Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
The 8 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
Thomas Eychenne K♥4♥ opened to 900,000 from the cutoff. Hengtao Zhu A♥Q♣ called from the small blind.
Both players paired up on the A♦8♣4♠ flop, with Zhu flopping the best of it. He check-called for 650,000 before the 9♥ turn checked through to the 5♠ river. Zhu fired out 4,000,000, which folded out Eychenne.
Heads-up on a flop of 4♥9♦9♣, Thomas Eychenne on the button bet 500,000 with Q♣3♣ and Hengtao Zhu in the big blind check-called with A♥4♦.
Both players checked the 10♦ turn and Zhu checked again the 6♥ river.
Eychenne bet 2,200,000 but was called by Zhu who won the pot.
Nikolay Bibov in middle position raised to 800,000 but saw Marius Kudzmanas on the button three-bet to 2,400,000. The blinds folded and Bibov called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 7♣8♦J♠ and Kudzmanas continued for 1,900,000. Bibov check-folded A♣Q♦ while Kudzmanas had K♣6♣.
Akihiro Konishi A♠A♥ raised to 900,000 from the button and Brandon Sheils 8♣4♣ defended the big blind.
Sheils check-called for 1,100,000 on the J♠8♠2♣ flop, bringing in the 5♠ turn. Sheils let go of his hand, when he faced a bet of 2,500,000
Chris Hunichen raised to 800,000 from middle position with A♥Q♠. Hengtao Zhu to his left called with 9♠9♦ but Bibov three-bet to 2,900,000 when he found A♦A♣ in the cutoff.
Both Hinichen and Zhu had a look at Bibov's stack but both of them folded.
Joona Nyholm opened to 2,000,000 from the hijack, leaving 275,000 behind. Chris Hunichen called from the cutoff
The last of the chips went in on the A♦7♦7♠ flop, and the cards were turned over.
Joona Nyholm: K♦10♣
Chris Hunichen: 8♠8♥
Hunichen was ahead but, but Nyholm picked up a load of equity on the Q♦ turn. However, the 3♠ river was a brick, and Nyholm became the first player to depart the final table.
Hengtao Zhu under the gun raised to 800,000 with K♦7♦ but Marius Kudzmanas in the hijack three-bet to 2,400,000 with A♣4♣.
Thomas Eychenne on the button folded A♥10♥ before Chris Hunichen in the big blind discovered A♦Q♦. It didn't take long for him to fold, and Zhu mucked his cards as well.