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Duy Le raised to 375,000 before the flop, and Benjamin Statz called out of the big blind to see a flop.
Heads-up, it came 
, and both men checked. On the 
turn, Statz fired out a leading bet of 500,000, and Le flatted to see the 
to appear on fifth street. Not slowing down now, Statz grabbed eight of his new almond chips and made a bet of 2 million straight. that did the trick; Le folded, and Statz dragged the pot.
Since knocking out William Thorson and increasing his count to about 17 million, John Racener has been on the rampage. He is opening lots of pots pre-flop, daring the other players to play against him. Without much fanfare or bravado, Racener has increased his count to 21 million.
Patrick Eskandar looked down at 
, and there wasn't much to decide with less than ten big blinds left; he moved all in for 1.52 million from middle position. Duy Le looked down at 
in the small blind, and he stuck in the calling chips to put Eskandar at risk for the second time in the last few hands.
Just like the last time, the board was friendly to the all-in player. It came 
, and that's double up number two for Eskandar. He's back around 3.2 million now, and it looks like he'll be sticking around for a bit longer.
Jason Senti started off the action with a raise to 380,000 from the button. Matt Affleck was in the small blind and three-bet to 1.2 million. Matthew Jarvis was in the big blind and thought for a bit before just calling. Senti got out of the way.
The flop came down 
and Affleck fired 1.6 million. Jarvis thought for a few minutes and made the call.
The turn added the 
and Affleck fired again. This time he wagered 2.7 million. Jarvis thought for another couple minutes before firing back a raise to 6.2 million. Affleck called.
The river card was the 
and Affleck checked with the pot between 15 and 20 million. Jarvis moved all in for 4.78 million. Affleck let his hand go and Jarvis scooped the monster to move over 23 million in chips. Affleck was left with about five million.
Cannot wait for this one to be shown on television.
Brandon Steven opened for 425,000 from the cutoff. The next player to act was Redmond Lee, who moved all in for about 2.0 million total. Action folded back to Steven, who could only keep repeating the word, "Wow." After the fourth or fifth iteration, he finally folded his hand.
Before we knew what happened, the dealer yelled out, "All in and call!" from the box. The two players involved were Matt Affleck and Matthew Jarvis yet again. This time, Affleck was all in for 4.485 million preflop and held the 
. Jarvis held the 
.
The board ran out 
and just like that, Affleck was back to about 9.5 million. Jarvis dropped back to about 18.5 million.
There was a bet from Joseph Cheong on the flop of . Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded.
The turn brought the 
and Cheong fired again. He bet 1.125 million and Affleck called.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Affleck tabled the 
for three tens and Cheong mucked.
Michiel Sijpkens fired once pre-flop, for 380,000. He was called by John Racener. Sijpkens fired a second time on a flop of 
, making it 460,000 to go. Again Racener called. When the turn came another Broadway card, the , Sijpkens made his third aggressive action of the hand with a bet to 950,000. Racener pondered that bet for a while before finally folding his hand.
That's the first time in recent memory that Racener has lost a pot. He's down to about 20 million, while Sijpkens is now sitting behind 11.7 million.
In a battle of the blinds, Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small and Benjamin Statz called from the big.
The flop brought 
and all of the action. Levy checked and Statz bet 400,000 before getting check-raised to 1.025 million. Statz popped it right back to 2 million straight and Levy wasn't going anywhere. He moved all in for 4.6 million and Statz called to put him at risk with a pot of more than 10 million chips up for grabs.
Showdown
Levy: 
Statz: 
"I am so screwed," Statz astutely noted. He was drawing dead to his four-out gutshot straight (or running, non-pairing clubs, if you're scoring at home). The turn was safe and clean for "Roothlus", and the river filled him up and doubled his stack to 10.28 million.
Statz is wounded now, set back to about 6.4 million after doubling Levy.
Filippo Candio check-raised Hasan Habib's bet of 470,000 to 1.375 million on the flop of 
. Habib folded and dropped lower on the totem pole.
