Action folded around to Yaman Nakdali, who pushed all in from the small blind with a big stack. Mikel Unanue called in the big blind for 1,200,000. Players turned their cards.
Mikel Unanue: 6?6?
Yaman Nakdali: K?4?
The board ran out Q?3?Q?5?7?. Unanue held with his pocket sixes. He made two pair with the queens on board to win the pot and double his stack.
Action folded around to Marcos Kenne, who shoved all in from the button for 3,400,000. He was called by Jan Bronkhorst in the small blind, who had slightly more chips. Players flipped their cards.
Jan Bronkhorst: K?K?
Marcos Kenne: A?5?
The board ran out 7?A?9?4?10?. Bronkhorst had pocket kings, but Kenne hit a pair of aces on the flop to win the pot and double up. That left Bronkhorst with just 625,000 chips.
The next hand, Yaman Nakdali moved all in from the button and Jan Bronkhorst called in the small blind with his short stack.
Jan Bronkhorst: J?9?
Yaman Nakdali: 2?2?
The board ran out 4?6?J?7?6?. Bronkhorst hit a pair of jacks to win the pot and double back up to 1,300,000.
Jan Bronkhorst raised to 400,000 under the gun, Marcos Kenne called in the small blind, as did Yaman Nakdali in the big.
On a flop of J?4?5?, Kenne checked, Nakdali led out for 300,000, Bronkhorst called and Kenne check-raised to 1,000,000. Only Nakdali continued.
The 5? turn checked through to the A? on the river. Kenne checked again and Nakdali bet out 1,500,000. Kenne went deep into the tank for several minutes before finally choosing to fold. Nakdali proudly tabled 8?7? as he raked in the pot.
Marcos Kenne open jammed from the cutoff, covering all three players behind him. Yaman Nakdali, on the button, called off the bet for his last 3,000,000.
Yaman Nakdali: A?A?
Marcos Kenne: A?10?
The board ran out 9?7?2?7?4?. The aces of Nakdali held to ensure him the full double.
Armin Rezaei raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Ricardo De Andrade moved all in from the big blind with the biggest stack. Rezaei made the call and players flipped their cards.
Armin Rezaei: A?K?
Ricardo De Andrade: 7?7?
The board ran out 2?10?K?K?3?. De Andrade made two pair with his pocket sevens and the kings on board. Rezaei hit trip kings to win the pot and double his stack. The pot brought Rezaei into first position as chip leader.