First, Matthias Bayer doubled up with A?9? against 10?7? on a K?2?5?Q?A? board.
A few hands later, Bayer found aces and went all in for 101,000 after his opponent's 12,000 raise. His opponent quickly called with A?5?. The board ran out Q?10?J?3?5?, not helping Bayer's opponent. Bayer doubled up again and is back in the game with an almost average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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232,000 |
A player moved all in for 71,000 from early position and was called by Rostyslav Sabishchenko in middle position.
Early Position Player: A?9? 
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: 7?5?
The at risk player was ahead but could not fade the 10?3?7?4?3? runout to send the bounty and pot over to Sabishchenko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 |
Action picked up as Chun Lo called the all in for 39,000 from his opponent, both in middle position.
Middle Position: K?10?
Chun Lo: Q?J?
The board ran out 3?K?A?A?10? and after some confusion from the dealer Lo announced, "Flush. And straight" and his opponent headed for the rail. Lo collected another bounty to add to his growing collection.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
350,000
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350,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Ben Yu opened to 20,000 from under the gun before Jay Jin moved all in on the button. A player in the big blind re-shoved, forcing Yu out of the hand.
Jay Jin: A?A?
Big Blind Player: A?Q?
Jin was in great shape with his aces and held on the 6?8?10?9?8? runout to secure more than a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000 | |
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105,000
-30,000
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-30,000 |
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After a preflop betting war, two players moved all in for around 90,000 each and Vincent Lee made the call to put both of them at risk.
Player 1: A?9?
Player 2: A?10?
Vincent Lee: 9?9?
Lee was ahead with his pocket nines, and the flop of 9?5?8? was gin for him as he hit the case nine for top set. The turn 2? did give Player 1 a flush draw but the river bricked with the 3? and Lee was awarded the pot along with two bounties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Action picked up with Bryce Yockey all in from the big blind, Edouard Echinard all in from middle position, and another player with the largest stack to Echinard's immediate left making the call.
Bryce Yockey: A?J?
Edouard Echinard A?6?
Middle Position: Q?Q?
The action-packed board ran out 4?4?8?4? and both all in players were prepared to head to payout before the A? hit the river and gave both of them a full house. Yockey doubled up through the middle position opponent and chopped the main pot with Echinard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
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56,000
-24,000
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-24,000 |
Ben Yu in the cutoff was seen paying off his opponent in middle position's entire stack holding K?K? on a board reading 2?4?A?6?3?. The middle position player had A?10? to get the full double.
Elsewhere, Iacopo Brandi was seen heading to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
-80,000
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-80,000 |
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Busted | |
The hand for hand portion of the tournament lasted all of zero hands as four players were eliminated simultaneously shortly after the tournament director's announcement.
All remaining players are now guaranteed a minimum of $1,879 but will be looking to spin their way up to scoop the $240,740 top prize and WSOP gold bracelet.
With 320 players remaining and 317 getting paid, the tournament director has just announced that the hand for hand portion of the tournament has begun.
