Renjun Yang raised to 28,000 from middle position and Tianyuan Tang spent quite a bit of time in the small blind before calling, going to the flop of .
Both players checked and the turn was the . They both checked there too, seeing the river. Tang opted to lead out, making it 30,000 and Yang called. Tang turned over for a turned set and Yang tossed his cards away.
Elliot Smith opened to 25,000 from the cutoff seat and called a three-bet to 83,000 from Thibaut Blondel in the small blind.
The two saw a flop of and Blondel check-called a bet of 60,000 from Smith. The introduced itself on the turn and Blondel check-folded to a bet of 125,000 from Smith.
Kiryl Radzivonau was under the gun and raised to 30,000. Julius Malzanini called from the cutoff and Thibaut Blondel called from the big blind. The three-way flop came .
Blondel checked to Radzivonau who bet 43,000, getting a call from just Malzanini while Blondel bowed out. The turn was the .
Radzivonau checked and Malzanini thought for a moment before betting 75,000. Radzivonau pushed all in for about 330,000.
"Three-hundred twenty-seven," he said for his opponent.
Malzanini went in the tank, taking about two minutes to process his decision.
"I call," he finally said.
Radzivonau flipped over for a pair and the flush draw. Malzanini revealed an overpair with .
The river of was essentially a brick, eliminating Radzivonau from the tournament and giving Malzanini a large stack.
Xinan Yu opened to 27,000 from late position, receiving calls from David Peter on the button and big blind Dong Guo. The flop came and, after Guo and Yu checked, Peters fired out a bet of 52,000. Guo decided to bump it up to 108,000 and just Peters called.
The fell on the turn and Gup led for 135,000. Peters called.
Guo led again on the river , this time for 155,000. Peters jammed all in and Guo snap-called.
Guo:
Peters:
Guo had Peters crushed with his full house and, after both stacks were counted, Guo had Peters just covered.
Dzmitry Rabotkin raised to 26,000 from middle position and Yasuyuki Tsuji called from the cutoff, as did Pakinai Lisawad in the big blind. The flop came /
Lisawad checked to Rabotkin who bet 30,000. Tsuji called but Lisawad wasn't interested in going any further, nudging his cards toward the dealer.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river came and Rabotkin checked again, but Tsuji pushed all in for about 130,000. Rabotkin thought for a few moments before checking his cards again and tossing them in the muck.
Nobody liked their hands as action folded all the way around the table to the players in the blinds. Winfred Yu raised to 30,000 and Satubayev called, going to a flop of .
Yu continued with a smaller bet than his preflop one, making it 22,000 to continue. Satubayev called and the turn was the . The chips stayed put for the rest of the hand as both players checked to the river and then checked to showdown. Yu turned over and won the hand as Satubayev mucked.
Canadian Elliot Smith is off to a dream start. The British Columbia native opened to 25,000 on the first hand from under the gun and Artem Metalidi three-bet to 63,000, one seat over.
Action folded back around to Smith who four-bet jammed for 256,000 and Metalidi quickly called.
Metalidi:
Smith:
A sick cooler right off the bang. The board ran out and Smith raked in an easy double-up.
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