The new level started with a raise and take it by Samuel Panzica and a raise by William Arruda to 25,000. Emil Patel three-bet to 71,000 from the small blind and Arruda folded.
Then, Sergey Lebedev took the blinds and antes with a raise to 26,000 before Timothy Adams mixed things up by raising to 29,000 from the cutoff. Jerry Odeen called in the big blind and check-called a bet worth 24,000 on the []Ks10h7s] flop. The came on the turn and the Swede check-folded to a second barrel of 68,000 chips.
Sylvain Loosli bet the turn for 50,000 and Samuel Panzica then raised to 120,000 to enforce a fold from the Frenchman.
Over on table two, Ryan Riess bet the river for 60,000 out of the small blind and initial raiser Akin Tuna eventually called to muck when Riess flashed king-queen for a straight.
Right after, both tables and the remaining 15 players were sent into a 20-minute break.
The action started with a raise to 23,000 by Timothy Adams from under the gun and Jeff Gross then moved all in for just over 17 big blinds from the cutoff. All players behind him got out of the way and Adams quickly called without asking for an exact count.
Gross:
Adams:
As soon as the cards were flipped over, Gross sighed after finding himself at risk with the slightly worse kicker. He would find no help with the board running out and headed to the rail.
The action folded around to Jason Mercier and he shoved all in for his last 31,000 from the cutoff. Jeff Gross moved all in from the button as well and that scared off everyone else.
Mercier:
Gross:
The run bad of the PokerStars Team Pro continued after a disastrous flop of and Mercier could not find one of the two remaining fours in the deck anymore. The turn and river sent him to the rail in 18th place.
The run good of Christoph Vogelsang has ended as quickly as it started. First Timothy Adams doubled up through him for 157,000 by four-bet shoving the . Vogelsang called with and the board ran out .
Soon after it was the turn of Diego Ventura for 147,000. The Peruvian had the and Vogelsang the , again it was a pre flop all in. The board fell and Vogelsang slipped below one million again.
Marco Leonzio moved all in from under the gun and Ryan Riess from one seat over asked for a count. It was 146,000 to go and Riess then announced all in himself. The action folded around to Jason Mercier in the small blind and he asked Riess for the stack as well.
"Around 420k," Riess said. Mercier asked the dealer for an exact count and it was indeed very close to that number, 421,000 to be exact. Mercier moved all in as well and Jeff Gross folded his big blind.
Leonzio:
Riess:
Mercier:
The board ran out and Riess more than doubled up, busting Leonzio in 19th place as a result. Mercier sighed "just a one million chip pot" and was left super short.