The action commenced with a raise to 160,000 with the by Alexandre Raymond and Michel Dattani in the cutoff three-bet to 450,000 in the cutoff holding the , shutting down the chip leader.
Raymond then opened to 130,000 with and Pedro Neves three-bet to 330,000 with the in the cutoff as the Canadian let go once more.
Dattani then made it 130,000 to go with the only for Christoph Csik to three-bet to 375,000 with in the cutoff. Eyeballing the stack of his opponent for a few seconds, Dattani opted to fold and Csik won some chips back.
Christoph Csik made it 125,000 to go with the and Artur Martirosian three-bet to 350,000 from one seat over with the . It folded all the way back to Csik, who pondered about it for a very short while then sent the cards into the muck.
From an early position, Alexandre Raymond made it 125,000 to go with and found no resistance.
A stream interview with Raymond concluded and a limped pot between Csik with the and Martirosian with had somehow checked the flop and turn. They checked again on the river and Csik won a tiny pot with his premium holdings, which brought a smile from him and table neighbor Martirosian.
Down to the last 330,000 and far shortest stack, Taylor Paur moved all in from the hijack. The action folded to Alexandros Kolonias in the small blind and he made the call.
Taylor Paur:
Alexandros Kolonias:
It was a mighty sweat after the flop and turn, which gave Kolonias a straight and flush draw on top of the one overcard. However, the river was a blank and Paur somehow held onto the lead for the double.
Alexandros Kolonias raised it up to 130,000 in the cutoff with the and received a call from Michel Dattani in the big blind, who had the . On the flop, Dattani hit the nuts and checked to Kolonias, who bet 100,000 and received a call from Dattani.
Dattani then checked the turn and Kolonias made it 200,000 to go. This time, the Portuguese check-raised to 550,000 and Kolonias reluctantly called within the allocated 30-second shot clock.
That led them to the river on which Dattani motioned to see the remaining stack of Kolonias before using one of his time bank extensions. What followed was a bet of 450,000 and Kolonias paid it off to become one of two short stacks with eight players still in the mix.
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First to act, Artur Martirosian opened to 130,000 with the and was just called by Jamil Wakil in the hijack with the . The flop brought a bet of 200,000 by Martirosian and Wakil called with his two overcards.
Nothing changed with the turn and Martirosian bet another 500,000, earning another call from Wakil.
With 1,810,000 in the middle to the river, Martirosian now opted to check and Wakil knuckled it back to lose a portion of his stack.
Taylor Paur got one shove through and then min-raised to 120,000 with the . Artur Martirosian in the small blind had a brief decision but folded the , Alexandros Kolonias as the other short stack also let go from the big blind.
Paur then picked up the in the hijack and raised to 120,000. Martirosian was on the button with the and three-bet small to 270,000. It folded back to Paur who sent his cards into the muck.