Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Soyza limped in from the small blind and quickly called the shove of Benjamin Pollak in the big blind, who was all in for what appeared to be 90,000.
Benjamin Pollak: 
Michael Soyza: 
The board came 
and Pollak was eliminated, while Soyza became the second player to jump up to more than one million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,027,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
1,020,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
and Soyza check-called a bet of 43,000.
and Soyza checked, with Hasson using a time extension before checking.
. Soyza checked and Hasson bet 90,000. Soyza then check-raised all-in and Hasson used up his final two time extensions before folding.
, Bahram Chobineh checked in the big blind and Stephen Chidwick bet 15,000, which Joao Vieira from one seat over and Chobineh both called. On the 
turn, the same action repeated for 35,000 total and the 
river into Cary Katz and the latter snap-called for his last 88,000. Sammartino was caught bluffing with 
for the nut straight.
ensured that the kicker played and Astedt was eliminated. Below are the chip counts of all other remaining players over on table three.
. Both Michael Soyza and Matthew Moss had their chips in the middle, and it was unclear who held the chip lead, with both having well in excess of 225,000 chips.
completed Soyza's flush. His stack was 255,000 and he covered Moss who was sent to the exit.
on the river and doubled.
