Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Elior Sion raised to 300,000 under the gun, leaving not too much behind. Ludovic Uzan jammed from the small blind, and Sion called all in when the big blind folded.
Elior Sion: Q♣J♣
Ludovic Uzan: J♥J♠
Uzan maintained an overpair on the 6♠8♥10♠3♥10♣ runout, as Sion hit the rail.
Jovan Kenjic raised to 100,000 on the button. Dragana Mackelprang moved all in for 310,000 from the small blind.
Kenjic made the call.
Dragana Mackelprang: 8♥8♣
Jovan Kenjic: Q♣9♠
Mackelprang got the runout she needed, as she hit a set on the flop and the final board of 10♠8♠4♥K♥2♦ left the three eights as the best hand.
Adrien Delmas opened to 80,000 from the hijack and action folded to Daniel Swartz in the big blind who defended.
The J♣J♠8♦ flop was checked by Swartz and Delmas bet 55,000. Swartz called and the players saw a 9♥ turn.
Swartz checked, Delmas bet 180,000 and Swartz paused, before mucking his hand.
With the board showing K♥9♠8♣3♣, Kent Stephens bet around 150,000 from the big blind, and Sergio Martinez Gonzalez jammed from the cutoff, covering Stephens. With 435,000 remaining in his stack, Stephens made the call.
Kent Stephens: K♠Q♠
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: A♣10♣
Stephens held top pair against the flush draw of Gonzalez.
The 2♠ river was a complete brick, and Stephens doubled through Gonzalez.
Action folded to Borislav Savov on the button who moved all in for 130,000, the small blind folded faster than a cheetah on caffeine and Cedric Schwaederle made the call from the big blind.
Borislav Savov: Q♥8♥
Cedric Schwaederle: A♠7♥
There was no help for Savov on the 2♠2♣3♥J♣9♣ run out and he was sent to the rail.
Jamie Dwan opened to 60,000 from middle position. Action folded round to Dragan Dimishkov in the big blind, who moved all in for 350,000. Dwan snap-called.
Dragan Dimishkov: 7♠7♦
Jamie Dwan: A♣Q♣
The 10♥8♠J♥ flop improved Dwan to a double gutter, but he got there the conventional way as the A♠ turn put him far in the lead. The J♦ river sealed Dimishkov's fate, as the tournament was reduced to just four tables.
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Anatoly Nikitin was already all in on the button for 575,000 and covered by Nevan Chang in the small blind.
Anatoly Nikitin: 9♦9♠
Nevan Chang: A♠A♥
The players were dealt the 7♣J♠8♦7♦8♣ board which saw Chang hold with aces and stack up to well over a million chips.
Yugi Yaginuma raised to 60,000 under the gun. Hertsel Levy three-bet to 200,000 from the hijack.
Yaginuma was last to act after the table folded to him. He waited for as long as he could, looking at the possible pay jump if another player were eliminated before he made the call.
He eventually moved all in with just under 700,000 chips. Levy made the call.
Yugi Yaginuma: A♠Q♠
Hertsel Levy: A♥A♣
Levy's aces received no threat in a runout of 7♥6♥3♦9♠10♠ and he picked up the bounty chip for the knockout.