The 2018 WSOP Main Event Champion, John Cynn, has joined the field. Cynn took down the Main Event a mere 3 months ago for $8,800,000 and has now joined the table of Joao Vieira, Dominik Nitsche, Adrian Mateos, James Chen, Timothy Adams, and Steffen Sontheimer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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Anatoly Filatov raised to 7,000 from the hijack and Markus Durnegger three-bet to 22,000 from the cutoff. Fabrizio Gonzalez called on the button, and so did Johannes Becker and Sergio Aido in the blinds.
The flop came 
, Becker and Aido checked, Filatov bet 33,000, Durnegger called but Gonzalez raised to 126,000. Becker and Aido quickly folded while chuckling between them. Filatov contemplated for a few seconds and then folded. Durnegger needed more time but ended up folding too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,200,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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960,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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948,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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800,000
70,000
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70,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
With around 25,000 in the middle, the board read 
. Shan Huang and Matthias Eibinger were heads-up in the pot with the action on Eibinger. He tossed in a bet of 25,000 from under the gun and Huang check-called from the small blind.
The river was the 
and Huang quickly checked again. Eibinger splashed in a bet of 35,000 and Huang thought for a minute before sending his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,120,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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1,085,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Ali Tariq completed his small blind and Shan Huang was in the big blind.
"Friendly pot? Ok, I'll check. If it was Christoph, it wouldn't be a friendly pot" Huang said with a beaming big smile.
The flop came 
and Tariq checked.
"Ok, I'll check too, keep it friendly," Huang said while checking too.
The turn was the , Tariq checked again. Huang looked at the board and bet 4,000 which Tariq called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Tariq checked for the last time. Huang bet 11,000 and Tariq called again but then mucked when Huang turned around 
for the turned trip tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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930,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Sergio Aido and Joao Vieira have just joined the field too to bring the total up to 15 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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Johannes Becker raised from the button and Anatoly Filatov three-bet to 26,000 from the small blind. Markus Durnegger folded his big blind so action was back on Becker. Becker four-bet to 78,000 which Filatov called after considering it for a few seconds.
The flop came 
, Filatov check-called the 50,000 continuation-bet of Becker.
They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Filatov turned around 
for king high but flipped them over again when Becker showed 
to pick up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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870,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
Matthias Eibinger raised to 6,000 on the button and was called by Timothy Adams in the small blind and Ali Tariq in the big blind. The flop came 
and the action checked to Eibinger who continued for 6,000. Adams called and Tariq came along as well.
The turn brought the and the action checked around to the 
on the river. Adams and Tariq checked again and Eibinger gave it some thought before finally knuckling the table as well. Adams turned over 
and that was good enough to take down a small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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985,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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975,000
25,000
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25,000 |
