Steve O'Dwyer was just involved in a big three-way all-in contest with Pete Akery and Neil Pearce. O'Dwyer held the 
while Pearce had the 
and Akery the 
.
The board ran out 
to eliminate Akery and ship Pearce the 155,500-chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,000 | 133,400 |
|
155,000 | 111,600 |
|
|
Busted |
Ioannis Beris checked the 
flop and Rene Van Loo bet 4,600. Mathieu Clavet called and then Beris folded.
The turn was the 
and Van Loo checked. Clavet bet 6,300 and Van Loo made the call.
After the 
landed on the river, Van Loo checked and folded to Clavet's all-in bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 58,100 |
|
|
23,000 | -7,400 |
Freddy Deeb has been on quite the roller-coaster ride today. First he's up, then he's down, then he's back up. Here's one where he went down a bit.
Deeb opened to 4,500 from middle position and found a caller in John Gale from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Gale check-called a bet of 5,500 from Deeb.
The turn was the 
and Gale checked again. Deeb didn't slow down and fired 15,000. Gale stood strong and called.
The river was the 
to pair the board. Gale checked and Deeb checked.
Gale announced a king and then tabled the 
. All Deeb could do was muck his hand and Gale won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 11,300 |
|
70,000 | -19,000 |
Sebastian Ruthenberg just won a flip against Philipp Gruissem to send him to the rail. Ruthenberg held the and Gruissem held the . The board ran out 
and Ruthenberg won with a set of fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 73,000 |
|
Busted |
The players are now on their last 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
From under the gun, Daniel Rowlands raised to 5,000. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem in middle position and he made the call. Everyone else folded and the dealer ran out the 
flop. Rowlands fired a big bet of 15,500 with exactly 25,000 behind. Hachem took his time and then raised all in for 41,700. Rowlands immediately looked pained. He put his head in his hands for a few seconds while thinking about the decision. After about a minute he said, "Well, if you have it, you have it," and made the call.
Hachem rolled over the 
, but to his astonishment and to the astonishment of the table, he was behind the 
for Rowlands. Given all of Rowlands actions, no one thought he had a hand that big.
The turn was he and the river the . Both missed Hachem and he was crushed down to just 1,300 in chips.
On the next hand, Roberto Romanello raised from under the gun to 4,300. Hachem called all in for his last 1,000 and then action folded to Bryn Kenney in the cutoff seat. He called and Rowlands also called from the big blind. The flop came down paired with the 
falling. Action checked to Kenney and he bet 7,400. After Rowlands folded, Romanello raised to 20,000. Kenney folded and left Romanello to battle with Hachem.
Hachem held the 
, but was in a world of hurt against the for Romanello. Two hands in a row Hachem was up against kings now and this time he needed a miracle to save his tournament.
The turn was the and the river the 
to end the hand and send Hachem to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
95,000 | 69,600 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 149,000 |
|
295,000 | 57,000 |
|
|
290,000 | 188,600 |
|
240,000 | 54,000 |
|
200,000 | 151,000 |
|
138,000 | 7,000 |
|
112,000 | -74,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Action folded to Dan Kelly in middle position and he moved all in for 21,700. Arvi Vainionkulma made the call on the button and the hands were tabled.
Vainionkulma:
Kelly:
The board ran out 
and with the straight on board, the players chopped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | 107,000 |
|
385,000 | 60,000 |
|
365,000 | 149,000 |
|
330,000 | 249,000 |
|
307,000 | 183,000 |
|
|
264,000 | 187,500 |
|
224,000 | 119,000 |
|
70,000 | -60,000 |
