Rokas Asipauskas moved all in for 1,600,000 from under the gun. Thomas Eychenne called from the button and the cards went on their backs.
Rokas Asipauskas: J♦8♦
Thomas Eychenne: 8♥8♣
Asipauskas departed after failing to improve on the A♠A♥6♦A♣Q♠ runout. His run ended in 11th place, and he picked up the first six-figure payout of the tournament.
Rokas Asipauskas put in his last 650,000 from the small blind and Chris Hunichen called from the big blind.
Rokas Asipauskas: J♦9♣
Chris Hunichen: K♣10♠
Asipauskas was behind, but made trips on the J♣3♥2♣J♥4♦ runout to survive.
Rokas Asipauskas opened to 600,000 from under the gun and Hengtao Zhu defended his big blind.
On the A♣J♦7♦ flop, Zhu check-raised to 2,000,000 over a bet of 800,000. Asipauskas called.
Asipauskas called for 1,000,000 on the K♦ turn, bringing in the 9♦ river.
There was 7,650,000 in the pot, and Zhu checked. Asipauskas bet 2,500,000, leaving 1,300,000. Zhu went deep into the tank, but eventually found the call.
Asipauskas had A♥10♥, turning his top pair into a bluff. Zhu had the 9♣8♦ for a baby flush, and took in the pot.
Thomas Hall A♣K♠ raised to 600,000 from under the gun. Brandon Sheils J♦J♣ called from the cutoff, as did Marius Kudzmanas 2♥2♣ from the button. Antonio Guimaraens Q♠9♠ also defended the big blind.
On the 9♥8♠7♥ flop, Guimaraens shoved for 3,200,000. Only Sheils called.
Antonio Guimaraens: Q♠9♠
Brandon Sheils: J♦J♣
Guimaraens one pair turned into two pair on the Q♣ turn to leapfrog the pocket jacks. The 9♦ river completed the board, and Guimaraens doubled up thanks to his full house.
Joona Nyholm J♥10♦ raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Thomas Eychenne A♠10♠ called from the big blind.
The action checked through to the river for the board to read: 8♣K♥6♥Q♥A♣.
Eychenne, with top pair, bet 500,000 before Nyholm made it 2,300,000 with his Broadway. Eychenne used a few timebanks before flicking in the call, and seeing the bad news.
Joona Nyholm jammed for 3,900,000 from the button and Hengtao Zhu called from the small blind.
Joona Nyholm: Q♣10♣
Hengtao Zhu: 6♣6♠
Nyholm paired up on the J♥10♥8♣ flop and doubled up after the 8♦ turn and 7♦ river.
Thomas Eychenne jammed for 3,900,000 from the cutoff and Rokas Asipauskas snap-called from the big blind.
Thomas Eychenne: K♣10♣
Rokas Asipauskas: A♠Q♥
Eychenne continued to run well during all-ins, making two pair to double up following the A♥10♥6♣K♥8♣ runout.
Rokas Asipauskas opened to 700,000 from the cutoff before Chris Hunichen reraised to 2,500,000 from the button. Asipauskas four-bet to 4,200,000 but snap-folded his A♣5♣ when hunichen jammed with A♦K♦.
Rokas Asipauskas jammed as the big stack from the small blind and local player Jan Tichacek called off his 4,100,000 stack from the big blind.
Jan Tichacek: A♥10♣
Rokas Asipauskas: A♦7♦
Asipauskas was dominated until he paired up on the Q♣7♣4♣ flop to take the lead. The 3♠ turn kept Asipauskas ahead, and he ended up with trips on the 7♥ river to bust Tichacek.
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