In a battle of blinds, Ren Lin and Vlad Darie ended up all in on a flop of 
.
Lin had his last 850,000 or so and he needed help with 
against 
. The 
turn gave Lin four extra outs but the 
river sent him to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
|
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David Cossio, who just arrived, raised to 260,000 in the cutoff and action stopped at Artem Metalidi who asked his opponent about his stack.
Cossio replied that he had over 3 million but Metalidi wasn't satisfied with the answer as Cossio's chips hadn't been properly stacked yet.
"I need to see your chips," Metalidi said and Cossio started to stack them.
Midway through the process, Metalidi decided to announce all in. Cossio took a few minutes before flipping what looked like 
and Metalidi won preflop.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
6,300,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
2,750,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
Vivian Saliba raised to 240,000 on the cutoff and Lachezar Petkov called on the button along with Roland Rokita in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Rokita checked to Saliba who bet 275,000. Petkov called and Rokita check-called as well.
The turn was the 
and Rokita checked once more. Saliba fired 600,000 and Petkov and Rokita gave up their hands.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
10,300,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
|
||
|
8,000,000
1,515,000
|
1,515,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,400,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
||
With a flop reading 
, Gaston Abrevaya checked from the big blind and Ignacio Barcenas bet 255,000 from the hijack. Gustavo Kamei called on his left and Abrevaya checked-shoved his 1.85 million or so. Barcenas quickly laid his hand down but Kamei placed in calling chips.
Abrevaya: 
Kamei: 
Abrevaya was behind but he had heaps of outs to look for. The 
turn and 
river, however, weren't any of them and Abrevaya was eliminated as Kamei had him covered by mere 100,000 or so.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000
2,630,000
|
2,630,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Kevin Calenzo raised to 250,000 from middle position and Michael Finstein called on the button.
A flop reading 
was dealt and Calenzo threw in a bet 225,000 that Finstein called. The turn came the 
and this time Calenzo checked. Finstein bet 275,000 and Calenzo responded by moving all in. Finstein snap-called for less with about 1,250,000 and the players tabled their cards.
Michael Finstein:
Kevin Calenzo:
Calenzo had flopped of pair of kings but Finstein had a pair of aces. The 
river filled up the board and Finstein doubled up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,750,000
1,865,000
|
1,865,000 |
|
450,000
1,860,000
|
1,860,000 |
Nirath Rean, sitting in the hijack, had 545,000 in front of him and last year's WSOP Main Event finalist Artem Metalidi moved all in from the button. Metalidi had a covering stack and Rean spent several minutes tanking. He eventually opted to fold and Metalidi took it down preflop.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,950,000
1,415,000
|
1,415,000 |
|
2,900,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Anthony Hu made it 260,000 from the cutoff and Guowei Zhang called from the big blind. They went to a flop of 
and Zhang checked to Hu who continued for 480,000.
Zhang took around two minutes before he moved all in for 2,110,000 and Hu called right away.
Zhang: 
Hu: 
Zhang's bottom two pair held as the rest of the board ran out 
and .
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
4,920,000
2,295,000
|
2,295,000 |
|
1,750,000
2,130,000
|
2,130,000 |
Jean Fabre raised to 300,000 from middle position and Keun Kwak called from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 
that was checked through to the 
turn. Kwak moved all in for 1,200,000 and Fabre snap-folded.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
1,840,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
Niveau: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
