Laurids Nielsen raised to 325,000 from mid-position and action folded to Pim Gieles in the small blind who shoved his last chips in. The big blind folded and Nielsen quickly made the call.
Pim Gieles:
Laurids Nielsen:
The board ran out for Nielsen to hit a pair of jacks on the river to eliminate Gieles from the Main Event in 70th place.
[Removed:140] bet an unknown amount from under the gun on and Preben Stokkan called from the button. Rau bet 800,000 more, about half pot, on the turn. Again, Stokkan called. Both players checked the river and Rau raked in the pot with for a set.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs open-shipped all in for 2,295,000 in early position and Hossein Ensan asked for a count from the hijack. He thought for over a minute but decided to let his cards go. Nicholas Marchington, however, instantly called when the action was on him in the big blind.
Nicholas Marchington:
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs:
The flop came and Marchington's ace-high was still in the lead. The hit the turn to give Marchington a pair of queens but it was Zavorotnijs who actually picked up more outs. The river was the and Zavorotnijs was unable to connect in any way, thus being forced to the payout desk.
Over on the secondary feature table, Hiroki Nawa raised to 325,000 and Alex Foxen three-bet to 945,000 in the cutoff. Nicholas Danias in the small blind jammed for 2,880,000 and Nawa reraised to force out Foxen.
Nicholas Danias:
Hiroki Nawa:
The flop failed to improve Danias, but his rail cheered when the hit on the turn. The river was the blank , further improving Danias to a full house, and he more than doubled.
Oliver Bithell raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Jiwoon Kim three-bet to 1,000,000 in the small blind. Martin Huk folded his big blind so action was back on Bithell who took a few seconds before shoving., Kim quickly called with the bigger stack.
Oliver Bithell:
Jiwoon Kim:
The flop came for Kim to hit an open-ended straight draw.
The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Bithell secured a double-up.
Zackary Koerper and Hiroki Nawa remain the two biggest stacks while Thomer Pidun scooped a pot without showdown against Nicholas Danias to to pull away from the bottom of the leaderboard.