Victor Chong opened to 10,000,000 from under the gun with 10♥10♦ and was called by Karabet Keshishyan,holding A♣J♣ in the cutoff.
Keshishyan made the better pair on the Q♣J♥5♠ flop, and action checked through to the 6♥ turn. Chong check-folded to a bet of 9,000,000.
Level: 44
Blinds: 3,000,000/5,000,000
Ante: 5,000,000
Andrew Sanchez opened to 8,000,000 with K♠9♣ from the hijack before Eric Baldwin went all in for 39,000,000 on the button with A♣Q♦.
Sanchez gave it some thought before he folded.
Action was caught on the A♥6♣5♥ flop, with 28,000,000 in the pot. Justin Smith bet 9,000,000 from early position and was called by Jose Orozco Gomez from the button.
The 5♦ turn checked through to the K♦ river. Smith check-called for 15,000,000 and the pot was chopped as Smith tabled A♣J♥, with Gomez showing down A♦10♣.
Min Ji opened to 9,000,000 from early position. Justin Smith re-raised to 20,000,000 from the cutoff. Ji went all in for 18,000,000 and was called by Smith to be at risk.
Min Ji: A♠J♣
Justin Smith: A♣Q♦
The flop came 7♠K♠3♥ to keep Smith in the lead.
Ji hit a flush draw when the 4♠ peeled on the turn, but it was not meant to be when the A♦ hit the river to eliminate Ji.
Ji earned $60,171 for his finish.
Karabet Keshishyan held A♣J♦ and opened to 10,000,000 from the cutoff. Yuefan Wang, with 7♥7♠, called from the small blind. Wang check-folded to a bet of 6,000,000 on the K♥8♥3♦ flop.
On the next deal, Wang received Q♠4♦ and raised all in from the button to put the blinds at risk, and they folded.
With his next hand, Wang did the same from the cutoff, but this time Andrew Sanchez woke up with a hand in the big blind, and called off his stack of 28,000,000.
Andrew Sanchez: J♠J♦
Yuefan Wang: K♣7♠
Sanchez doubled on the 9♠3♣5♠A♣Q♦ runout.
Jose Orozco Gomez opened to 8,000,000 with 9♥9♦ from early position. Karabet Keshishyan responded with a re-raise to 24,000,000 with J♥J♣. Orozco called.
The flop fanned out 2♠7♦2♦ before Gomez checked. Keshishyan bet 15,000,000 before Gomez check-raised to 45,000,000. Keshishyan called.
The 3♠ turn led to a round of checks to bring the 8♠ river.
Gomez and Keshishyan checked as Keshishyan took it down.
Andrew Sanchez opened to 8,000,000 from the button with A♦8♣ before Jose Orozco Gomez, holding A♠10♥, made it 40,000,000 from the small blind. Eric Baldwin folded in the big blind and Sanchez followed suit.
Justin Smith, with 9♣8♣, raised to 10,000,000 from middle position. Gomez, now with A♣K♦, three-bet to 40,000,000 once again and took down the pot.
The final table players have taken their seats, and play has begun.
Level: 43
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Ante: 4,000,000
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