Samy Dubonnet, in the hijack, led out for 24,000. Maximiliano Gallardo, in the cutoff, found the call, while the rest of the table folded.
With action heads-up, the flop was checked through. Dubonnet fired on the turn, for 93,000. Gallardo made the call.
Both players again checked the river. Dubonnet turned over , hoping his ace high would be good after not completing his flush draw. However, Gallardo turned over , giving him a pair of kings, which was good enough to scoop the pot.
In the cutoff, Courtney Webb went heads-up against Mukul Pahuja in the big blind. There was around 60,000 in the pot and the flop was . Pahuja check-raised Webb's bet of 50,000 up to 150,00 and she called.
The turn came a and both players checked.
A showed up on the river and Pahuja and Webb both checked again. Webb showed giving her top pair which was good and Pahuja folded his hand into the muck.
This win brought Webb's stack to over one million.
The players have just been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day and at this time, the 1,000 chips will be removed from play. When the break is over, the blinds will be 10,000-15,000. There are currently 90 players remaining in the tournament.
Antoine Saout, in the big blind and Thomas Schultz, under the gun were heads-up on the river with around 150,000 in the pot. The board was .
Saout bet 115,000 and it sent his opponent deep in to the tank. After a few minutes Schultz decided to call and Saout flipped over revealing the trip jacks he hit on the flop to win the pot. Schultz tossed his cards in to the muck without showing.
Shankar Pillai opened the action for 35,000 from the button. The small blind got out of the way before Giuseppe Pizzolato put in the call from the big blind.
After the flop, Pillai fired again, but smaller, for 25,000. Pizzolato put in the check-raise of 80,000, and Pillai called.
On the turn, Pizzolato led out, firing a barrel of 90,000. After some moments of thought, Pillai made the call.
The river elicited an even larger bullet from Pizzolato, who fired 150,000 into the middle. Pillai took a couple minutes to consider his decision, before exasperatedly tossing his cards in the muck, giving Pizzolato the pot.
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