Kao Saechao raised to 450,000 from early position, and when the action folded to Jason Gooch in the cutoff, he moved all in for 3.4m. The action folded back around to Saechao, and he made the call.
Kao Saechao:
Jason Gooch:
Board:
Gooch took the lead on the flop when he spiked a queen, and the turn was safe for him, but the river brought the ace of diamonds to give Saechao top pair and eliminate Gooch in 36th place for $230,475.
Bart Lybaert opened with a raise to 475,000. From the small blind Hari Bercovici called and Antoine Labat called in the big blind.
The flop was and action checked to Lybaert who put out a bet of 425,000. Only Bercovici called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. There, Bercovici led out with a bet of 1,500,000. Lybaert called but mucked when Bercovici showed for a flopped set.
After the hand Lybaert was left with just over three million chips.
Nishant Sharma raised it up to 425,000 from late position and Michael Dyer came along from one seat over in the hijack. Aram Zobian three-bet to 1,875,000 on the button and won the pot.
Artem Metalidi opened to 450,000 and Konstantin Beylin came along out of the big blind. On the flop, Beylin check-called a bet of 425,000 and the on the turn brought another check of Beylin. Metalidi bet 1,650,000 and that won the pot uncontested.
Zobian raised to 500,000 from the hijack, which picked up calls from Jorden Fox on the button, Beylin in the small blind and Tony Miles in the big blind. The flop came and action checked all the way to Fox. He made it 850,000 to go and claimed the pot after all his opponents had folded.
Fox's rail applauded and he turned around, then joked "well, I gotta keep you guys awake."
On a flop Nicolas Manion checked out of the blinds to Peter Nghia Le who bet 500,000. Paolo Goncalves quickly folded before Manion check-raised to 1,500,000. Le called and the turn was the .
Manion quickly announced all in, and Le folded leaving himself around 5,000,000 behind.
Aram Zobian opened under the gun for 500,000 and got two callers. The flop came and Zobian checked. Artem Metalidi checked as well in the cutoff and Nishant Sharma bet 800,000. Zobian made it 2,550,000 and Metalidi tanked a bit and folded. Sharma did the same.
"I guess I fold the best hand," Metalidi said with a smile.
Peter Nghia Le raised to 400,000 from early position and Nicolas Manion three-bet to 1,400,000. It folded back to Le who four-bet all in for 4,500,000 and Manion called.
Peter Nghia Le:
Nicolas Manion:
There was an ace on the flop coming and restricting Le to the three remaining queens in the deck or running hearts, as any jack would give Manion a straight. The turn and river didn't help him and he was eliminated in 35th place.
Artem Metalidi raised to 450,000 from late position and was called by Nishant Sharma from one seat over in the hijack. Metalidi checked the flop and called a bet of 525,000 by Sharma. On the turn, Metalidi checked once more and faced a bet worth 1,300,000.
Metalidi glanced at the stack of his opponent and called. Both then checked the on the river and Metalidi turned over for top pair. Sharma held the better kicker with the and claimed the pot, putting a small dent into Metalidi's big stack.
Nirath Rean raised to 450,000 from under the gun, and Daniel Tang called in the cutoff. John Cynn moved all in from the button for 4m and Rean considered his options when the action folded back around to him. After a minutes thought he reshoved and Tang folded.
Nirath Rean:
John Cynn:
Board:
The flop saw Cynn take the lead with top pair, but Rean picked up the flush the draw. The turn queen card gave Cynn two pair, and the river bricked for Rean to secure a double up for Cynn.
Nishant Sharma opened for 425,000 and Aram Zobian made it 1,225,000 in the cutoff. Sharma came back with 3,550,000 and Zobian moved all in for about 10 million effective. Sharma flicked in a chip right away to call but Zobian had the goods: . Sharma turned over and stood up.
The dealer delivered a board of , so there wasn't much sweat as Sharma hit the rail.