Antonios Onoufriou shoved from the button for his last 275,000, and Muhtar Taysi called in the small blind.
Antonios Onoufriou: Q♣J♠
Muhtar Taysi: 9♦9♣
Onoufriou needed to win a flip to remain in contention, but the runout of 3♦A♣2♠5♠8♥ brought no help, and he was eliminated. With that pot, Taysi is now closing in on a stack of 3,000,000.
Vytautas Milbutas raised to 80,000 from late position and Vladislav Dubanov three-bet to 200,000 from the button, which Milbutas called.
The flop came J♠3♣3♦ and Milbutas checked. Dubanov made it 130,000 to go and Milbutas called. The turn came the 2♣ and Milbutas checked again. Dubanov sixed up to 260,000 and Milbutas called.
Both players then checked to showdown on the 2♦ river. Milbutas showed Q♣J♣ for a pair of jacks, two pair with the threes on board. Dubanov mucked and Milbutas won the pot.
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Yuan Xu opened from under the gun to 80,000 and got called by Andre Marquardt on the button, Andrey Koks in the small blind, and Viliyan Petleshkov in the big blind.
The four went to a flop of K♦3♠6♠ which Koks and Petleshkov checked, then Xu fired a 200,000-chip continuation-bet. Marquardt then shoved for over 2,000,000, and Koks committed his stack of a little under 1,000,000. Petleshkov quickly folded, and Xu went into the tank. After getting the counts, Xu decided to go for it, and put in his stack, which totaled 755,000.
Yuan Xu: A♠Q♠
Andrey Koks: 6♣6♦
Andre Marquardt: A♥K♣
Xu had the shortest stack and needed to beat both of his opponents in order to remain alive, but it was Koks with the best of it as he had flopped a set. Marquardt had the biggest stack but would need a very favorable runout if he wanted to scoop the pot and eliminate two players.
It was Xu who took the lead on the 10♠ turn, as he improved to the nut flush, which left Marquardt drawing dead. Koks would scoop the pot if the board paired on the river, instead the 2♠ rolled off, which meant Xu tripled up, and Koks took a small side pot against Marquardt.
Action was picked up on the turn of Q♠10♣7♦9♦. Shankui Li had checked from the big blind to Lavrentiy Ni who had moved all in from the hijack.
Ni's all in of 1,050,000 was just shy of a pot-sized bet. Li went deep into the tank, checking his cards and shuffling them multiple times. He ultimately found the fold and conceded a decent chunk of his stack to Ni.
