With around 50,000 already in the pot and a board reading 
, Fedor Holz bet 31,000 from the small blind and Steve O'Dwyer called from the under-the-gun position. When the 
river put a straight on the board, Holz took his time before betting 55,000, which proved enough to get O'Dwyer to fold his hand.
Igor Kurganov raised from the hijack and David Peters called from the big blind to see a 
flop. Peters check-called a bet of 7,500 and then checked the 
turn. Kurganov bet 22,500 and Peters woke up with a check-raise to 61,500. Kurganov thought long and hard before releasing his hand.
Brian Rast raised to 7,500 from the button and Ben Tollerene called from the big blind. Tollerene then check-called a bet of 10,000 on the 
flop before both players checked the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Tollerene led out for 12,000 and Rast folded.
While Fedor Holz and Byron Kaverman were battling, a big hand was ongoing between David Peters and Ben Tollerene on the adjacent table.
The board showed 
when we caught Tollerene all in from the hijack with Peters to act on his left.
After a while Peters folded, and Tollerene picked up this pot.
Byron Kaverman just raised to 7,000 and Fedor Holz three-bet from the big blind to 25,000. Kaverman gave it some thought before calling, and the flop brought out 
.
Holz bet 22,000 on the flop and Kaverman took his time before making the call.
The turn brought the and Kaverman folded to Holz's bet of 52,000.
On the last hand of the level, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 4,300 and Fedor Holz three-bet from the button to 11,000. Byron Kaverman tanked for quite some time from the big blind before making it 28,000, and Mercier folded right away.
Holz tanked, and called.
The flop brought out 
and Kaverman tanked, and bet 20,000. Holz tanked, and called.
On the turn the hit and both players tanked, and checked.
The river completed the board with the and Kaverman tanked, and checked. Holz tanked, and bet 65,000 to which Kaverman tanked, and folded.
The hand took a total of 13 minutes, and Jason Mercier Tweeted about missing the shot clock, which was a feature in the $100k Challenge earlier this week.
Bout to play the first hand of 1500/3k. W/ 49 mins on the clock (hour levels) after a hand between fedor and Byron finished #SHOTCLOCKpleaseFollow @JasonMercier
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Jason Mercier raised to 4,300 from the button and Phil Ivey defended the big blind. The 
flop saw Ivey check, Mercier bet 5,000, and Ivey check-raise to 11,000. Not to be outdone, Mercier three-bet to 27,000, which proved enough to get Ivey to lay down his hand.
| Seat | Table 8 | Table 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | Brian Rast |
| 2 | - | Fabian Quoss |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | - |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | Ben Tollerene |
| 5 | Jason Mercier | David Peters |
| 6 | Fedor Holz | - |
| 7 | - | Paul Newey |
| 8 | Phil Ivey | Igor Kurganov |
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