Freerk Post opened to 32,000 before the flop only to have Dashgyn Aliev three-bet to 85,000 from the button. Action came back around to Post who cut out a four-bet to 205,000.
Aliev quickly announced all in and Post called for his tournament life only to find that he was beind.
Post:
Aliev:
The board came down and thought he didn't need it, Aliev ended with a full house. He sent Post packing as the first victim of the final three tables and has increased his stack to 3.405 million.
On the last hand before the break, Yasar Guden opened to 47,000 from early position, Pascal Vos called on his direct left, and Alexander Helbig three-bet to 131,000 from the big blind. Both Guden and Vos called.
The flop fell , Helbig led out for 163,000, and both Guden and Vos folded.
We caught Calvin Anderson and Khiem Nguyen heads up on a board of . Nguyen checked, Anderson fired 120,000 or so, and Nguyen check-raised to what looked like 300,000. Anderson called.
The river was a repeat king - the - and Nguyen moved all in for 622,000. There was a beat, and then Anderson called.
Nguyen showed for jacks full of kings, and Anderson frustratedly showed for a lesser full house.
We arrived at the table to see Thang Duc Nguyen all in and at risk against Yasar Guden. Guden held and was crushing Nguyen's .
The flop brought and by the turn, Nguyen was head. He grabbed his belongings and began to head out as the completed the board. Guden absorbed his stack and is now sitting on 840,000.
Kevin Stani managed to get his stack of 491,000 all in before the flop holding . Unfortunately for Stani, he was up against the of Ramil Yusupov.
The flop brought down and Stani still needed to improve to stay alive in this tournament. The came on the turn and gave Stani spade outs, but it was the on the river that paired his eight and gave him the best hand. Stani scooped up the pot and is now sitting around a cool million.
Theodoros Aidonopoulos opened to 40,000 from early position, Yasar Guden three-bet to 95,000 out of the small blind, and Robert Auer moved all in for around one million or so. Aidonopoulos folded, and Guden called all-in for 814,000.
Guden:
Auer:
The board ran out , and Guden doubled to around 1.65 million. Auer dropped down to 240,000.