Artur Martirosian was all in for 1,375,000 from the cutoff against Alex Kulev in the hijack.
Artur Martirosian: Q♣Q♦
Alex Kulev: 10♣10♠
Martirosian had the bigger pair and earned a double as the board ran out 8♥3♣A♥J♠6♠.
Artur Martirosian was all in for 1,375,000 from the cutoff against Alex Kulev in the hijack.
Artur Martirosian: Q♣Q♦
Alex Kulev: 10♣10♠
Martirosian had the bigger pair and earned a double as the board ran out 8♥3♣A♥J♠6♠.
Alex Kulev was all in for 575,000 from under the gun against Artur Martirosian in the next seat.
Alex Kulev: A♦8♥
Artur Martirosian: K♣J♦
The flop of 4♦6♠7♥ didn't change anything but the J♣ turn gave Martirosian a big lead before the 8♠ river confirmed Kulev's elimination a few spots off the money.
Nick Petrangelo open-jammed for 850,000 from under the gun and Daniel Dvoress on the button as Artur Martirosian called in the big blind.
Martirosian checked on the flop of 3♦J♣5♥ and Dvoress checked back. Martirosian bet 900,000 on the 10♠ turn and Dvoress called.
Martirosian then checked on the 9♣ river and Dvoress bet to put him all in. Martirosian called off with 2,200,000.
Dvoress showed J♠J♦ for a set of jacks to crush the A♠10♦ of Petrangelo and the 10♥9♥ of Martirosian
In a heads-up pot on a flop of A♥Q♣J♣, Ryan Feldman was all in for 1,325,000 in the big blind against Alejandro Lococo in early position.
Ryan Feldman: 10♣7♣
Alejandro Lococo: K♣Q♦
Feldman had plenty of equity with a combo draw and picked up even more outs on the 8♠ turn. Unfortunately for the Hustler Casino Live co-founder, the 5♠ river marked his elimination on the stone bubble of the biggest tournament of his career.
It turns out Feldman didn't realize he was on the stone bubble after the double elimination at another table.
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Stephen Chidwick opened to 400,000 in early position and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet to 3,600,000 in the cutoff with just 25,000. Chidwick re-raised and Badziakouski called off.
Mikita Badziakouski: A♣Q♠
Stephen Chidwick: J♣J♠
The flop landed J♥4♦9♦ to give Chidwick a set and finished out 5♥J♦ to improve him to quads for an emphatic elimination of Badziakouski, who was sent to the rail in his yellow outfit.
Punnat Punsri was all in for 825,000 in the hijack against Alejandro Lococo in the big blind.
Punnat Punsri: A♣4♣
Alejandro Lococo: A♠J♣
Punsri was dominated and couldn't pull ahead despite flopping a straight draw on the flop of 6♦7♦5♦ before the board finished out Q♥A♦ to mark his elimination in 16th place.
Phillip Nagy was all in for 2,350,000 in middle position against Benjamin Heath in the small blind.
Phillip Nagy: K♠10♦
Benjamin Heath: A♠J♦
Nagy took the lead as the flop landed 6♠Q♥10♣, but the K♦ turn gave Heath Broadway before the 7♦ river confirmed the Nagy's elimination in 15th place.
Sinan Unlu opened to 450,000 on the button with K♠5♠ and Aleksejs Ponakovs called in the big blind with A♥7♦.
Ponakovs checked on the flop of 7♠J♦2♣ and Unlu continued for 350,000. Ponakovs called.
Ponakovs checked again on the 5♦ turn and Unlu checked back. Ponakovs bet 950,000 on the 5♥ river and Unlu moved all in for 4,600,000. Ponakovs laid it down.