A short-stacked Ryan Riess was all in for 28,000 with the and current chip leader Christopher Kruk looked him up with the . The board of and Riess turned a flush to double.
Stephen Chidwick was all in and at risk for 38,000 and Julian Thomas eventually called in the big blind.
Stephen Chidwick:
Julian Thomas:
Both players hit a pair on the flop, and the turn gave Thomas the lead. A blank river failed to improve Chidwick and the Brit was gone. The same table now also features Preben Stokkan.
While Stephen Chidwick is back for his second bullet, Sergio Aido busted on his first one. Daniel Dvoress moved all in from the small blind and Aido called it off for what appeared to be 70,000.
Sergio Aido:
Daniel Dvoress:
The flop kept Aido in the lead but Dvoress picked up some additional counterfit outs. The turn and river instead improved the Canadian to a straight and Aido headed to the rail.
The pot was already up to 100,000 with action on John Juanda (UTG). He shoved all in for 64,500 on a board and Ole Schemion on the button folded after ten seconds.
Ryan Riess doubled and Erik Seidel did so just now on the very same table soon after. It all went in after a flop of and Seidel had the best of it with for bottom set, as Christopher Kruk only showed for top pair and a back door flush draw.
The turn locked up the double for Seidel, and the on the river was a mere formality.
Steve O'Dwyer and JC Alvarado got it all in preflop with nearly equal stacks of around 100,000.
Steve O'Dwyer:
JC Alvarado:
Alvarado's pocket jacks held up on , leaving O'Dwyer with just three big blinds. O'Dwyer posted his big blind, defended against Dietrich's Fast open, but check-folded on a flop to leave himself with a mere blind behind.
In the next hand, O'Dwyer won with against Fast's . However, there wasn't a comeback in the cards as he got it in with against Yan Shing Tsang's shortly after. The board ran out and O'Dwyer was out.
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Ivan Luca's short stack grind saw him pick up the and he got the last 63,000 in with it, facing Vladimir Troyanovskiy with the . The board of let the kicker play and Luca doubled.
In a battle big blind versus button, Conor Beresford was all in for his last 98,500 with the and Sergi Reixach on the button looked him up with the slightly superior stack and the . The board of was a massive sweat, but Reixach failed to hit any of his outs.
Down to 12,500 he shoved the next hand over the top of an open raise to 11,000 by Mustapha Kanit and flipped over . Kanit had the and that ended up as the winner.
and current chip leader Christopher Kruk looked him up with the 
. The board of 
and Riess turned a flush to double.
flop, and the 
turn gave Thomas the lead. A blank 
river failed to improve Chidwick and the Brit was gone. The same table now also features Preben Stokkan.
flop kept Aido in the lead but Dvoress picked up some additional counterfit outs. The 
turn and 
river instead improved the Canadian to a straight and Aido headed to the rail.
and also re-entered soon after.
, leaving O'Dwyer with just three big blinds. O'Dwyer posted his big blind, defended against Dietrich's Fast open, but check-folded on a 
against Yan Shing Tsang's 
shortly after. The board ran out 
was a massive sweat, but Reixach failed to hit any of his outs.
