Liv Boeree was missing in action and Philipp Gruissem, who was stretching near the rail but was very much still active, told us what had happened. Boeree was down to her last 15 big blinds when she shoved all in from the cutoff. Simon Deadman on the button woke up with aces and saw that hand hold up.
We just caught a big pot between Aliaksei Boika and Stipo Vladic. The flop showed when Boika was all in at risk, covering Vladic by just 8,000 chips with 265,000 in the middle.
Vladic:
Boika:
The turn brought the and the river the , giving Boika a flush to crack Vladic's two pair.
A total of 11 levels will be played, and after the sixth level there will be a dinner break of 60 minutes. The tournament staff has decided to play one additional level instead of the usual 10 due to the large field size and having to finish the tournament tomorrow.
Philipp Gruissem opened before the flop with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff. Viacheslav Goryachev was the one calling in the big blind and the Russian high roller check called a bet of 10,000 on and check called anither 21,000 on the turn. The river came the and Goryachev bet out 25,000. Gruissem called, but mucked upon seeing Goryachev's .
Ihar Soika just took his time calling Thomas Muehloecker's shove in the following spot. The board showed when Soika had 37,200 out in front of him after Muehloecker had checked, and the Austrian pro proceeded to check-raise all in for 122,900.
Soika tanked for a long time, and after the clock was called on him he eventually called.
Soika showed against Muehloecker's , and the river brought a blank to send 'Wushu' to the rail.
Chris Hunichen opened before the flop from early position and Aleksandr Denisov three-bet to 16,000 from the button. Both blinds released and Hunichen announced all in. Denisov asked for a count, despite Hunichen having him covered by quite a margin, and went into the tank. Hunichen had 158,200 in the middle while Denisov only had about 77,000 in front of him. At one point someone called the clock and with about half a minute left, Denisov open folded his . Hunichen didn't show and started stacking his newfound chips.
when Boika was all in at risk, covering Vladic by just 8,000 chips with 265,000 in the middle.
and the river the 
, giving Boika a flush to crack Vladic's two pair.
turn. The river came the 
.
, and the river brought a blank to send 'Wushu' to the rail.
