The board read with 207,000 in the middle already.
Mikita Badziakouski had checked his big blind and Abdulla Al Emadi shoved with the bigger stack. Badziakouski dived deep into the tank.
"The problem is that registration is closed." Badziakouski mused. He handed over another time bank card to the dealer: "I am probably going to use them all."
Vladi Chaoulov pushed over a time bank card but the dealer told him that that wasn't allowed.
"Can I get one on credit from the next tournament?" Badziakouski jokingly said.
Two time bank cards further, he opted to reluctantly fold.
The 35 remaining players have been sent for a 90-minute dinner break with registration closing at the end of that dinner break. Play should resume at approximately 8:08 p.m. local time.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 11,000 from under the gun and both Suat Egilli and Johan Guilbert called in the blinds.
The flop came , Egilli checked but Guilbert bet 27,000. Chidwick contemplated for a while and then decided to shove. Egilli folded but Guilbert asked for a count. While the dealer was doing that, he saw it was for around 150,000 (151,500 in the end) and he decided to make the call with the bigger stack.
Stephen Chidwick:
Johan Guilbert:
Chidwick had flopped the nut-flush draw while Guilbert had already hit his straight.
The turn was the to not change things up and while the completed the board to bring a wheel, Guilbert held with the higher straight to bust Chidwick just before the dinner break.
Vladi Chaoulov raised to 12,500 from the button and Job Greben three-bet jammed for 41,000 in the small blind. David Coleman four-bet jammed for 262,000 from the big blind for Chaoulov to ask for a count and then fold.
Job Greben:
David Coleman:
The flop came for Coleman to hit top pair but for Geben to pick up the flush draw.
The turn was the to not help Greben and neither did the on the river.
The board read and there was around 35,000 in the middle already.
Kemal Aslan checked from the small blind and Danny Tang bet 9,000 which Aslan called.
The completed the board and Aslan quickly checked. Tang took a bit longer but opted to do the same in the end. Aslan tabled the to play the two pair on the board with the ace-kicker but mucked his cards with some disgust on his face when Tang showed the for the rivered higher two pair.