The remaining 20 players are heading to a first 15 minute-break of the day. Action resumes at 3:15 p.m. local time.
The remaining 20 players are heading to a first 15 minute-break of the day. Action resumes at 3:15 p.m. local time.
There was roughly 1,500,000 in the pot on 3♦7♥4♥8♣.
Wojciech Barzantny in the big blind bet 1,100,000 and Paawan Bansal on the button made the call. The A♦ on the river saw both players check, and Barzantny took the pot when he tabled 9♣8♥7♦4♣ for two pair, and Bansal mucked.
Hieu Luu received a one-orbit penalty for leaving his seat to redeem a bounty despite having live cards, essentially folding out of turn.
The first hand that he watched take place from the rail saw Noah Schwartz and James Chen get it all in on a flop of 5♣7♦K♥
Noah Schwartz: A♥A♦K♠5♥
James Chen: K♣K♦Q♠J♠
Chen found the case king to take a commanding lead over his opponent, but the 3♥2♥ runout saw Schwartz back into the nut flush, as he celebrated his escape from elimination.
Sascha Pregler raised to 875,000 from early position, Griffin Mason raised to 3,000,000 from the cutoff, and action folded back to Pregler, who called with 400,000 behind.
Sascha Pregler: A♦K♠5♥3♦
Griffin Mason: A♣K♥J♣3♥
The board ran out 9♠3♣8♠7♣, and Pregler stood up, knowing Mason had a huge freeroll with his flush draw. When the 10♠ hit the river, Pregler let out an "Oh man, come on! I always chop."
And they chopped.
Matthew Shepsky limped in from middle position, before Liam He potted to 1,125,000 on the button. Jeremy Kerbel then repotted to 3,750,000 from the big blind. Shepsky thought for a while before folding, and He flicked in his final chips.
Liam He: A♠Q♥J♦7♠
Jeremy Kerbel: Q♦Q♠10♥7♦
Kerbel faced no sweat on the 5♣3♥3♦6♠2♦ runout to secure yet another elimination, as he neared the 30-million-chip mark.
Mark Radoja opened to 650,000 from the cutoff, and Shawn Stroke made it 1,600,000 to go. Small blind Jarod Einsohn called all in for 725,000, and Radoja called Stroke's bet.
On the 5♠2♦A♥ flop, Radoja checked it over, then folded to a 1,500,000 bet from Stroke.
Jarod Einsohn: A♣K♣6♦4♦
Shawn Stroke: A♦K♦10♦4♣
Both players had top pair, top kicker, then improved to top two pair on the K♠9♥ runout to chop the pot.
Action was picked up as Wojciech Barzantny was all in for 7,500,000 in early position against Matthew Shepsky, who was under the gun.
Wojciech Barzantny: A♥A♦Q♥10♣
Matthew Shepsky: A♣A♠10♠6♠
The board ran out J♥6♥8♠K♥8♥, and Barzantny hit a flush to double his stack to 15,000,000.
Level: 32
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
There were roughly 2,000,000 chips on a board of 3♣5♣Q♥Q♦K♣. James Chen in the small blind bet 1,400,000, then Christopher Vitch announced pot from middle position and moved out 6,000,000, and Chen snap-folded.
Action was picked up on the turn, with a board reading 6♣2♣K♠4♥.
Under-the-gun player Travis Pearson checked to Jeremy Kerbel on his left, who bet out for 1,700,000 into a pot of slightly more. Pearson then check-shoved for 6,725,000, sending Kerbel into the tank. Eventually, he stuck in the call.
Travis Pearson: K♣10♥9♥7♠
Jeremy Kerbel: K♦K♥J♣10♠
Pearson had picked the wrong time to make a move, as he was drawing stone dead to his opponent's top set, with the A♣ river changing nothing.
"That was maybe a nit-roll," said Kerbel after Pearson had left the table. "I was thinking, can he have three-five there?"