Cedric Schwaederle raised to 100,000 from late position before Atanas Malinov three-bet to 380,000 from the small blind with just 10,000 behind. Schwaederle raised to put Malinov all in, and Malinov made the call.
Atanas Malinov : K♥K♠
Cedric Schwaederle: 6♦6♠
Malinov had bided his time perfectly to himself in a great spot to double-up. The clean runout of 10♥4♠10♣9♠10♦ provided no help for Schwaederle, and Malinov doubled up with pocket kings.
Clement Michaud committed his last 175,000 into the middle from the cutoff, and only Oleg Svintsov made the call out of the small blind.
Clement Michaud: A♣3♦
Oleg Svintsov: 10♣9♠
Michaud was slightly ahead with ace-high. The 2♠6♣8♣ flop provided Svintsov with a straight draw. The 8♦ turn meant Michaud was one card away from doubling up. However, the brutal, 10♠ landed on the river to give Svintsov the winner with a pair of tens, sending Michaud out of the tournament.
There was an open to 100,000 from the hijack and Clement Michaud three-bet to 600,000 from the cutoff. Kyosuke Nagami was on the button and put in his last 460,000, which got the hijack to fold.
Kyosuke Nagami: A♥Q♥
Clement Michaud: K♥Q♠
Nagami's hand held up on the 5♣2♥2♠2♣9♣ runout, which earned him a double-up and left Michaud very short.
Natan Chauskin raised the button to 100,000 before Maxime Chilaud three-bet to 275,000 out of the small blind, Chauskin four-bet jammed for roughly 1,100,000, and Chilaud snap-called.
Natan Chauskin: K♠Q♠
Maxime Chilaud: J♣J♠
Chauskin was up against Chauskin's big pair but did have two overcards he could hit to double-up. The runout came 10♥7♣8♥4♦6♠, which provided no Broadway cards, meaning Chauskin was out in nineteenth place.
Maxime Chilaud opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Tobias Peters shoved for 375,000 from the small blind. Chilaud called.
Tobias Peters: 8♠8♦
Maxime Chilaud: 6♠6♣
Peters was way ahead, but fell way behind when the flop came 4♣Q♥6♦, improving Chilaud to a set. An eight is what Peters needed, but he couldn't find it as the 9♦9♠ runout meant he was out in 20th.
Dawid Smolka opened from the hijack to 80,000 and Maxime Chilaud defended his big blind.
Chilaud check-called a bet of 75,000 from Smolka on the Q♣9♦8♥ flop.
The turn came the 7♦ and Chilaud check-called another bet from Smolka, this time for 225,000.
Chilaud checked for the last time when the 7♣ landed on the river, and Smolka put him to the test for his last 375,000. Chilaud burned through one of his time extensions before making the call.
Smolka showed a bluff with A♠3♦, and Chilaud turned over top pair with Q♦10♥. The pot was pushed to Chilaud as Smolka dropped to below two million chips.
Paul Lagan just got his 1,080,000 into the middle preflop with Kyosuke Nagami being the player trying to bust him.
Paul Lagan: 7♦7♠
Kyosuke Nagami: A♠A♣
Lagan had run into the two aces of Nagami, and would need a miracle to stay alive. He got his miracle on the 9♣7♥9♦ flop, as he hit the jackpot with a boat. The 2♣ turn didn't change anything, and when the 3♦ landed on the river, Lagan doubled up to over two million chips, while Nagami was left with around ten big blinds.
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 25th episode, Connor speaks with embattled poker pro Brad Booth about learning poker from his grandfather, climbing up stakes in Canada, living at the Bellagio and playing in Bobby's Room, bluffing Phil Ivey and getting cheated on Ultimate Bet.
Booth, who the poker community hasn't heard from for several years, opened up about his absence and going missing in 2020, as well as his gambling addiction and various poker debts to players like Doug Polk that he says he plans to make right.
"I got caught up in all of it and all I can try and do is make right now," he told PokerNews of his poker debts.
When it folded to Iurii Grigorev on the button, he shoved for 255,000 with just the blinds to get through. Dawid Smolka got a count from the dealer and then made the call.
Iurii Grigorev: 7♣7♥
Dawid Smolka: A♠4♦
Grigorev was the shortest stack left in the tournament so this was his chance to begin a comeback. However, the runout of 10♠K♣A♦10♣6♥ gave Smolka the best hand with a pair of aces, sending Grigorev to the cashier's desk.