Sam Grafton opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 650,000, and both Patrice Brandt and Ryan Riess called from the blinds. After the flop fell , Grafton continuation bet for 525,000 and Brandt called before Riess raised to 1.7m.
Grafton thought for 30 seconds and called before Brandt folded.
Both players checked on the turn and after the river was revealed to be the both players checked again. Riess revealed for two pair, but Grafton held pocket tens for a better two pair and took the pot.
Tobias Ziegler has been eliminated and Alex Foxen was sporting a stack that was a bit bigger than a few minutes before. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas was kind enough to relate what had happened.
Foxen raised to 600,000 from the cutoff, Ziegler three-bet to 2,500,000. Foxen responded with a four-bet to 5,600,000 and Ziegler reacted by shoving for about 20,000,000. Foxen called. Foxen had the better hand with and Ziegler was behind with .
The board ran out to not provide any help to Ziegler and the German was sent away from the Main Event tables.
Dietrich Fast raised to 500,000 from early position and was called by Joel Ettedgi in the hijack, Sasa Lalos on the button and Richard Hoadley in the big blind.
The flop came , both Hoadley and Fast checked. Ettedgi bet 1,200,000 and only Fast called.
The turn was the and Fast check-called the 1,200,000 continuation-bet of Ettedgi.
The river completed the board with the , Fast now took the initiative and bet 800,000. Ettedgi folded.