Koray Aldemir took some more chips off Yu Liang when the latter check-called two bets worth 4,100 on the turn and 9,000 on the river. Aldemir rolled over for a pair of aces on the button and Liang carefully studied the board before mucking his cards.
At the same time on another table, Dario Sammartino got into a big three-bet pot with table neighbor Wei Leong Chan. Sammartino bet the river for 8,500 and Chan moved forward his big chips and moved all in. Sammartino gave it plenty of thought and eventually called all in with for just ace-high.
That was however good enough, as Chan was caught bluffing and briefly flashed his cards before paying off Sammartino's all in for 34,450, almost half of Chan's stack.
The cards were all tabled and a small crowd had geared at the table to see Timofey Kuznetsov's button shove. Behind him, Phil Ivey in the small blind and Rui Cao, who was last seen with around 30,000, opted to call and create a three-way showdown.
Phil Ivey:
Rui Cao:
Timofey Kuznetsov:
Cao was rooting for an ace, but the flop fell to vault Kuznetsov into the lead. On the turn, nothing much changed but all three players still had the chance to win the hand. A blank river eliminated Ivey and Cao, for Ivey it was the second bullet and he won't have the chance to re-enter anymore.
A raising war broke out between Timofey Kuznetsov on the button and Mustapha Kanit in the big blind. Kuznetsov had already three-bet before Kanit then four-bet to 15,700, Kuznetsov was the sole caller.
On the flop, Kanit bet 9,200 and Kuznetsov called before the Italian then checked and called a bet worth 18,000 by Kuznetsov on the turn. The river went check, check, and Kanit rolled over pocket tens, which Kuznetsov had beat with .
One table over, Erik Seidel raised to 1,700 and Gabe Patgorski in the small blind and Wai Kin Yong in the big blind called. The flop fell and Seidel bet 3,000. Patgorski called and Yong check-raised to 9,000. While Seidel's cards were sent into the muck, Patgorski called. Both the turn and the river were checked and Patgorski tabled as winning hand.
Winfred Yu and Adam Sanders have both re-entered and the latter just successfully built his stack in a hand against Paul Phua.
It was Phua that had raised to 2,600 from under the gun and Sanders called on the button. The flop fell , and Phua's continuation bet worth 3,000 was called by Sanders.
The same history repeated itself for 8,000 on the turn and Phua then checked the river. Sanders shoved and Phua asked for a count, then reluctantly folded when the all in was deemed to be for 25,800.
Wai Leong Chan exited the tournament area after running out of chips while Sergio Aido escaped from doing so. In a battle of the blinds, Devan tang pushed from the small blind and Aido called in the big blind with .
Tang only had and the kicker played on a board of .
David Peters, Alan Sass and Peter Chen all ran out of chips. While the former two immediately re-entered, Chen has not been spotted yet in the tournament area. He got it in with the against button raiser Timofey Kuznetsov and the Russian looked him up with .
The board came and the pair held up. "But you told me king-seven was the best hand?" Chen joked, referring to the previous run-good of Kuznetsov. The online wizard appears to be unstoppable at the top of the counts right now and leads with a decent margin over the rest of the field.
Gabe Patgorski fell down to as low as 12,000 again before chipping up without showdown. At the same table, Wai Kin Yong was able to build his stack and just took from Winfred Yu.
Yong raised to 1,500 on the button and Yu called in the big blind, then check-raised the flop from 2,000 to 5,500. Yong didn't go anywhere and called before Yu checked again the on the turn. Yong now made it 8,500 to go and that was good enough to win the pot without showdown.
This leaves Pratyush Buddiga, Yu and Patgorski all with rather short stacks on the same table.
turn and 9,000 on the 
river. Aldemir rolled over 
for a pair of aces on the button and Liang carefully studied the board before mucking his cards.
river for 8,500 and Chan moved forward his big chips and moved all in. Sammartino gave it plenty of thought and eventually called all in with 
for just ace-high.
to vault Kuznetsov into the lead. On the 
turn, nothing much changed but all three players still had the chance to win the hand. A blank 
river eliminated Ivey and Cao, for Ivey it was the second bullet and he won't have the chance to re-enter anymore.
flop, Kanit bet 9,200 and Kuznetsov called before the Italian then checked and called a bet worth 18,000 by Kuznetsov on the 
turn. The 
river went check, check, and Kanit rolled over pocket tens, which Kuznetsov had beat with 
.
and Seidel bet 3,000. Patgorski called and Yong check-raised to 9,000. While Seidel's cards were sent into the muck, Patgorski called. Both the 
turn and the 
river were checked and Patgorski tabled 
and the kicker played on a board of 
against button raiser Timofey Kuznetsov and the Russian looked him up with 
and the pair held up. "But you told me king-seven was the best hand?" Chen joked, referring to the previous run-good of Kuznetsov. The online wizard appears to be unstoppable at the top of the counts right now and leads with a decent margin over the rest of the field.
