From under the gun, Chris Lee raised to 6,000. Andrew Robl made the call from the small blind, and Mike Watson called from the big blind.
On the flop, the 
fell, and action checked around to see the 
land on the turn. Robl bet 11,000, and Watson folded. Lee also gave it up, and Robl won the pot.
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Tony Bloom opened for 7,600 from the cutoff only to have Dan Shak three-bet to 25,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Bloom raised the pot (remember it's pot limit preflop), making it 81,300 to go.
Shak looked as if he was going to make a quick call, but then he slowed down and took inventory of his chips. Over the course of about 90 seconds he cut out enough chips to make the call, but then unexpectedly grabbed his cards and dropped them into the muck.
"That was probably a bad fold," Shak said as the pot was pushed to Bloom. Shak then claimed to have folded 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
160,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
220,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
188,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
171,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
136,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
127,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
126,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
||
|
125,600
40,400
|
40,400 |
|
115,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
107,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
93,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
84,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
76,700
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
72,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
|
70,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
63,300
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
||
|
61,400
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
||
Players are now on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 9 PM local time. We'll have updated chip counts for you in a bit.
In the last hand before the dinner break, Jason Pritchard managed to get his last 30,600 all in preflop holding 
only to run into the 
of Igor Kurganov. The rail was clearly in favor of their fellow Australian, but much to their disappointment, their man wouldn't catch as the board ran out an uneventful 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Fabian Quoss was recently crippled by Vanessa Selbst, and now she returned to finish the job.
It happened when Selbst opened for 4,300 from the button and Quoss moved all in from the big blind for right around 20,000. Selbst made a reluctant call with the 
, and she needed help as Quoss held the superior 
. The flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the 
turn did deliver Selbst a gutshot straight draw. Much to the shock of some at the table, that draw came in as the peeled off on the river to put an end to Quoss' tournament... unless of course he opts to re-enter before the end of Level 6.
Meanwhile, Andrew Robl has opted to fire a second bullet and is now sitting in Quoss' former seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
72,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
We're not sure of the preflop action, but a raising war broke out between Jason Pritchard and Jason Mercier that resulted in the latter being all in for 40,200.
Mercier: 
Pritchard: 
It was a bad spot for Mercier, and his best bet of winning was an ace. Fortunately for him, he got it right away as the 
appeared in the window and was followed by the and . Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Pritchard, and Mercier doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Dan Shak, who won this event back in 2010, has been on a heater here today and was responsible for the eliminations of both Andrew Robl and Patrik Antonius. He tried to add Masa Kagawa to that list, but it proved easier said than done.
It happened when Kagawa opened for 4,500 from the cutoff and Shak three-bet to 16,700 from the small blind. Kagawa called and watched Shak move all in on the 
. Kagawa, who had 81,400 behind, thought long and hard before calling off with 
, which was out in front of Shak's 
.
The 
turn gave Kagawa a set, but it was a bad card as Shak picked up a flush draw. Fortunately for Kagawa, the blanked on the river and he doubled through the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
227,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
198,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
