Grant Denison raised first to act to 45,000, and Ryan Leng put in a three-bet to what looked like 180,000 in the small blind. Denison slid in all of his T25,000 chips, Leng said he was all in, and Denison quickly called for what turned out to be 880,000.
Grant Denison: 
Ryan Leng: 
The dealer spread a flop of 
, and Leng resigned with a "nice hand." The turn 
sealed it for Denison.
Victor Kim shoved all in for 84,000 over an early open from Georgios Sotiropoulos. The Greek player quickly called with 
but could only chuckle after Kim showed down . The 
flop brought plenty of paint, but not the kind that helped Sotiropoulos, and the 
and 
were blanks as well.
Ryan Leng opened the pot and it folded round to Max Pescatori who moved all in for exactly 200,000. Leng gave it some thought before he called.
Leng groaned when he saw Pescatori show his 
, but Pescatori wasn’t exactly delighted when he saw the 
of Leng.
“I won my first bracelet with that hand,” Pescatori said. “Don’t do it.”
The board ran out a safe 
and Pescatori defeated his memorable hand to double up.
Photos by Jayne Furman.
| Seat | Table 700 | Table 701 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Kent | Melissa Gillett |
| 2 | Victor Kim | Grant Denison |
| 3 | James Poper | Ronald Massetti |
| 4 | Noah Vaillancourt | Tom Hall |
| 5 | Kami Hudson | Ron Rosenberg |
| 6 | Arkadiy Tsinis | Christopher Frank |
| 7 | Pratyush Buddiga | Max Pescatori |
| 8 | Luigi Curcio | Michael Gagliano |
| 9 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Ryan Leng |
Michael Gagliano opened and then called a shove for around 16 big blinds from Blake Bohn.
Blake Bohn: 
Michael Gagliano: 
The board ran out 
, giving Gagliano the hand and eliminating Bohn just shy of the final two tables.
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The level has concluded and players are now taking their first 15-minute break of the day.
Georgios Sotiropoulos (small blind), Luigi Curcio (big blind) and Ronald Massetti (middle position) saw a flop in a hand that stretched well into the break. Everyone checked, and the 
arrived on the turn. Sotiropoulos bet out 74,000 and got two calls. On the 
river, he fired again for what looked like 280,000. Curcio tanked a bit and folded, and Massetti quickly followed suit.
Ron Massetti opened for 38,000 and big blind Luigi Curcio called in the big blind from his short stack.
The flop was 
Massetti bet 45,000 and Curcio check-raised all in. Masetti thought for a while and called.
Luigi Curcio:
Ron Massetti: 
The turn was the 
and the river the , and with the better pair Curcio earned the double-up.
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