A Whole Lot of Doubles
David Peters open-shoved the small blind with the 
and Jake Cody called in the big blind with the 
. The board came 
and Cody stayed in. Soon after, Xia Ke doubled through Moritz Dietrich and then Andreas Samuelsson scored the second double in quick succession.
First Samuelsson had 
and held against the 
of the big blind, who got it in on a flop of 
. Both the 
turn and river blanked.
And now, Samuelsson was all in and at risk with the 
and Igor Kurganov held 
. The board of 
gave Samuelsson quads and he doubled for 15,660,000.
Last but not least, Stephen Chidwick raised from the button and Tom Hall three-bet to 16M, almost his entire stack, out of the big blind. Since there was a payjump, Hall waited for just a brief time and called it off while the chips were flying on the other tables.
Tom Hall: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
The insane rush of Chidwick was put on a temporary break, as the board of 
let Hall double for 17.505M.
With all that crazy action, it went amiss that Patrice Brandt had already been eliminated in 36th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000,000 | -9,300,000 |
|
54,500,000 | -11,500,000 |
|
35,000,000 | 5,065,000 |
|
30,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
|
25,000,000 | 12,000,000 |
|
13,000,000 | -10,000,000 |
|
Busted |