Charles Russell raised to 1,100,000 in the cutoff and Diogo Coelho called in the big blind.
The flop came 6♦2♥2♠ and Russell bet 1,000,000. Coelho then raised to 2,400,000 and Russell quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000,000
-4,000,000
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-4,000,000 |
|
14,000,000
-14,000,000
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-14,000,000 |
Gerardo Hernandez opened to 1,000,000 from the hijack and Brian Kim three-bet to 3,000,000 on the button. Luis Vazquez then four-bet to just over 8,000,000 in the big blind and Hernandez folded his K♠Q♦ before Kim five-bet jammed a stack of 18,650,000. Vazquez went deep into the tank before calling with a bigger stack.
Brian Kim: A♣K♦ 
Luis Vazquez: Q♠Q♥
Kim took a big lead with a pair of kings on the flop of K♣9♣6♠ and his hand held up for a double as the board finished out 6♣2♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000,000
18,000,000
|
18,000,000 |
|
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29,000,000
-2,000,000
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-2,000,000 |
|
1,600,000
-19,400,000
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-19,400,000 |
The 22 remaining players have been sent on another 20-minute break. When they return, they will play one more 120-minute level or until 18 players remain, whichever takes longer.
In the meantime, listed below are some highlights from Level 34.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,000,000 | |
|
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61,000,000 | |
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54,000,000 | |
|
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51,000,000 | |
|
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41,000,000 | |
|
36,000,000 | |
|
35,000,000 | |
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32,000,000 | |
|
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29,000,000 | |
|
28,000,000 | |
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24,000,000 | |
|
24,000,000 | |
|
20,000,000 | |
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19,000,000 | |
|
17,000,000 | |
|
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14,000,000 | |
|
9,900,000 | |
|
7,500,000 | |
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6,300,000 | |
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3,100,000 | |
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Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Gabriel Moura opened to 3,000,000 with just 100,000 behind and called off as Boris Angelov three-bet to put him all in.
Gabriel Moura: 9♠9♥
Boris Angelov: A♦7♥
Moura's nines held up for a double as the board ran out 7♣3♦6♣8♣K♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000,000
21,000,000
|
21,000,000 |
|
|
7,700,000
-600,000
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-600,000 |
Gabriel Moura opened to 1,200,000 and Luis Vazquez three-bet jammed a stack of 1,300,000 as Jordan Griff and Moura both called.
Griff checked on the flop of 8♥J♥A♦ and Moura bet 800,000. Griff folded K♣Q♦and the cards were flipped.
Luis Vazquez: K♥J♣
Gabriel Moura: A♠A♣
Vazquez had run into top set but picked up straight outs on the 10♣ turn. Unfortunately for him, the 10♥ landed on the river to improve Moura to aces full as Vazquez was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
|
5,000,000
-2,500,000
|
-2,500,000 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |
Jason Sagle raised to 1,300,000 in the cutoff with 7♥7♦. Jonathan Tamayo three-bet to 3,300,000 on the button with A♣J♥, and Sagle called.
Both players checked the 10♣9♦5♣ flop. The turn was the 7♠ and Sagle led out for 2,300,000.
Tamayo called to see the 5♠ river, where Sagle bet another 6,000,000. Tamayo paused for a moment before folding as Sagle took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
25,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
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Niklas Astedt limped in the small blind before calling a raise to 2,200,000 from Malo Latinois in the big blind.
Latinois continued for 1,500,000 after Astedt checked to him on the 5♠A♠10♣ flop. Astedt flatted to see a turn.
Action checked through the 6♣ turn to the 2♠ river where Astedt led out for 6,000,000. Latinois did not stick around to see what his opponent held as he instead chose to cut his losses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000,000
-5,000,000
|
-5,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
39,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000,000 | |
|
|
28,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
21,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
17,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
15,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Gerardo Hernandez opened to 1,200,000 with 10♦6♣ in the hijack and Brian Kim called from the button with A♦7♦. Boris Angelov 5♠5♦ called in the small blind as Jordan Griff Q♥6♠ came along from the big blind.
Angelov checked on the flop of 10♣Q♠2♣ and Griff moved all in for around 4,000,000 to bring folds from both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
26,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
10,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
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