Jean-Noel Thorel opened for what looked like 50,000 from the hijack. Over on the button, Sam Greenwood moved in and when the action had folded around back to him, Thorel called.
Vladimir Troyanovski opened with a raise to 50,000 from the hijack seat. In the cutoff, Mustapha Kanit shoved all in for 380,000 roughly. Action folded back to Troyanovskiy who called.
Kanit:
Troyanovskiy:
Troyanovskiy let out a heavy sigh upon seeing the hands and it didn't get any better for him as the board rolled out not improving him at all. Kanit doubled into what is likely the chip lead while Troyanovskiy was left with right around 200,000.
Almedin Imsirovic got his chips in under the gun plus one and found a challenger in Morris Kadylo on the button. With roughly similar stacks of just over 200,000 each, the race was on.
From the small blind, Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in and Mustapha Kanit quickly called from the big blind.
Kanit:
Troyanovskiy:
The board ran out which kept Kanit in the lead with ace-high. Troyanovskiy was eliminated while Kanit moved over 1 million chips, the first player in the tournament to do so.
Steve O'Dwyer moved all in from middle position for roughly 100,000. Action folded around to the big blind where Almedin Imsorovic called from the big blind.
O'Dwyer:
Imsorovic:
The flop was safe for O'Dywer when it came king-high, but the turn gave Imsorovic a flush draw.
"Too many outs," Cary Katz said, who was also at the table.
The river was a and that gave Imsorovic the lead and earned him the pot.
"Cary!" O'Dwyer said laughing. "Shhhhhh. As soon as you opened your mouth I knew it."
Imsorovic moved over 600,000 while O'Dwyer hit the rail.
Action folded around where Igor Kurganov shoved all in from the small blind with a covering stack over Sylvain Loosli. Loosli thought for a bit then called.
Kurganov:
Loosli:
The board came down which gave Loosli two-pair and allowed him to double up for his 190,000-chip stack. Kurganov was left with right under 200,00 0after the hand.
"Did you know you had 190?" Kurgonov joked after the hand. Loosli responded that he didn't. "Just let me know and I'll tell you next time."
"Bro you have 190?" Mustapha Kanit joked. "And you wanna call with jack-five? No."
and Thorel busted.
not improving him at all. Kanit doubled into what is likely the chip lead while Troyanovskiy was left with right around 200,000.
and Kadylo exited.
which kept Kanit in the lead with ace-high. Troyanovskiy was eliminated while Kanit moved over 1 million chips, the first player in the tournament to do so.
which gave Loosli two-pair and allowed him to double up for his 190,000-chip stack. Kurganov was left with right under 200,00 0after the hand.