Chris Lee started the action with a raise to 70,000 from the button, Hani Mio called from the small blind and Aleksei Altshuller called from the big blind.
The flop came and Mio checked. Altshuller bet 140,000, Le folded, and Mio called.
The turn brought the and Mio checked. Altshuller bet 490,000, sending Mio into the tank. Ultimately, he folded, and Altshuller took the pot.
Chris Lee raised to 100,000 and Miltiadis Kyriakides called out of the big blind. Both players checked down the board of and Kyriakides announced the nut flush. "Roll over your hand," Lee replied and was shown , and that ended up being the winner for Kyriakides.
Shortly after, Tommy Le and Eoghan O'Dea got into a pot, button versus big blind. O'Dea check-called a bet worth 175,000 on the turn. The river completed the board and O'Dea checked. Le bet 225,000 and was eventually called, flipping over for a straight. O'Dea mucked and Le claimed the pot.
Scott Clements made it 100,000 to go and John Monnette raised the pot for 345,000. Once the action was back on Clements, he asked for the remaining stack and Monnette replied, "I have around 380,000 behind." Clements gave it some thought and slid forward his stack of T$100,000 chips. Monnette quickly called all in.
Monnette:
Clements:
The board ran out and Clements spiked a king to improve and eliminate Monnette. "Hey, Scott. Isn't that an easy fold? You have seen me folding for 36 hours," Monnette politely asked while grabbing his belongings and left the table shortly after. He receives $38,347 for his efforts and the field has been reduced to the last 13 hopefuls.
On a flop of , Tommy Le checked from the small blind, Miltiadis Kyriakides bet 100,000 from the big blind, and Le called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and Le bet 150,000. Kyriakides raised to 500,000, sending Le into the tank for over two minutes before the clock was called. Shortly after the seconds officially began to tick away, Le folded face up as he mucked his other two hole cards and Kyriakides took the pot.
Aleksei Altshuller raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Eoghan O'Dea made a pot-sized three-bet to 225,000 from the big blind. After a few moments of thought, Altshuller called.
The flop came , O'Dea bet to put Altshuller to a decision for the remainder of his stack, and he called to put himself at risk.
O'Dea:
Altshuller:
O'Dea was ahead with his kings and Altshuller, with flush and straight draws and a pair of sevens, needed help from the deck in order to survive. The on the turn gave Altshuller two pairs to take the lead, the on the river changed nothing, and Altshuller took the pot to double up.
Vivian Saliba, who is mostly known as an Omaha cash game player in Brazil, was just involved in two pots.
In the first hand, Saliba raised to 75,000 and Jason DeWitt called on the button. The flop came and Saliba's pot-sized continuation bet forced a quick fold.
In the next hand, Scott Clements made it 100,000 to go and Saliba called out of the big blind. On a flop of , Saliba checked and folded to Clements' bet of 100,000.
Michail Karapanos raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Vivian Saliba called in the big blind. On the flop, Saliba check-raised all in for her last 230,000 and Karapanos reluctantly called after having bet 70,000.
Saliba:
Karapanos:
Both the turn and river changed nothing and Saliba doubled to remain in contention with 14 left.