In a battle of the blinds, Wei "dugui777" Zhao bet the pot for 1.41 million on the 
turn and "ArtePokerTV" called in the big blind. When the 
fell on the river, Zhao moved all-in for 6,675,695 and claimed the pot uncontested.
The next short stack to end up at risk before the flop was Brazil's Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei as he called the open shove of "Tr1pTripM" for fewer than the last eight blinds in a battle of the blinds.
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei: 
"Tr1pTripM": 
Kamei needed some help but found none on the 
flop. The 
turn provided a flushdraw and chop outs but the ultimate brick followed with the 
river to reduce the field to the final 11 contenders.
"kris16" opened it up to 600,000 from the cutoff and then called the three-bet shove of "DonaldTurnip" for 11 big blinds total from one seat over.
"DonaldTurnip": 
"kris16": 
On a board of 
, the player with the Union Jack departed in 13th place.
While "VSMPZD" is the overwhelming chip leader, the second table is headlined by "ArtePokerTV" with several short stacks separated by just a few blinds. There were some open-shoves, a three-bet and more but ultimately no showdown emerged.
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi raised to 600,000 but folded to the three-bet to "32bo".
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 35,000
Chip leader "VSMPZD" opened the action with a raise to 528,000 from early position and shortest stack Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson jammed his last 707,082 from the button as the blinds got out of the way.
Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson: 
"VSMPZD": 
"VSMPZD" flopped a gutshot on 
and while they missed on the 
turn, it was the 
river that ended Samuelsson's run in 14th place.
Only around seven minutes remain in the current level as the remaining 14 players headed into their next scheduled six-minute break. They will combine to the final table when just nine contenders remain.
Joining the action on the 
turn, Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei checked and chip leader "VSMPZD" bet 515,000 for one third of the pot which Kamei called. The fell on the river and Kamei checked once more.
"VSMPZD" now bet 1,175,000 into 2,536,000 and that sent Kamei into the tank. The Brazilian eventually hero-called with but "VSMPZD" had the best of it with 
.
Level: 31
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 30,000
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