So far, exactly half the field remains with 34 entries and 17 players left. They have been sent into the final 15-minute break for the day, and the registration will close when the cards are back in the air for level 11.
Daniel Geeng was the last player to enter the competition right at the end of the break, and the American will start his mission with exactly 25 big blinds. Hok Lee will have the same stack, as the player from Hong Kong re-entered the last minute as well.
The registration is now closed and there have been 36 entries in total, of which 19 remain.
In a battle button versus small blind, Maksim Shuts got the remainder of his short stack in preflop for 27,800 and Jan Collado looked him up from one seat over in the small blind.
Maksim Shuts:
Jan Collado:
The flop kept Collado in the lead and some outs for Shuts were gone. But suddenly, the appeared on the turn to magically turn the tides in favor of Shuts. The river was a blank and Collado lost one third of his stack.
Imad Derwiche is no longer in the tournament, reducing the field to the last 18 hopefuls, and Isaac Haxton just took a big pot off Quan Zhou.
After a bet, raise and call on the flop, Haxton checked the turn out of the small blind and Zhou bet 17,000 into a pot of 54,000. Haxton called and the fell on the river. Haxton was to act, but Zhou was all smiles and moved his hands to get his opponent into moving all in.
Haxton did just that for around 27,000 and Zhou laughed, then sat back. After one minute, he folded and Haxton said "good fold," flashing for a full house.
Martin Kozlov raised from the button and Jan Collado called in the big blind. On the flop, the fireworks started and Collado check-raised, then called the shove of Kozlov with both players at almost even stacks.
Jan Collado:
Martin Kozlov:
The on the turn gave Kozlov the better hand and Collado was drawing to the last deuce in the deck to avoid elimination. Instead, it was the and that sent Collado to the rail.
Sam Greenwood three-bet out of the blinds and Quan Zhou called. On the flop, Greenwood bet 8,000 and Zhou called before the on the turn saw a check by Greenwood and a bet by Zhou for 30,000. Greenwood called, then checked again the on the river.
Zhou, hiding his face entirely behind a black hoodie, announced all in and Greenwood snap-called.
Zhou tried to muck his cards when Greenwood flashed , and only revealed the while the fourth card went into the muck.