Craig Sweden had been down to 17,000 and has since doubled not just twice, but now three times. In a flip he was at risk with against the of Ramon Miquel Munoz, his previous nemesis.
The board came and an excited Sweden jumped out of his seat to celebrate, then added "I gonna destroy this table if I have chips."
Paul Hizer finished third in the High Roller and also cashed in the Main Event, but his run just came to an end.
Hizer had grinded a shorter stack for the past hour and was all in with the , facing Arvydas Merfeldas and his . Hizer improved on the flop, but was left drawing dead on the turn to make the river a formality.
"My first set today, I am so excited," Merfeldas exclaimed.
The flop showed and action in a three-way pot checked to Nik Persaud on the button and he bet 36,000. The third player in the hand folded and Philippe Souki moved all in, Persaud called.
Nik Persaud:
Philippe Souki:
Persaud had some outs, and the turn and river improved him to a straight while Souki's set was rather an upset.
Craig Sweden was left with a mere five big blinds and confirmed that he had lost a massive pot, in which he three-bet from 18,000 to 70,000 and jammed the flop against Ramon Miquel Munoz. The Spaniard snapped with pocket jacks for a set to crack the kings of Sweden and that left the Brit in trouble.
Benny Glaser had been left with 4,000 and sixtupled, then he ended up all inn with the against the of Manuel Bardon. The board ran out and that was it for Glaser.
Artjoms Skvarkovskis ended up all in and at risk with the and Mark Yi held the dominating . The board came and Yi locked up the elimination on the turn.
At the end of the previous level, Michael Mizrachi vanished and Paul Hizer was kind enough to explain what had happened. According to Hizer, Mizrachi had raised and was called by Tomas Karlo. On the flop, Mizrachi bet 17,000, Karlo raised to 34,000 and Mizrachi shoved for another 55,000, 72,000 in total.
Karlo called and was ahead with against the , the turn and river were blanks.
Benny Glaser was left very short and doubled through Derek Lawless with versus thanks to a board of .
David Peters called a bet by Fernando Pons on the turn and checked behind the river. Pons revealed the as winning hand and joined the chip millionaires.