Patrick Walsh opened with a raise to 11,000, and it folded around to Albert Minnullin in the big blind who raised the pot. Walsh reraised all in for 90,000 total, and Minnullin made the call.
Minnullin showed and Walsh . The board went , and Walsh bounces up to 190,000. Minnullin's up-and-down day continues, as he slips back to 57,000.
Tom Marchese opened for a 9,500 raise. Ilya Bulychev called on the button before Burt Boutin three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind. Noah Boeken flat-called the reraise from the big blind. With the action back on Marchese, he asked Boeken how much he was playing.
"About 140," Boeken replied.
Marchese made that the amount of his reraise, four-betting to 140,000. Buychev, Boutin, and Boeken all folded and Marchese took it down without a flop. He's up to 380,000.
Amit Makhija raised to 9,000, and Steve Landfish called from the cutoff seat. Johannes Strassmann then reraised to 35,000 from the button. The blinds got out, and Makhija reraised all in. Landfish folded, and Strassmann called with his remaining chips.
Makhija showed and Strassmann . The race was on. The board came , and Makhija ended best. Strassmann is out, and Makhija is up to 217,000.
In a hand from the conclusion of the previous level, the table folded around to Noah Boeken in the small blind who raised to 12,000. Daniel Smith then reraised to 26,500 in the big blind. Boeken reraised the pot again, as did Smith, and Boeken called with all of his chips.
Boeken
Smith
Talk about waking up in the blinds with a hand. The board went , and Boeken doubled to 260,000. Smith slipped to 148,000.
Mark Radoja opened for 11,000 from under-the-gun and was faced with a 23,000 three-bet from Clement Thumy. Radoja moved all-in for about 50,000 and Thumy called.
Radoja
Thumy
The board ran out and Radoja hit the rail while Thumy took his stack up to 645,000.
Alexander Kuzmin got the rest of his chips in before the flop against Craig McCorkell, who turned up . Kuzmin was racing for his tournament life with , but flopped top pair on the board to double his stack to 177,000. McCorkell was left with 28,000.
Tom Marchese raised to 12,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Marco Traniello in the cutoff who reraised all in for his last 36,000. The button and small blind folded, then Terrence Reinhart called from the big blind. Marchese then reraised pot once more, discouraging Reinhart from participating further.
The remaining two players tabled their hands. Marchese had , and Traniello . The flop brought an ace -- -- and Traniello was out in front. The turn was the and the river the , and Traniello bumps back up to 120,000. Marchese still has 295,000.