Pavel Plesuv opened the action from early position before Daniel Rezaei three-bet to 200,000 from the hijack. When the action returned to Plesuv, he moved all in for 705,000, and Rezaei quickly made the call.
Pavel Plesuv: A♣7♣
Daniel Rezaei: J♦J♣
The board ran out 10♦A♠6♥5♠10♥, giving Plesuv a pair of aces to beat Rezaei's pocket jacks and secure the double-up on the stone bubble.
Jamie Dwan raised to 80,000 from the hijack only for Seth Davies on the button to three-bet to 185,000. Dwan made the call.
On the K♠3♣J♥ flop, Dwan check-called Davies' 90,000 continuation-bet for the 3♦ to come on the turn.
Dwan checked to Davies who bet out for 150,000 and found a call.
The river brought the 9♠ and Dwan checked once more to Davies who bet out for 270,000 leaving himself just 50,000 behind. Dwan snap-called and tabled K♣J♣ for two pair but was crushed by Davies' A♦A♠ and a better two pair.
The clock has been paused, and the remaining 32 players are now playing hand-for-hand as the tournament reaches the bubble.
One more elimination will send the field into the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least the min-cash of $100,497.
In a pre-flop raising battle Punnat Punsri put in the final four-bet to 365,000 from the button and was called by Rokas Asipauskas from early position.
The flop came 9♣J♦10♦ and Asipauskas checked to Punsri, who thought for a while, before he moved all in for 460,000. Asipauskas didn't take long and made the call to put Punsri at risk.
Punnat Punsri: A♦A♠
Rokas Asipauskas: K♣J♣
Punsri was streets ahead with his bullets but needed to dodge some outs to stay alive. The 3♥ turn changed nothing and when the river bricked out with the 9♠ Punsri was shipped the pot for a double-up.
Timur Margolin opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 80,000. Gustavo Ortega then three-bet to 200,000 from the button, which happened to be the all-in amount of Phil Hellmuth in the small blind. Hellmuth moved all in, and with the action back on Margolin, he reshoved, covering both players. Ortega quickly called, and the three players went to a showdown.
Phil Hellmuth: 8♥8♦
Gustavo Ortega: K♦K♥
Timur Margolin: 6♣6♠
The board ran out 3♣10♣7♦3♥4♣, improving none of the hands. Ortega's pocket kings held strong, earning him the double-up while sending Hellmuth to the rail just before the bubble.
Level: 16
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Josef Schusteritsch raised to 60,000 from middle position and was looked up by Daniel Rezaei in the big blind.
The flop came K♥8♣Q♣ and Rezaei check-called Schusteritsch's 40,000 continuation-bet for the dealer to flip over the 3♥ as the turn.
The action went check, check and the 8♥ peeled off as the river.
Rezaei led out for 80,000 only for Schusteritsch to tank for a while before putting in a raise to 360,000. Rezaei mucked his hand almost instantly to send the pot to Schusteritsch with no showdown.
Action folded to Pavel Plesuv on the button who opened for 250,000 only for Seth Davies, sat in the small blind, after tanking for a short while to three-bet all in for 575,000.
Action came back to Plesuv who snap-called.
Seth Davies: 9♥9♦
Pavel Plesuv: A♥J♠
A clean runout for Davies of 8♣5♠K♦2♠6♦ and he was pushed the pot for a double-up.
Jon Vallinas opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from the hijack before Naoya Kihara moved all in for 335,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Dietrich Fast in the big blind, who announced a raise, which meant he was all in for 600,000. Vallinas got out of the way, and the cards were tabled.
Naoya Kihara: A♦A♣
Dietrich Fast: J♥J♦
The A♠5♦5♣ flop gave Kihara a full house, and the 5♠ turn gave Fast some hope of a chop with another five. However, the 2♦ river changed nothing, allowing Kihara to secure the double-up and leaving Fast short-stacked.
Bryn Kenney opened to 65,000 from the cutoff and was called by Kristen Foxen on the button.
The action went check, check on the 3♣Q♣J♥ flop as it did on the 5♠ turn.
The 10♠ peeled off on the river and Kenney led out for 205,000 which got a quick fold from Foxen and Kenney was shipped the pot.
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