As the first player to act, Dinesh Alt moved all in for 3,019,477 and Tyler Cornell moved all in for 6,584,310 from one seat over. None of the other players was interested and they went heads-up with Alt at risk.
Dinesh Alt:
Tyler Cornell:
The board ran out and Alt was left drawing dead on the turn to hit the rail in 21st place for a payday of $79,625.
Michael Kane started the action with a raise to 700,000 from the under-the-gun position and Avidan Cohen defended the big blind as the table short stack. On a flop of , Cohen check-called a bet of 350,000 and check-shoved the turn for 2,220,952. Kane had invested another 525,000 and quickly called.
Avidan Cohen:
Michael Kane:
The river failed to improve Cohen and he departed in 20th place for $79,625.
Tzai Wei Phua opened to 3,200,000 on the button and Craig Timmis then three-bet to 10,100,000 in the big blind. Phua had left himself 871,652 behind and called.
Tzai Wei Phua:
Craig Timmis:
The board was a tease for Phua with chop outs and an additional gutshot but he came up blank to depart in 19th place for $79,625.
Within three consecutive hands, Stoyan Madanzhiev attempted to knock out a player and instead, his stack was knocked down by a lot as Joao Santos, Thomas Ward and Craig Timmis all doubled up.
Santos raised to 5,600,000 with 1,108,817 behind and then called all-in when Madanzhiev raised out of the big blind.
Joao Santos:
Stoyan Madanzhiev:
On a board of , Santos hit an ace on the flop and river to put a first dent into Madanzhiev's stack.
Up next, Thomas Ward raised to 4 million in the cutoff and Madanzhiev called in the small blind, then min-bet the flop and Ward called all-in for the last 136,120.
Thomas Ward:
Stoyan Madanzhiev:
Neither the turn nor river changed anything as Ward was next to double.
Last but not least, Craig Timmis raised to 800,000 in the cutoff and was called by Madanzhiev on the button and Mariano Martiradonna in the big blind. Timmis bet the flop for 1.6 million and Madanzhiev was the only caller.
After the turn, Timmis check-shoved for 11,504,650 and Madanzhiev called after he had invested 3.05 million.
Craig Timmis:
Stoyan Madanzhiev:
A blank followed on the river as Timmis doubled into the lead.
Tyler Rueger kept going after the five-bet shove against Benjamin Rolle and also took out Kelly Wong two hands later to leave the field with 17
In Wong's final hand, it was Rueger who raised to 800,000 in the cutoff, Wong three-bet to 4,600,000 in the small blind, Rueger reraised and Wong called off a little extra.
On three short-handed tables, a preflop showdown broke out in which Michael Kane in the cutoff eventually ended up as the player at risk for a pot of 13,643,096.
Kane faced Satoshi Isomae in the small blind and had the best of it when the cards were revealed.
Michael Kane:
Satoshi Isomae:
There was no additional threat on the flop but Isomae turned a gutshot when the appeared. It was instead the that fell on the river to improve Isomae to a pair of aces and Kane had to settle for 17th place and a payday of $113,465.
First to act, Samuel Vousden raise to 1 million and Craig Timmis opted for a three-bet to 2.5 million in the cutoff, which Vousden called.
Both players checked the flop and Vousden activated his time bank before leading the turn for 1,557,500, as Timmis came along.
Onto the river, Vousden made it 1.5 million to go and Timmis then moved all in with the superior stack. Vousden was sent deep into the think tank and he called for the 8,850,956 on top that he had behind.
Timmis flipped over and Vousden earned the double with .
Mateusz Rypulak open-shoved 5,243,162 from middle position and Julien Perouse reshoved for 8,678,194 in the cutoff.
In the big blind, Stefan Schillhabel tanked for over a minute before calling it off for nearly all of his chips, putting two players at risk.
Mateusz Rypulak:
Julien Perouse:
Stefan Schillhabel:
Schillhabel's jacks remained ahead after the flop and the on the turn sealed it, making the river a mere formality. Both Rypulak and Perouse received $113,465 for their deep runs.
As far shortest stack on their table, former Starcraft player Xuming Qimoved all in from the small blind and received an instant call from Satoshi Isomae in the big blind.
Xuming Qi:
Satoshi Isomae:
On a board of , Qi picked up some counterfeit outs but ultimately bricked off to bust in 14th place for a payday of $113,465.
Second to act, Thomas Ward opened to 1 million and Craig Timmis then moved all in for 11,787,164 from one seat over in the hijack. Stoyan Madanzhiev called in the cutoff and all other players including Ward folded.
Craig Timmis:
Stoyan Madanzhiev:
The flop gave Timmis some back door outs and he found one of them on the turn. However, the river brought no help and the Brit was sent to the rail in 13th place for $161,686.