Ian Matakis was in late position and raised to 3,700,000 and Javier Zarco was in the big blind and declared all in which was an effective bet of 8,500,000. Matakis called and was at risk of being eliminated.
Ian Matakis: 8♣8♠
Javier Zarco: A♥Q♥
Matakis flopped well with 8♥2♠10♠K♦9♣ and won a double up with his set of eights.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chipcount | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Feature | 1 | Michael Oar | United States | 7,500,000 | 15 |
| Main Feature | 2 | Powen Fang | Taiwan | 14,300,000 | 29 |
| Main Feature | 3 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 7,500,000 | 15 |
| Main Feature | 4 | Michael McNicholas | United States | 11,700,000 | 23 |
| Main Feature | 5 | empty | |||
| Main Feature | 6 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldavia | 35,400,000 | 71 |
| Main Feature | 7 | Vitor De Souza Coutinho | Brazil | 16,800,000 | 34 |
| Main Feature | 8 | Paul Gunness | United States | 30,600,000 | 61 |
| Main Feature | 9 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 15,200,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 1 | Charles Benoit | Canada | 7,700,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 2 | Andras Matrai | Hungary | 12,875,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 3 | Ian Matakis | United States | 6,700,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 4 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 11,900,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 5 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 25,975,000 | 52 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 6 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 24,600,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 7 | Domenico Paparo | United States | 4,050,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 8 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 10,175,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe Feature | 9 | Arnaud Mattern | France | 18,075,000 | 36 |
It folded to Pavel Plesuv in the small blind who just completed and Zejin Shen announced all in for a stack around 5,200,000. Plesuv snap-called for the following showdown:
Zejin Shen: A♠8♦
Pavel Plseuv: A♥10♥
Shen was in bad shape for his tournament's life and didn't find help throughout the board 5♠6♦Q♠K♥10♣ to find himself eliminated in 18th place for $55,215.
Jacob Perry was under the gun and moved all in for 7,800,000 and Javier Zarco in the big blind called very fast and slammed his aces on the felt.
Jacob Perry: J♠J♣
Javier Zarco: A♦A♥
The board came with quads for Zarco and Perry did not stand a chance 5♥Q♥A♣A♠9♥.
Pavel Plesuv raised under the gun to 1,000,000 and only got called by Arnaud Mattern on the button. The flop fell 6♣3♥3♠ and Plesuv continued for 1,800,000 and it was enough to win the pot right away.
Vitor De Souza Coutinho jammed all in from the small blind. Myles Mullaly took some time before he called as both players revealed their hands.
Myles Mullaly: K♣Q♦
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: Q♠J♠
The board ran out 9♣2♦7♥5♦3♦ for Mullaly to take the pot.
Nível: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Javier Zarco raised to 800,000 from the button and Martin Stausholm took his time before opting to shove from the big blind with the bigger stack. Zarco called for the 8,550,000 he had behind.
Javier Zarco: 8♠8♣
Martin Stausholm: A♦J♦
The board ran out 2♠Q♥2♣6♦4♦ for Zarco to hold with two pair and double up.
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