Davidi Kitai checked from the cutoff on a completed board of . After thinking awhile, Ivan Luca bet 150,000 just a bit under the pot. Kitai went deep into the tank until someone called a clock. Kitai allowed his entire allotted time to expire without acting, and Luca dragged back his bet and took the pot.
Ole Schemion three-bet to 125,000 in position against Jean-Noel Thorel. Thorel called.
The flop came and Thorel moved all in for 507,000. Schemion had Thorel covered, but not by much. He took about a minute before calling with . He was ahead of Thorel who held .
The came on the turn and gave Thorel the lead and the was no help to Schemion. Thorel earned a big double.
Koray Aldemir bet 20,000 from the big blind into a pot of about 75,000 with on the board. Ben Maya called from his left and they saw a juicy river. Aldemir bet 40,000 more and this time Maya came out raising with 155,000. Aldemir tanked briefly and then folded.
Adrian Mateos cajoled Maya into showing and he revealed for a boat.
Coming back from dinner a few faces headed to the rail. Liv Boeree was eliminated by Benjamin Pollak and Ole Schemion followed soon after.
Meanwhile, Adrian Mateos doubled through Ben Maya when the two got all in on the turn. Mateos had a pair against the open-ended straight draw of Maya. The board paired on the river and Mateos earned the double.
One of the newest WSOP gold bracelet winners, Martin Kahbrel joined the fun and three-bet Patrik Antonius shortly after sitting down to his left. Antonius four-bet to 145,000 and Kahbrel called.
The flop came and Antonius bet 135,000. Kahbrel folded.
Dario Sammartino bet 20,000 in middle position on a flop and got calls from Mike Leah (button) and Timothy Adams (big blind). Everyone checked the and the fell. Adams fired out 125,000 after eyeing his own stack for a bit. Sammartino folded after about 30 seconds but Leah was in there with a pretty fast call.
Three players were in the pot with the board reading and Koray Aldemir checked. Ben Maya went all in for 182,000 into the pot of about 90,000. Andrew Leathem called and Aldemir folded.
Leathem was behind holding against the of Maya, but the river was the and Maya quickly headed to the rail.
Patrik Antonius opened under the gun for 20,000 and saw Martin Kabrhel shove everything but 3,000 in on his left. Kabrhel had 133,000 total and Antonius thought about a minute and then put him all in.
Kabrhel:
Antonius:
The board favored Kabrhel as paired only Antonius' eight.