As we arrived, the board was already out in a blind battle between Ryan Riess (small blind) and Steve O'Dwyer (big blind). With on the table and what appeared to be a 64,400-pot, Riess shoved for 71,900. Steve O'Dwyer called with but his hand was no good as Riess tabled .
Timothy Adams opened from early position for 2,500. Daniel Monosson called before Luc Greenwood squeezed from the button to 10,000. Big blind Igor Kurganov cold four-bet to 25,000 and Adams and Monosson got out of the way. Greenwood called in position.
Both players checked the flop and the hit the turn. Kurganov tossed in a single 25,000-chip and action was on Greenwood. He tanked for some time and eventually used a time bank chip to gain an additional 30 seconds to think about it. With a few seconds left to act, he called.
The river saw Kurganov tank. He too used a time bank chip but eventually decided to check. Greenwood checked behind.
Kurganov looked at his cards and the dealer and showed them to Greenwood. The dealer announced Kurganov had . Greenwood tabled and Kurganov mucked.
David Dayan is the first player eliminated. He has the option to buy back in till the start of level 9. As Dayan exited, Rafael Moraes and Luc Greenwood entered.
Koray Aldemir opened the button for 2,500 and big blind Ivan Luca called. Luca check-called 2,600 on before both players checked the on the turn.
The river completed the board and Luca checked. Aldemir saw his clock run down to 5 seconds before betting 5,700. Luca also used the majority of his 30-second clock before tossing his cards into the muck.
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on the table and what appeared to be a 64,400-pot, Riess shoved for 71,900. Steve O'Dwyer called with 
but his hand was no good as Riess tabled 
.
flop and the 
hit the turn. Kurganov tossed in a single 25,000-chip and action was on Greenwood. He tanked for some time and eventually used a time bank chip to gain an additional 30 seconds to think about it. With a few seconds left to act, he called.
saw Kurganov tank. He too used a time bank chip but eventually decided to check. Greenwood checked behind.
and Kurganov mucked.
before both players checked the 
on the turn.
completed the board and Luca checked. Aldemir saw his clock run down to 5 seconds before betting 5,700. Luca also used the majority of his 30-second clock before tossing his cards into the muck.
