Peter Nghia Le raised to 400,000 from early position and Nicolas Manion three-bet to 1,400,000. It folded back to Le who four-bet all in for 4,500,000 and Manion called.
Peter Nghia Le:
Nicolas Manion:
There was an ace on the flop coming and restricting Le to the three remaining queens in the deck or running hearts, as any jack would give Manion a straight. The turn and river didn't help him and he was eliminated in 35th place.
Aram Zobian opened under the gun for 500,000 and got two callers. The flop came and Zobian checked. Artem Metalidi checked as well in the cutoff and Nishant Sharma bet 800,000. Zobian made it 2,550,000 and Metalidi tanked a bit and folded. Sharma did the same.
"I guess I fold the best hand," Metalidi said with a smile.
On a flop Nicolas Manion checked out of the blinds to Peter Nghia Le who bet 500,000. Paolo Goncalves quickly folded before Manion check-raised to 1,500,000. Le called and the turn was the .
Manion quickly announced all in, and Le folded leaving himself around 5,000,000 behind.
Nishant Sharma raised it up to 425,000 from late position and Michael Dyer came along from one seat over in the hijack. Aram Zobian three-bet to 1,875,000 on the button and won the pot.
Artem Metalidi opened to 450,000 and Konstantin Beylin came along out of the big blind. On the flop, Beylin check-called a bet of 425,000 and the on the turn brought another check of Beylin. Metalidi bet 1,650,000 and that won the pot uncontested.
Zobian raised to 500,000 from the hijack, which picked up calls from Jorden Fox on the button, Beylin in the small blind and Tony Miles in the big blind. The flop came and action checked all the way to Fox. He made it 850,000 to go and claimed the pot after all his opponents had folded.
Fox's rail applauded and he turned around, then joked "well, I gotta keep you guys awake."
Bart Lybaert opened with a raise to 475,000. From the small blind Hari Bercovici called and Antoine Labat called in the big blind.
The flop was and action checked to Lybaert who put out a bet of 425,000. Only Bercovici called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. There, Bercovici led out with a bet of 1,500,000. Lybaert called but mucked when Bercovici showed for a flopped set.
After the hand Lybaert was left with just over three million chips.
Kao Saechao raised to 450,000 from early position, and when the action folded to Jason Gooch in the cutoff, he moved all in for 3.4m. The action folded back around to Saechao, and he made the call.
Kao Saechao:
Jason Gooch:
Board:
Gooch took the lead on the flop when he spiked a queen, and the turn was safe for him, but the river brought the ace of diamonds to give Saechao top pair and eliminate Gooch in 36th place for $230,475.
Randy Lowery moved all in from early position for 3,435,000. It folded to Eric Froehlich in the small blind who called and the big blind folded.
Randy Lowery:
Eric Froehlich:
Lowery was in a good position to double, with a better pair and both suits covered. The board came with the river card causing Lowery minor discomfort, as he momentarily confused it for a nine.
"Why couldn't it come a jack or something," he said, "Then I'd know for sure I was safe."
Samuel Bernabeu opened under the gun for 450,000 and Aram Zobian defended big blind. Zobian check-called 425,000 on the flop and then both checked the . On the river, Zobian bet 1,420,000 and Bernabeu folded.
Antoine Labat opened with a raise to 475,000. Peter Campo called from the cutoff and Andres Jeckeln called from the big blind.
The flop came down and all three players checked to see the on the turn. There action checked to Labat who put out 675,000. Campo folded and Jeckeln check-raised, making it 2,200,000. Labat called.
The river was the and Jeckeln led for 3,500,000. Labat just called. Jeckeln showed his for a flopped set, but Labat had for a bigger flopped set. That left Jeckeln with just over 3 million while Labat vaulted over 30,000,000 chips.