A player in middle posiiton raised to 40,000, Candido Cappiello called in the cutoff and Nicola Grieco, three-bet on the button to 150,000. The original raiser folded and Cappiello made the call.
Cappiello checked and then folded 10x10x face up, to a bet of 200,000 from Grieco on a flop of J♥Q♣4♠.
Action folded around to Cheng Zhao, who moved all in from the small blind with a short stack. He was called by Jesse Cesar Fonseca in the big blind.
Cheng Zhao: 8♠4♦
Jesse Cesar Fonseca: A♥9♣
Zhao was clearly shoving a wide range of any two cards. The board ran out 8♥A♠2♠6♥10♦. Zhao paired his eights, but Fonseca made a pair of aces on the flop to send Zhao to the rail.
Sal Al Fakih limped in from under the gun and received a call from Justin Boyle on the button while Jose Gonzalez Sanchez checked from the big blind.
The flop came 10♥9♠8♦. Sanchez checked and Al Fakih moved all in for 240,000. Boyle got out of the way while Sanchez made the call with a covering stack.
Sal Al Fakih: A♣A♥
Jose Gonzalez Sanchez: Q♣10♦
Sanchez had flopped top pair but was in rough shape against Al Fakih's aces, which held on the 4♦6♥ runout to secure a full double up for Al Fakih.
Bharath Janardhan, in the cutoff, open jammed for his last 160,000. Janardhan was looked up by Luigi D'Alterio on the button and the hand went to a showdown.
Bharath Janardhan: 9♠9♦
Luigi D'Alterio: 10♠10♦
The flop didn't bring much for Janardhan as it fell 6♣7♣A♣, however, the 8♠ turn gave him some hope. The river landed the 5♥ and Janardhan made a straight to save his tournament life.
Carlo Savinelli raised from the hijack and Yunsheng Sun moved all in from the small blind for less than 150,000 chips. Savinelli made the call to put Sun at risk.
Yunsheng Sun: 5♣5♠
Carlo Savinelli: J♣10♦
The board ran out 5♦6♥Q♥4♥9♠ to give Sun a set of fives. He doubled his short stack to stay in the game.
Henok Tekle open jammed from the small blind for his last 50,000. Ange Besnainou in the big blind made a quick call.
Henok Tekle: K♥3♥
Ange Besnainou: A♦10♣
The board ran out 10♠K♦10♦4♥3♦. Tekle's flopped trips ensured him the full double.
Niveau: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Michael Wang raised from middle position and Mateusz Moolhuizen reraised from the big blind for most of his short stack, which Wang called.
The flop came 3♦3♠7♠. Moolhuizen pushed the rest of his chips in the middle and Wang called. Players flipped their cards.
Mateusz Moolhuizen: 10♠10♥
Michael Wang: A♦8♠
The turn came the 6♣ and the river was the 4♣. Moolhuizen had two pair with his pocket tens and threes on board. He won the pot to double up.
"Okay, time for Day 3", joked Moolhuizen.
Action folded around to Aigou Xu, who moved all in from the button for around 90,000. Jimmy Guerrero called in the big blind and had Xu covered as players flipped their cards.
Aigou Xu: 6♠6♥
Jimmy Guerrero: A♥Q♠
The board ran out A♦5♥K♦2♥2♠. Guerrero paired his ace on the flop and made two pair with the deuces on board. He won the pot and Xu was eliminated from the tournament.
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