Elias Gutierrez had gone all in for 20,000 from the cutoff and had been called by Jesse Spatuzzi in the small blind.
Elias Gutierrez: A♥K♠ 
Jesse Spatuzzi: A♠7♥
Gutierrez was dominating Spatuzzi, and his ace-king held across the 6♦4♣J♦Q♠2♠ runout to secure his double-up.
Andrey Koks opened to 7,000 from under the gun and called when Andrea Dato three-bet to 21,000 from the button.
Koks check-called for 10,000 on the J♣5♣4♥ flop, bringing in the 2♣ turn. Koks had around 100,000 behind and checked. Dato slid out a stack of T-5,000 chips to put Koks to the test, but the latter quickly folded.
David Cabrera in the small blind, Tom Vogelsang in early position, and Aleksandr Lakhov on the button had gotten all their chips in the middle. Lakhov played 40,000 or so, while Cabrera and Vogelsang played around 120,000 each.
Aleksandr Lakhov: A♥J♠
David Cabrera: Q♦Q♣
Tom Vogelsang: 9♥9♦
Cabrera made a straight on the J♦8♥10♠9♠ turn and faded his opponents' outs on the 5♦ river. He scooped the massive pot, eliminating Lakhov and leaving Vogelsang with one small blind.
Antoine Hasbani made a raise from the hijack and Sergei Varnaev three-bet the cutoff to 19,000. When the action got back to Hasbani, he called.
The flop came down 4♦6♦J♣, Hasbani checked it over to Varnaev, who fired a bet of 11,000. Hasbani called.
Both checked the 8♠ turn to the board-pairing 6♥ river where Hasbani led out with a bet of 23,000. Varnaev didn't need to think for too long to make a decision and called.
Hasbani then flipped K♠J♠ for a pair of jacks, and Varnaev mucked.
Robert Schiffbauer opened to 5,500 out of his stack of 26,000 from the button. Vyacheslav Shin then moved all in for 29,000 from the small blind. Ali Al-Kubasi stuck in a tower of T-5,000 chips from the big blind and Schiffbauer put in the rest of his stack.
Robert Schiffbauer: A♥2♥
Vyacheslav Shin: 8♦8♣
Ali Al-Kubasi: A♦J♦
Shin's pocket pair remained best as his opponents failed to connect on the 7♣4♠4♥6♠3♦ runout. Shin collected the pot while Schiffbauer departed.
Nível: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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In a pot of 40,000 on the 9♠K♠7♣Q♣ turn, Ali Al-Kubasi checked from the big blind to Benjamin Winsor in the hijack. Winsor bet 25,000 and Al-Kubasi called.
The 2♠ river saw Al-Kubasi check again before Winsor bet 55,000. Al-Kubasi spent a good five minutes in the tank before the clock was called. His countdown eventually reached zero and his hand was declared dead, losing him the pot.
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