In the last hand of the level Fernando Brito jammed all in for 73,000 from middle position. Chance Kornuth in the small blind made the call, but he folded to Max Silver's three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind.
Fernando Brito:
Max Silver:
The board ran out and despite hitting top pair on the river, the pot went to Silver with the turned straight. Brito out, down to 29 players.
Action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind and he moved all in. Sean Winter in the big blind called all in for his last 118,000 holding . Dvoress had and the board came , favoriting Dvoress.
Ben Heath raised pre-flop to 25,000 and was three-bet to 65,000 by Mike Watson. Heath moved all-in for his remaining 166,000 and was swiftly called by Watson.
Watson:
Heath:
Heath was ahead and the looked relatively safe. The on the turn skewed things in Watson's favour but the secured the pot for Heath.
On the same table is Ben Heath's close friend Charlie Carrel: "That turn and river just completely did not register. I was like 'Oh, that's a brick, and another and whaaaaat!'"
Connor Drinan raised from middle position and Keith Johnson called from the big blind. The flop came and Johnson checked. Drinan made a bet of 20,000 and Johnson shoved all in, though we're not sure how much Drinan had at the time. Drinan made the call and doing so, put his tournament life at risk.
Connor Drinan:
Keith Johnson:
The on the turn left Drinan drawing dead. The on the river was there just to make things official as Drinan left the tournament area.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 20,000 and Charlie Carrel three-bet to 55,000 from the button before Winfred Yu moved all in for 340,000 out of the big blind to scoop the pot uncontested.
Over on table two, Dario Sammartino raised to 25,000 and folded to a three-bet by Christoph Vogelsang. One hand later, the Italian made the very same raise and Ivan Luca three-bet to 48,000 with not many chips behind. Sammartino gave it some thought and then moved all in, Luca snap-folded. The Argentinian scooped the blinds and antes with a shove the next hand, but remains very short.
On the three-way flop , Mike Watson check-called a bet of 15,000 out of the small blind whereas the third player in the hand folded. Mustapha Kanit had bet from the button and it was checked to the Italian again on the turn. Kanit bet 35,000 and that did the trick to enforce a fold from Watson.
Paul Newey raised to 22,000 and was called by Ariel Celestino in the cutoff, Davidi Kitai in the small blind as well as Mike "Timex" McDonald in the big blind. On the flop all three players checked. Kitai bet the turn for 44,000 and just McDonald called before the fell on the river.
McDonald made it 65,000 to go and was called to show for a straight flush!
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Mike McDonald raised to 22,000 under the gun, and Ivan Luca called in the seat next to him. It folded round to the big blind where Davidi Kitai also came along.
The flop came . It was checked to Ivan Luca who fired 36,000 into the pot. Kitai folded and McDonald made the call. The turn of the was checked by both players and the river came .
McDonald checked and Ivan Luca bet just under pot with a large bet of 113,000. The stare came out from the Canadian who eyed Luca and his stack before announcing that he was all-in. Luca folded, leaving himself with under 20bb behind
Max Silver raised to 22,000 from under the gun, Connor Drinan called and Ben Heath then moved all in for 82,000. Silver reshoved to isolate and Drinan folded.
Heath:
Silver:
The flop pretty much locked up the hand for Heath and he was guaranteed the double when the board completed with the turn and river.
One hand later, Silver defended his big blind against a Kim Wittendorff rause. On the flop , Silver check-raised from 35,000 to 112,000 and Wittendorff called. The turn saw a bet of 141,000 by Silver and Wittendorff tank-folded the . Chance Kornuth grinned from the rail "show one for the fans" but Silver just grabbed his chips to change tables.