Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Sam Greenwood raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Sirzat Hissou three-bet to 34,000 on his left. Arnaud Mattern four-bet shoved all in for 127,000 in the cutoff and Joao Vieira also pushed all in for 146,000 on the button. The blinds folded as did Greenwood but Hissou called to put both players at risk.
Arnaud Mattern: 
Joao Vieira: 
Sirzat Hissou: 
The flop came 
and Mattern remained in a comfortable lead with his pocket aces. The 
hit the turn which changed nothing. Vieira pushed one of his kings toward the board as if to magnetize another one from the deck, but it was the 
on the river that allowed all three players to remain in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
408,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
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|
134,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
and O'Dwyer maintained the lead with his pocket tens. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river were no help to Yantsevich who was eliminated.
and Delgado checked to Vieira who bet 7,000. Delgado check-raised to 21,000 and Vieira just called.
on the river put four spades on the board. Delgado checked this time and Vieira checked it back.
for a rivered pair but Vieira held 
came on the river. Hissou checked and Vogelsang checked back.
for the straight. Vogelsang mucked the hand and Hissou dragged the pot.
and it checked to Reard this time who bet 35,000. Staahle called and Kaverman got out of the way. The river brought the 
to chop the pot.
landed on the turn. Speranza checked again and Hissou bet 25,000 this time. Speranza called and the 
hit the river. Both players tapped the table and Speranza showed