There was approximately 150,000 sitting in the pot on a board when Christopher Kruk led out for 112,000.
A few tense moments passed before his heads-up opponent decided to fold, allowing Kruk to collect the chips. And as he added them to his growing stack it became clear he had moved over the 800,000-chip mark and into the overall lead.
Just a few minutes ago Dzmitry Urbanovich doubled up with against the of Fergal Cawley by flopping a straight and then raised from early position. Fergal Cawley flat-called on the button, as did Artem Litvinov in the big blind. On a rainbow flop, the action was checked to Urbanovich and he continued for 15,000.
Cawley moved all in for 70,000 with and Litvinov folded, Urbanovich called with the . An eight on the turn gave the wonder kid from Poland the better hand and a blank river changed nothing anymore to bust Cawley in cruel fashion.
Pre-flop Rodrigo Perez limped the small blind and McDonald raised to 14,000. Perez called and then shoved on a flop of . Timex gave Perez the stare down treatment that he is so famous for before committing the chips for a call.
Perez:
McDonald:
McDonald had made a call with king-high, but the on the turn meant that the Canadian was open-ended, and the on the river eliminated his Argentinian opponent.
In the very last hand of the level, Liv Boeree shoved for what looked like 66,000 from under the gun and Charles La Boissonnire tank-called out of the big blind.
Boeree had and La Boissonnire flipped over , spiking an ace on the flop. The on the turn gave Boeree a set and her opponent the nut flush while the river blanked.
Over on the feature table, Dominik Panka check-called the flop and then check-raised all in for 74,500 against Alex Komaromi. The 8-Game Mixed Event bracelet winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe put him at risk with the on the turn and Panka's held up with an insignificant on the river.
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Benjamin Winsor opened to 15,000 and Francisco Oliveira then three-bet to 38,000 from one seat over. The action folded around to Alex Komaromi in the blinds and he jammed. Winsor folded but Oliveira double-checked his cards to avoid a misread before quickly calling.
Oliveira:
Komaromi:
The board ran out and the Uruguayan was left with a few big blinds, then headed to the screens in order to check for the next pay jump.
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board when Christopher Kruk led out for 112,000.
against the 
of Fergal Cawley by flopping a straight and then raised from early position. Fergal Cawley flat-called on the button, as did Artem Litvinov in the big blind. On a 
rainbow flop, the action was checked to Urbanovich and he continued for 15,000.
. An eight on the turn gave the wonder kid from Poland the better hand and a blank 
on the river eliminated his Argentinian opponent.
, spiking an ace on the 
flop. The 
on the 
turn and Panka's 
held up with an insignificant 
on the river.
