Viacheslav Buldygin completed his small blind and Phil Ivey raised it up to 30,000 from the big blind for Buldygin to make the call.
The flop came , Buldygin check-tank-called the 24,000 continuation-bet of Ivey.
The turn was the and Buldygin checked again. This time, Ivey bet 60,000 for Buldygin to tank again and then call.
The river completed the board with the and Buldygin checked for the final time. Ivey used a time bank card and then shoved with the bigger stack. Buldygin tanked again and then made the call for the 157,000 he had behind with the for two pair to double and leave Ivey short with 55,000 as he held the .
On the next hand, Zhuang Ruan raised to 16,000 for Buldygin to make the call from the button. Ivey pushed his last chips over the line from the small blind. The big blind folded and Ruan did the same but Buldygin made the call.
Chi Zhang had shoved from under the gun with the bigger stack to send Danny Tang into the tank from the middle position. He fanned out his time bank cards in front of him while thinking about things. He used several of them and then made the call for the 125,000 or so he had behind with the .
Zhang tabled the for the rivered set to bust Tang.
Cary Katz had raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Timofey Kuznetsov called on his left. Wiktor Malinowski called too from the button but Vladi Chaoulov three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind. Katz four-bet jammed for the action to fold back to Chaoulov who made the call with the .
Stephen Chidwick had shoved for 124,000 from the cutoff and Zhuang Ruan had dived deep into the tank from the button. He'd use three time bank cards before making the call with the bigger stack.
Stephen Chidwick:
Zhuang Ruan:
Chidwick had flopped the flush draw and gutshot to a straight while Ruan had turned the gutshot to a Broadway but was still ahead with the higher kickers.
The river completed the board with the for Ruan to hit top pair to bust Chidwick.
Artur Martirosian had raised from under the gun which Ivan Leow called from the hijack. Mikita Badziakouski three-bet jammed for 246,000 from the big blind which only Martirosian called.
Badziakouski held the suited while Martirosian had the to bust him as he held with the higher kicker.