Jonathan Aguiar opened to 2,000 only to find Chance Kornuth three-bet to 4,800 from the cutoff. It folded back to Aguiar and he moved out a call.
The dealer produced a flop of 
and Aguiar checked. Kornuth continued out for 3,200 and Augiar replied by moving all in for 21,100. Kornuth released his cards and Aguiar picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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Jonathan Duhamel has doubled up Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and is now firmly in trouble.
The Canadian raised from under the gun and ElkY defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Duhamel continued for 2,100 and then shoved when ElkY check-raised to 4,500. ElkY snap called with 
for a flopped flush. Duhamel still had hope though he flipped up 
.
The help failed to come for the former WSOP Main Event champ as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
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|
14,000
-22,300
|
-22,300 |
|
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Action folded to Robert Buckenmayer's small blind and he raised to 2,100. Phil Hellmuth peeked at his cards in the big blind and called.
The flop was a monotone 
. Buckenmayer continued for 2,200 and Hellmuth called. The 
turned and the action slowed with both players checking.
A fourth club rolled off on the river - the 
- and Buckenmayer moved 4,300 into the middle. Hellmuth looked his opponent up and down before calling the bet.
Buckenmayer showed 
for a pair of deuces and Hellmuth showed the 
accompanied with the .
"I'm not the easiest guy to bluff," Hellmuth proclaimed to the table as he scooped up the pot.
He's currently sporting about 115,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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There's cooler hands, and then there's this hand.
Brandon Cantu opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was three-bet to 9,000 from Ognjen Sekularac. Andy Frankenberger was on the button and took his time before he shoved for 43,000 chips. Cantu and Sekularac both snap committed their stacks and the cards were on their backs and everyone was in disbelief.
Cantu: 
Sekularac: 
Frankenberger: 
The board ran 
to see Cantu scoop the lot. That put him up to 340,000 chips!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
213,200
|
213,200 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Chance Kornuth was recently moved to Brandon Cantu's table and we found Kornuth engaged in a pot with the current chip leader.
The board read 
and Cantu checked. Kornuth fired out 6,300 and Cantu called. The rolled off on the river and they both checked.
"Pair," said Cantu.
Kornuth let out a laugh. "I mean, that could mean a lot of things, man". He showed 
and Cantu mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
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The players are on a 20-minute break. We'll have full chip counts upon our return.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
We caught up to find Ilan Boujenah all in holding 
against the 
of Chance Kornuth.
The board fell 
and Kornuth's pair of kings was able to send Boujenah packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
368,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
231,300
41,300
|
41,300 |
|
|
||
|
181,500
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
||
|
155,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
144,500
116,200
|
116,200 |
|
135,800
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
||
|
135,000
82,400
|
82,400 |
|
|
128,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
|
||
|
111,100
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
|
||
|
105,100
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
||
|
96,600
11,600
|
11,600 |
|
|
||
|
92,700
22,700
|
22,700 |
|
87,200
18,700
|
18,700 |
|
|
||
|
83,800
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
72,200
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,900
-29,100
|
-29,100 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,800
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
|
60,600
60,600
|
60,600 |
|
48,200
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
46,200
12,200
|
12,200 |
|
||
|
44,200
-36,900
|
-36,900 |
|
43,600
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
37,400
-12,600
|
-12,600 |
|
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