In a three-bet pot, Thomas Popov spiked a nut flush draw with on the flop and got his stack in to get called by an opponent with . Both the turn and the river blanked and that was it for Popov, who qualified in last night's Hyper Satellite.
Alexandru Papazian made it 11,000 and Dong Zhao three-bet, making it 32,000. It folded back to Papazian and he made the call, sending them heads up to a flop.
Papazian checked it over to Zhao and he pushed in. Papazian shrugged and called with the , having outflopped Zhao's once-dominating . The turn and river were both bricks for Zhao, and he was knocked down to size, doubling up Papazian.
The 50 players left in the tournament have been sent off on a 15 minute break and will return for the start of Level 15. During the break, the T-100 chips will be raced off.
The full betting action is unknown, but what transpired was the fact that Luc Greenwood was all in and at risk against table neighbor Mikhail Korotkikh and held the dominating hand to get back on track.
Greenwood:
Mikhail Korotkikh:
The flop and turn were all blanks, but the river improved Mikhail Korotkikh and he let out his usual overly loud celebration. Tournament director Thomas Lamatsch walked over and gently reminded him to respect his opponents and the Russian calmed down again.
Felipe Ramos raised to 8,500 from the hijack and [Removed:17] three-bet to 22,000 from one seat over in the cutoff before Ami Barer then shoved for 175,000 from the big blind. Yan folded and Ramos eventually called with another 71,600 behind holding .
Barer had that dominated with and held up on a boar of Qh10s7sKc2h].
Georgios Sotiropoulos walked out of the tournament area and was spotted at the entrance of the Salles des Etoiles. The Greek said he had busted with pocket jacks against the ace-ten of David Dayan and was soon joined by Jason Wheeler, William Foxen and fellow Greek Georgios Sotiropoulos.
[Removed:2] raised from middle position and was called by Enrico Coppola in the small blind before Sergio Aido eventually shoved his last 57,000 with ace-nine. Maksoud folded but Coppola made the call with to stay ahead and shut down the double up run of the Spaniard.
Coppola has a huge tower of chips in front, but it remains unclear what the stacking amount is. In the next break, the full chip counts will be updated.