Charles Russell raised to 1,100,000 in the cutoff and Diogo Coelho called in the big blind.
The flop came 6?2?2? and Russell bet 1,000,000. Coelho then raised to 2,400,000 and Russell quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000,000
-4,000,000
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-4,000,000 |
|
14,000,000
-14,000,000
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-14,000,000 |
Gerardo Hernandez opened to 1,000,000 from the hijack and Brian Kim three-bet to 3,000,000 on the button. Luis Vazquez then four-bet to just over 8,000,000 in the big blind and Hernandez folded his K?Q? before Kim five-bet jammed a stack of 18,650,000. Vazquez went deep into the tank before calling with a bigger stack.
Brian Kim: A?K? 
Luis Vazquez: Q?Q?
Kim took a big lead with a pair of kings on the flop of K?9?6? and his hand held up for a double as the board finished out 6?2?.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000,000
18,000,000
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18,000,000 |
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29,000,000
-2,000,000
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-2,000,000 |
|
1,600,000
-19,400,000
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-19,400,000 |
The 22 remaining players have been sent on another 20-minute break. When they return, they will play one more 120-minute level or until 18 players remain, whichever takes longer.
In the meantime, listed below are some highlights from Level 34.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,000,000 | |
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61,000,000 | |
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54,000,000 | |
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51,000,000 | |
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41,000,000 | |
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36,000,000 | |
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35,000,000 | |
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32,000,000 | |
|
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29,000,000 | |
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28,000,000 | |
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24,000,000 | |
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24,000,000 | |
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20,000,000 | |
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19,000,000 | |
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17,000,000 | |
|
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14,000,000 | |
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9,900,000 | |
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7,500,000 | |
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6,300,000 | |
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3,100,000 | |
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Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Gabriel Moura opened to 3,000,000 with just 100,000 behind and called off as Boris Angelov three-bet to put him all in.
Gabriel Moura: 9?9?
Boris Angelov: A?7?
Moura's nines held up for a double as the board ran out 7?3?6?8?K?.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000,000
21,000,000
|
21,000,000 |
|
|
7,700,000
-600,000
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-600,000 |
Gabriel Moura opened to 1,200,000 and Luis Vazquez three-bet jammed a stack of 1,300,000 as Jordan Griff and Moura both called.
Griff checked on the flop of 8?J?A? and Moura bet 800,000. Griff folded K?Q?and the cards were flipped.
Luis Vazquez: K?J?
Gabriel Moura: A?A?
Vazquez had run into top set but picked up straight outs on the 10? turn. Unfortunately for him, the 10? landed on the river to improve Moura to aces full as Vazquez was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
|
5,000,000
-2,500,000
|
-2,500,000 |
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|
|
Busted | |
Jason Sagle raised to 1,300,000 in the cutoff with 7?7?. Jonathan Tamayo three-bet to 3,300,000 on the button with A?J?, and Sagle called.
Both players checked the 10?9?5? flop. The turn was the 7? and Sagle led out for 2,300,000.
Tamayo called to see the 5? river, where Sagle bet another 6,000,000. Tamayo paused for a moment before folding as Sagle took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
25,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
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Niklas Astedt limped in the small blind before calling a raise to 2,200,000 from Malo Latinois in the big blind.
Latinois continued for 1,500,000 after Astedt checked to him on the 5?A?10? flop. Astedt flatted to see a turn.
Action checked through the 6? turn to the 2? river where Astedt led out for 6,000,000. Latinois did not stick around to see what his opponent held as he instead chose to cut his losses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000,000
-5,000,000
|
-5,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
39,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000,000 | |
|
|
28,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
21,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
17,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
15,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Gerardo Hernandez opened to 1,200,000 with 10?6? in the hijack and Brian Kim called from the button with A?7?. Boris Angelov 5?5? called in the small blind as Jordan Griff Q?6? came along from the big blind.
Angelov checked on the flop of 10?Q?2? and Griff moved all in for around 4,000,000 to bring folds from both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
26,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
10,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
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