle on a flop that read J♦9♣4♣.
Robert Cowen bet 120,000 from the small blind. Arthur Morris called from the big blind position, and Youness Barakat also called on the button.
The 2♦ led to more fireworks after Cowen bet 380,000. Morris went all in for 462,000. Barakat folded, but Cowen called to put Morris at risk.
The 4♠ river completed the board, and Cowen showed K♣K♦J♥J♦ for a flopped top set that turned into a full house on the river. Morris could not top it and was sent to the rail.
Jonathan Depa squeezed to 200,000 out of the big blind and Naoya Kihara called from under the gun. On the 10♠9♣6♥ flop, Depa pushed all in and Kihara called after brief consideration.
Naoya Kihara: A♥K♠J♠8♥
Jonathan Depa: Q♣10♦9♦5♣
The 3♠ turn and 4♣ river kept Depa ahead and both stacks were counted. Kihara's 375,000 were covered by a few blinds only and that spelled the end for him.
Santhosh Suvarna went all in for his remaining 36,000 before Nino Pansier made the call on the button, and Dylan Weisman called from the big blind.
Weisman and Pansier checked the board of 8♦6♠6♦3♣6♣ to go to a showdown.
Suvarna tabled Q♣J♣10♥7♦, but it was no good as Weisman showed K♠7♥5♠5♦ for a full house, as Pansier was unable to top it to award the pot and the knockout to Weisman.
Survarna wasted no time getting back into the fray as he is now seated with a fresh stack of 600,000.