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Michael Pesek opened from under the gun and the action folded to Mike Sowers who three-bet to 500,000 on the button. The blinds released, Pesek moved all in and Sowers called.
Pesek: 
Sowers: 
Pesek did not improve with the 
board and is left with around 800,000 chips. Sowers doubled to 4.9 million.
Action folded to Chris Oliver in the small blind who raised to 165,000. Gregory Baksic three-bet to 330,000 from the big blind, Oliver moved all in for effectively 1.2 million and Baksic called.
Oliver: 
Baksic: 
Baksic was in a world of hurt and couldn't catch up as the board ran 
. He is eliminated in 13th place for $115,000 while Oliver's stack ballooned to 9.3 million chips.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 5,000
Feature Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Pesek | 3,550,000 |
| 2 | Max Weinberg | 2,140,000 |
| 3 | Galen Hall | 5,655,000 |
| 4 | Sam Stein | 4,190,000 |
| 5 | Mike Sowers | 2,480,000 |
| 6 | --empty-- | 0 |
| 7 | Chris Moneymaker | 2,740,000 |
| 8 | Anton Ionel | 2,545,000 |
Secondary Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Baksic | 1,675,000 |
| 2 | --empty-- | 0 |
| 3 | Ana Marquez | 2,320,000 |
| 4 | --empty-- | 0 |
| 5 | Dmitriy Stelmak | 4,300,000 |
| 6 | Bolivar Palacios | 5,745,000 |
| 7 | Philippe Plouffe | 1,910,000 |
| 8 | Chris Oliver | 7,625,000 |
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
Calvin Anderson open-shoved for 875,000 from the hijack seat and was called by Bolivar Palacios in the small blind.
Anderson: 
Palacios: 
Palacios took the lead when the flop fell 
and retained it after the turn and the river 
.
Anderson is eliminated in 14th place for $115,000 while Bolivar is up to 5.9 million chips.
From middle position, Rafael Golka raised to 135,000. Sam Stein called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Stein checked and Golka fired 180,000. Stein made the call.
The turn card added the 
to the board and Stein tapped the table. Golka fired 410,000 and Stein check-raised all in. Golka called.
Stein held the 
for a pair and a flush draw. Golka held the 
for an overpair. The river completed the board with the 
and hit Stein with a flush, sending Golka out the door in 15th place.
After Team PokerStars Pro and 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker opened to 140,000 from under the gun, Galen Hall three-bet to 220,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back over to Moneymaker. He four-bet to 525,000. Hall made the call to put that pot over one million going to the flop.
The flop came down 
and Moneymaker checked over to his opponent. Hall checked behind and the turn brought the 
. Moneymaker checked again, passing the action to Hall after being the more aggressive player preflop. Hall fired 550,000 for a little less than half the pot and Moneymaker called.
The river completed the board with the 
and Moneymaker checked. Hall moved all in for 1.75 million. Moneymaker thought and then made the call. Hall turned over the 
for top set and Moneymaker mucked is hand.
Hall was pushed all the chips and increased to a nice 5.8 million. Moneymaker stumbled back down to 2.65 million and was left talking to himself. "C'mon Chris, you're better than that." he said while walking it off.
Calvin Anderson raised to 125,000 from the cutoff seat. Ana Marquez reraised to 250,000 from the button. Bolivar Palacios four-bet to 555,000 from the big blind and Anderson folded. Marquez made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Palacios checked and Marquez fired 400,000. Palacios snap-called the bet.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Marquez mucked her hand after Palacios tabled the for a flush. He's up to 5.1 million while Marquez dropped back to 2.66 million.
From the button, Chris Oliver raised to 130,000. Gregory Baksic called from the small blind and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the turn brought the . Both checked again. The river completed the board with the and Baksic check-called a bet of 140,000 from Oliver.
"Three high," announced Oliver, tabling the 
. Baksic tabled the for aces and jacks and won the pot. He's up to about 1.5 million while Oliver dropped back to 8.6 million.
