| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,255,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
|
2,745,000
1,165,000
|
1,165,000 |
|
||
Jake Schindler just limped from the button and Bryn Kenney folded from the small blind. Erik Seidel then moved all in from the big and Schindler snap-called off his stack.
Seidel: 
Schindler: 
It was a flip, but Schindler needed to improve to stay alive. The 
flop was no help to him, and neither was the 
turn.
Schindler needed to catch either an ace or king on the river to survive, but it was not meant to be as instead the 
improved Seidel to a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,355,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,580,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,065,000
-585,000
|
-585,000 |
|
|
||
Dan Smith raised to 80,000 under the gun and Bryn Kenney responded with a three-bet to 295,000 from the small blind. Smith then four-bet all in for 1.42 million and Kenney didn't take long to call.
Kenney: 
Smith: 
Smith needed to get lucky with his inferior pair, but there would be no "seven from heaven" as the board ran out a dry 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,255,000
1,620,000
|
1,620,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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In the first hand back from the break, Erik Seidel moved all in from the small blind to put the screws to Dan Smith, who called off from the big.
Seidel: 
Smith: 
Smith woke up with a big hand and he scored the double after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,440,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,275,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The final five players are now on a 10-minute break.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,185,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,690,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,345,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
780,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
||
Action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on the short-stacked Doug Polk in the big. Polk looked down at his first card and didn't like it, but he perked up and called off when his second one paired it.
Kenney: 
Polk: 
Polk was looking to hold, but that proved easier said than done as the 
flop paired Kenney. The 
turn left Polk looking for a four on the river, but it didn't come as the bricked instead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,670,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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