Najeem Ajez raised to 60,000 in middle position. Lukas Schwartz shoved all in for 200.000 chips from the cutoff.
Brian Luo, who was in the small blind, called. Ajez chose to get out of the way.
Lukas Schwartz: A♥10♥
Brian Luo: A♦Q♦
Schwartz' hand was dominated and it made a difference in a runout of 3♣2♥7♣A♠6♠, as Luo outkicked him with his ace-queen combination.
Action folded to Yenhan Chen in the cutoff who raised to 60,000, only for Greg Merson, sat on the button, to three-bet to 190,000.
Action came back around to Chen who four-bet to 400,000. Merson then five-bet all in for 1,260,000 and Chen snap-called to put Merson at risk.
Greg Merson: K♠K♥
Yenhan Chen: Q♦Q♠
Merson was sitting pretty for a monster double up, to soar up the chip counts, and nothing changed on the 6♠A♣2♠ flop.
The 8♦ on the turn was safe as well and left Chen needing to hit a Queen to send Merson to the rail. The A♠ peeled off on the river and Merson was shipped the monster pot whilst Chen was left licking his wounds.
Antonio Buonanno raised to all in on the button. Small blind Yoshitaka Hayasaki called the all-in with 580,000.
Arnaud Enselme joined the pot from the big blind with his last 165,000 chips.
Arnaud Enselme: A♣Q♦
Yoshitaka Hayasaki: Q♠Q♥
Antonio Buonanno: A♥K♠
The run went Buonanno's way, as the board came 9♦8♦6♥A♠4♠, giving him a pair of aces to eliminate Hayasaki, and his better kicker ousted Enselme.
Max Sarafin raised to 60,000 in middle position, and Danny Lu moved all in as next to act. Jason Daly shoved his shorter stack from the big blind, at risk for 200,000. Sarafin folded, and the hands were revealed.
Jason Daly: 9♣9♦
Danny Lu: A♥10♣
Daly was flipping, and saw his pair hold through the J♣J♠6♠2♣8♥ board to double through Lu.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
John Juanda moved all in on the button for 165,000, and Anthony Potis shoved his stack of 550,000 in the small blind. After asking for a count, Gansukh Sandagsuren made the call in the big blind and all three hands were tabled.
John Juanda: A♥K♦
Anthony Potis: A♦9♦
Gansukh Sandagsuren: A♣J♣
"I only looked at one," said Juanda as he peeled his second card. The 6♦10♥Q♦ flop left Juanda ahead, while the 5♠ turn changed nothing.
The K♥ river hit the felt, giving Sandagsuren a straight to send both Juanda and Potis out.
Ken Takayama shoved all in from middle position. Kristen Foxen raised all in on the button with a covering stack.
Ken Takayama: A♦7♥
Kristen Foxen: K♦9♥
In the runout 7♦Q♦J♣K♠4♠, Takayama paired his seven on the flop, but the turn did him in, with Foxen knocking him out with a pair of kings.
Keun Kwak raised to 100,000 in middle position, leaving just 5,000 behind. Kenneth Kong moved all in on the button for more, and Kwak called off his last chip.
Keun Kwak: A♥K♦
Kenneth Kong: J♦8♣
Kwak liked the 3♣A♣4♥ flop, but saw Kong pick up a flush draw on the 9♣ turn. The dealer flipped over the J♣ river, giving Kong a flush to send Kwak to the rail.
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