Level: 40
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Level: 40
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Brandon Wilson opened to 36,000 on the button with 9♣7♠ and Alex Foxen called in the big blind with Q♠4♥.
Foxen checked on the flop of 3♠6♠4♠ and Wilson continued for 29,000. Foxen check-raised to 81,000 and Wilson called. Foxen then checked on the 3♥ turn and Wilson bet 100,000. Foxen called.
Foxen checked again on the J♦ river and Wilson bet 305,000 with just seven-high. Foxen folded.
The remaining 13 players have been sent on their first break of the day.
Nikita Kuznetsov has defeated Justin Saliba and set up a date with Henri Puustinen in the quarterfinals.
Find the updated bracket here.
Biao Ding opened to 35,000 on the button with Q♣9♣ and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 135,000 with A♦10♠. Ding called.
Negreanu bet 90,000 on the flop of 8♣K♠3♠ and Ding raised to 230,000. Negreanu laid it down.
The action was joined on a 8♥6♦J♠ flop, with 70,000 already in the pot.
Biao Ding checked from the big blind, but then put in a check-raise to 80,000 after Daniel Negreanu had bet 25,000, which Negreanu called.
The action checked through on the Q♥ turn, seeing the 2♠ river complete the board.
Ding picked his betting lead back up, putting 180,000 into the middle, which Negreanu immediately called.
Ding showed down top pair with Q♠7♠, but it was no good as Negreanu tabled 8♦6♠ for two pair.
Florian Pesce opened to 35,000 with [adqh and Dimitar Danchev called in the big blind with 6♠5♦.
Danchev checked on the flop of 6♦6♥7♥ and Pesce checked back. Danchev then bet 55,000 on the 9♠ turn. Pesce called.
Danchev sized up to 270,000 on the 3♦ river and Pesce laid it down.
Level: 39
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Daniel Negreanu raised to 27,000 on the button, and called a three-bet to 110,000 by Biao Ding.
Ding started with a check on the 9♦5♣Q♣ flop, and called when Negreanu bet 75,000. The A♣ turn then saw both players check.
Ding checked for a third time on the 10♠ turn, and Negreanu responded with a bet of 250,000. After using three of his time extensions, Ding flicked in a calling chip.
Negreanu had been caught bluffing, turning over 7♦5♦, which Ding had beaten with his Q♠2♣.
Brandon Wilson opened to 23,000 on the button with 7♠5♠ and Alex Foxen three-bet to 85,000 in the big blind with K♦Q♦. Wilson called.
Foxen bet 85,000 on the flop of A♣Q♠8♠ and Wilson called. Foxen then checked on the 9♥ turn and Wilson checked back. Foxen checked once more on the 2♦ river and Wilson bet 230,000 with his seven-high and busted draw.
Foxen sniffed it out and called to win the hefty pot.