Sebastien Grax raised to 24,000 from the early position and John "Hamburger!" Thrower three-bet to 60,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Grax who four-bet shoved for 233,850 which Thrower called.
Sebastien Grax:
John "Hamburger!" Thrower:
The board ran out for Thrower to hold with the rockets to bust Grax.
Recep "Rony34" Aydemir doubled through Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang when he held up with versus on a board of , which sent Jiang on a severe short stack.
Up next, Jason Koon raised to 26,400 and was called by Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra in the big blind. On the flop, Chabra check-raised from 28,320 to 88,800 and called the shove of Koon for 306,539 total.
Jason Koon:
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra:
Koon had two overcards and the flush draw. He bricked the turn but the river provided the flush and big double.
Fast forward a few moments and Jiang shoved from the hijack and Preben Stokkan did so with a bigger stack only for Sami "YrttiDekaani" Kelopuro to move all-in over the top.
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang:
Preben Stokkan:
Sami "YrttiDekaani" Kelopuro:
Jiang already waved goodbye before the showdown started and almost got there with a straight on the board. However, kings held up and Kelopuro claimed a double knockout.
Chris Brewer raised to 27,599 from the early position and Manig Loeser called from the middle position. Chris Hunichen three-bet to 105,600 from the big blind. Brewer folded but Loeser four-bet shoved for 380,131 which Hunichen called with the bigger stack.
Manig Loeser:
Chris Hunichen:
The board ran out for Hunichen to hold with the higher pocket pair to bust Loeser.
In a three-way all-in, Recep "Rony34" Aydemir was at risk for a short stack out of the small blind and Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra came along to then call the shove of Jason Koon and create a side pot of nearly 800k.
Recep "Rony34" Aydemir:
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra:
Jason Koon:
Koon immediately flopped best on and added the best flushdraw on the turn. The river was a blank for Aydemir and Chabra, which sent Koon's stack well over a million.
At the end of the previous level, Phil Hellmuth shoved from under the gun for 84,256 and Jack Salter three-bet shoved for more from the hijack. Kilian "Birdie Power" Loeffler called on the button for the 266,200 he had behind while the blinds folded.
Phil Hellmuth:
Kilian "Birdie Power" Loeffler:
Jack Salter:
The board ran out for Salter to hold with the pair of queens to bust both opponents.
Song "xuesong" Xue raised it up from the button and instantly called the shove of "imslowrollin" out of the small blind to create a pot of more than 520,000.
"imslowrollin":
Song "xuesong" Xue:
The board kept the kings in the lead as "imslowrollin" was sent to the rail.
One of the standard flips as of lately saw Brazil's Bruno Volkmann as the player at risk out of the big blind with the . Initial raiser "cantbreathe" tabled the and the pair flopped a set on .
Volkmann picked up some hope on the turn but the river failed to provide any further help.