Michael Eiler rises ahead of the field dealing the final blow to Jose Severino. Severino, once briefly holding the chip lead himself (on Day One) found a reasonable spot to threebet Eiler all-in preflop (for a total of 655,000). Eiler had a genuine decision, and thought about it for a while before taking off his sunglasses (usually a sign of deadly seriousness). He called.
Eiler:
Severino:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
With that wince-inducing river, Severino was de-miked and exited stage left, while Erlandsen came over to take a spot on the feature table.
it's been a very good level for Matthias Lotze - from just 880,000 at the start of it, he's virtually doubled to more than 1.5 million.
The latest chunk of that arrived in his stack when he opened for 45,000 in the cutoff. Bruno Launais made it 205,000 from the button, but Lotze moved all in and Launais gave it up, leaving himself on 1.35 million.
There is only one thing better than being good and that is being lucky and good. Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu just eliminated Morten Erlandsen in 10th place and it will take some time for "Pokergirl1" to get over this one.
Erlandsen had just taken his seat on the feature table and must have thought that all his Christmases had come at once when Michael Eiler opened for 97,000, Negreanu called in the Small Blind and he looked down to see Pocket Aces. It looked just like the perfect opportunity for a squeeze steal play and he made it when he shoved for 646,000. Eiler got out of the way and Negreanu - telling Erlandsen that he had the better hand - called.
"I don't have the best hand?" Negreanu said when he saw the Rockets of Erlandsen, while he turned over pocket sevens.
Erlandsen was about to double up and just before the Dealer dealt the flop he asked him to "give me an Ace."
Negreanu Takes the Biggest Pot of the Tourney so Far
Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu won it and also takes over the chip lead at the same time. Michael Eiler opened from early position to 115,000 and Negreanu called from the cut-off. The flop was and Eiler made a continuation bet of 155,000 and Negreanu called. The turn was and Eiler slow downed with a check and Negreanu took over the initiative in the hand when he bet 275,000 - Eiler called. The river was the and again Eiler refused to let go of his brakes and checked. Negreanu made a huge bet of 905,000 and after Eiler dug deep into his tank he made the call which contributed to the biggest pot of the tournament so far. This was no consolation to Eiler though as Negreanu showed Eiler a full house with rolled up pocket sevens.
Konstantinos Nanos raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and got exactly one call, from Michael Eiler on the button. The two two of them saw a flop.
Flop:
Nanos checked and Eiler unsurprisingly bet, to the tune of 155,000 - but Nanos now check-raised, making it 325,000 to go. Eiler called, and they proceeded to the turn.
Turn:
Nanos now led out for 480,000, and Eiler decided to give it a miss - he folded. Eiler dropped to 3.16 million. Nanos finished the hand on 3.95 million.
By the by, it has come to our attention that there are some errors in the chip counts which we and the TV folks have been receiving - we understand that Michael Eiler had 3.955 million when they went to a single table, not the 5.17 million reported, and there might have been another mistake or two in there as well. We're not permitted to approach the feature table to count them ourselves while they're filming, but please accept our apologies, and we'll do our best to sneak in there like ninjas at the break and clean them up.
We only have 9 players left and and therefore a dress rehearsal for tomorrow's final table of 8 players! Everyone will be desperate to get to that final table and the speed of the play and the exertion of pressure from the big stacks is demonstrating this.
Michael Eiler raised three times in succession. The first time he received a three-bet from Luca Cainelli and had to fold and then he picked up two uncontested pots. Then Andreas Wiese opened from the button to the tune of 135,000 and Konstantinos Nanos shoved all-in for 3.9 million causing Wiese to fold.
Other than that all is quiet on the Western front.
Martin Hruby, reduced to his last 430,000, open-shoved from the cutoff. On the button, Konstantinos Nanos sighed, clapped his hands, and announced, "I call."
The blinds both folded, Hruby stood up, and the cards were on their backs.
Hruby:
Nanos:
Board:
Hruby's set of eights was pretty decisive, and the Czech Team PokerStars Pro sat back down as he doubled to 980,000. Nanos' stack dropped to 3.64 million.
and Eiler slow downed with a check and Negreanu took over the initiative in the hand when he bet 275,000 - Eiler called. The river was the 
