Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In a hand relayed to PokerNews just after the fact, Nathanael Kogel opened to 50,000 and Rigoberto Rodriguez raised to 200,000. Kogel four-bet to 500,000 and Rodriguez went all in, covering Kogel. Rodriguez snap-called.
Nathanael Kogel: 
Rigoberto Rodriguez: 
The flop came 
but a shocked the table on the turn.
A 
came on the river and Kogel could thank his lucky stars as his chip stack ballooned to 3,400,000.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, was left with around 550,000 behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
550,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
|
||
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and Imsirovic continued for 50,000. His opponent called.
, putting two flush draws on the board. Both players checked.
river, the player checked once more and Imsirovic fired for 155,000. The player thought about it for about 30 seconds before letting his cards go.
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turn and Keating checked back. The opponent then led out for 150,000 on the 
river and Keating tried to get a read on his opponent. 
for king-high, while Keating had the winner with 
for ace-high.
river secured the pot for the defending champion.
from the cutoff and was called by reigning WSOP Main Event Champion Koray Aldemir and Yao Yin from the blinds. 
and Koellner got out of the way. Aldemir called. 
turn. Aldemir, with 415,000 behind, made the call after taking some moments to think over his options. 
river was safe for the German and brought his stack to over 1,000,000.
flop, Jeremy Wien checked over to the button, who put in a bet of 85,000. Wien, from the hijack, then put in a raise of 205,000 which had the button sucking through his teeth. After a couple of seconds, he eventually folded.
on an eight-high diamond board against 
, with an 
turn and checked. Salas then checked back. Nguyen led for 275,000 on the 
runout was clean as Smith was welcomed with a double-up.