Nível 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
From the cutoff, Christian Cheng said "all in" for his 13,600,000 chips. Jason Johnson on the button folded, but John Ciccarelli in the small blind put all his chips in the middle too.
Christian Cheng: J♦7♦
John Ciccarelli: K♠Q♥
Cheng was lucky because he found a pair of jacks on the flop 10♦2♥J♥. The rail asked for a deuce or a four to secure his win. The 2♣ came on the turn, but it was the 3♠ on the river. Nevertheless, this card still helped Cheng, who doubled up.
Nível 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Once again, Richard Smith moved all in from the button for 16,300,000 chips. Christian Cheng folded in the small blind, but Jason Johnson in the big blind quickly called and stood up while revealing his hand.
Richard Smith: Q♥9♠
Jason Johnson: K♠K♥
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♣5♠A♦, which gave a pair of queens to Smith. However, he still needed another queen or a nine to avoid elimination. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't find the cards he wanted on the turn 5♥ and the river 6♣.
Nível 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
As stacks are getting shorter due to the blinds rising, the smallest stacks are now in a "push or fold" position.
Christian Cheng, Qiang Xu, Richard Smith and even John Ciccarelli are in this situation, so they have moved all in several times preflop, but nobody has called them. As a result, the blinds are simply moving from one stack to another for now.
Nível 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante
Qiang Xu opened in the cutoff for 3,000,000 and Jason Johnson decided to reraise for 6,000,000 on the big blind. Xu called and the flop came 2♥3♠4♣.
Both players checked to see the turn 2♦. With K♣J♦, Johnson bet 4,500,000 and Xu called.
On the river K♦, Johnson continued to 5,500,000 and Xu folded A♦6♦.
Nível 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante
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In response, via a series of tweets, Kabrhel, who finished third, denied cheating and threatened legal action against Andrew Robl, the player who first brought forth the allegations.
Nível 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante
Christian Cheng opened to 3,100,000 on the cutoff with A♠10♦ and Jason Johnson called with 9♠8♦ on the button. From the small blind, John Ciccarelli moved all in with A♦J♦ and both his opponents folded.
Some minutes later, Qiang Xu opened to 3,500,000 with 9♦8♣ on the button and Christian Cheng went all in from the big blind, holding Q♥Q♣. It was enough to take the pot before the flop.
Christian Cheng opened to 3,100,000 on the button with K♠6♣ and John Ciccarelli called from the big blind.
On the flop 2♣8♠8♦, Cheng continuation-bet to 2,700,000 and got a call. On the turn A♦ and on the river 4♠, both players checked. Ciccarelli revealed K♣2♦ and grabbed the pot.