Tomas Jozonis opened the action with a raise to 8,500 and table neighbor Mario Silvestri three-bet to 22,500. Jozonis reraised to 48,500 only for Silvestri to move all in and force an instant fold from Jozonis.
Josh Reichard got in a big flip with fellow American grinder Max Young, with the former's 
prevailing over 
. Left with 20,000, Young jammed under the gun and got called by the next player over. Action folded to Reichard and he called as well, bringing 
flop. Reichard checked and called 20,000. On the 
turn, Reichard just jammed and got a quick fold.
Josh Reichard: 
Max Young: 
Young had flopped top pair but was drawing dead and sent Reichard a fist bump on the way out.
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With about 25,000 in the pot and the 
flop coming three ways, Marc Perrault bet 11,000 from the hijack after two checks. Martin Jacobson raised to 35,000 in the small blind and Perrault continued to the 
turn. Jacobson checked again and this time called 55,000. On the 
river, Jacobson checked and Perrault shoved for about 255,000. Jacobson thought a little over a minute and released.
Felipe Olivieri raised to 9,000 from mid-position and Sergi Reixach three-bet to 27,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Olivieri who shoved for 223,500. Reixach made the call.
Felipe Olivieri: 
Sergi Reixach: 
The board ran out 
for Olivieri, the Platinum Pass winner, to hold with the higher pocket pair to double up.
Chi Zhang was left with a short stack after he failed to beat the 
of Samuel Tsehai on a king-high board, allowing the Canadian a massive double up. Further counts can be found below.
Ole Schemion raised to 9,000 from under the gun and the only one to make the call was Julien Martini in mid-position.
The flop came 
and Martini called the 12,000 continuation-bet of Schemion.
They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Schemion showed he held 
for the pair of kings with the ace-kicker but Martini was the one to add the pot to his already massive stack as he had 
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