Jimmy Le tossed in a bet of 575,000, then Patrick Eskandar moved in for about 2 million. Le counted out the call and obliged, saying he meant to only limp, but confused the 500,000 chip for a smaller denomination. In any case, he considered himself pot committed.
His was in trouble against Eskandar's and Le was calling for a "King!"
The flop came improving Eskandar to a set, but then the on the turn gave Le a flush draw. He changed his call to "Diamond!" and sure enough, the completed the board. Eskandar was sent out in 134th place.
Le chipped up to roughly 7.5 million and is well ahead of the field.
Avinash Koneru moved to a new table and on the first hand he was faced with a four-bet shove from Patrick Eskandar. Koneru called for his remaining 1,910,000 and the two tabled their hands with Koneru at risk.
Avinash Koneru:
Patrick Eskandar:
The board came down and Eskandar flopped a set of aces but he was not in the clear as Koneru had a flush draw. The peeled of on the turn, hitting the flush for Koneru who now took the lead. A completed the board and Koneru pulled in the pot, finding a full double through Eskandar during his first hand at the table.
Adam Reese limped from under the gun and directly to his left was Avinash Koneru who raised to 300,000. Another player in the cutoff moved all in for a total of 580,000 and action folded back to Koneru who called.
Opponent:
Avinash Koneru:
The board ran out and Koneru's jacks held on for the pot, eliminating one player from the tournament.
The lady in Seat 8 opened under-the-gun to 110,000, got a flat from Ryan Eriquezzo on her left, then action folded around to Elan Chabi in the big blind, who also called.
On the flop of they checked to Eriquezzo, who bet 275,000. Both opponents surrendered and Ryan took the pot, chipping up to ~2 million.
Also on Table 6 are Eric Siegel and William Gian, who were just spectators during this hand.