Jonas Gjelstad and Dan Dizenzo got all of the chips in the middle preflop with Gjelstad being the player at risk for 67.2 million. Dizenzo was way ahead when he turned over and Gjelstad showed .
However, the flop came with the ace right in the window. The landed on the turn which left Dizenzo drawing dead to the on the river. Gjelstad got a massive double up to move into second in chips and the top spot on his table.
Preben Stokkan raised to 3.4 million from under the gun with and was called by Pavel Gonchakov in the hijack with . Graham Ivany was in the big blind and shoved all in for 31 million with . Stokkan shoved all in over the top and Gonchakov got out of the way.
The board ran out and Stokkan's pocket queens held up to eliminate Ivany in 15th place.
On the feature table, Preben Stokkan raised pre-flop to 3,000,000 before Shyngis Satubayev 3-bet shoved for his remaining 32,000,000. After confirming the total amount with the dealer, Stokkan made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Satubayev needed help, with his trailing behind Stokkan's . Said help failed to arrive on the runout, and Satubayev left the tournament area in 16th place.
With around 19 million in the pot and the completed board reading , Dan Dizenzo checked from the cutoff. Jason Koon fired out a bet of 16 million on the button and Dizenzo check-raised to 40 million.
Koon started talking to himself, playing out the hand and trying to come to a decision. "I have a really big hand. This is so sick how this played out. You can't be bluffing me here."
He finally came to the decision of folding and Dizenzo scooped the pot to take over the chip lead.
Jason Koon opened to 3.5 million from early position and Andrey Shatilov shipped all in for 31 million from the small blind. Koon asked for a count and then made the call.
Andrey Shatilov:
Jason Koon:
Shatilov had Koon dominated and held on to double up when the board fell .
There have been a lot of raise and takes at the outer table with no hand reaching showdown in the first 30-minutes of the level. Finally, there was a little taste of action when Ruben Perceval raised to 3.6 million from early position and was called by Andrey Shatilov in the cutoff and Jason Koon in the big blind.
The flop came and the action was checked around to Shatilov who fired 5.2 million. Koon made the call and Perceval folded. The landed on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Koon checked again and Shatilov checked behind. Koon turned over and that was good enough to earn him the pot.
Felipe Ramos and Francois Billard got all the money in pre-flop, for 29,000,000 each. It was a classic flip situation, with Billard looking to hold on with his versus Ramos' .
Ramos took the lead as the dealer spread a flop, and continued to improve on the turn. The hit the river, which was no good for Billard as he left the tournament area.
and Gjelstad showed 
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with the ace right in the window. The 
landed on the turn which left Dizenzo drawing dead to the 
on the river. Gjelstad got a massive double up to move into second in chips and the top spot on his table.
and was called by Pavel Gonchakov in the hijack with 
. Graham Ivany was in the big blind and shoved all in for 31 million with 
. Stokkan shoved all in over the top and Gonchakov got out of the way.
and Stokkan's pocket queens held up to eliminate Ivany in 15th place.
runout, and Satubayev left the tournament area in 16th place.
, Dan Dizenzo checked from the cutoff. Jason Koon fired out a bet of 16 million on the button and Dizenzo check-raised to 40 million.
and the action was checked around to Shatilov who fired 5.2 million. Koon made the call and Perceval folded. The 
flop, and continued to improve on the 
