From under the gun, Mike Sowers raised to 260,000 with the . Sam Stein got aggressive from the button with a reraised to 680,000 holding the . Sowers made the call after a minute of thought.
The flop came down as a big one, . Sowers flopped bottom set to Stein's top pair. Here in the media room, "Ooooohs!" and "Aaahhhhhs!" were had. Sowers checked his set to Stein, who fired 415,000. Sowers put in a check-raise to 1.375 million and Stein made the call.
The turn card was the and it was a card that could help Stein to get away from the hand. Sowers fired 1.7 million and Stein correctly mucked his hand, giving this one up.
Anton Ionel limped in with the on the short stack and Galen Hall limped behind on the button with the . Mike Sowers was in the small blind with the and raised to 450,000. Ionel flat-called, which Daniel Negreanu thought was a big mistake on the broadcast. Hall folded.
The flop came down and Sowers moved all in to put Ionel at risk. Ionel called with his sevens and was ahead.
He was able to dodge Sowers' outs as the board ran out with the and and is back to about 4.4 million.
Chris Oliver opened to 255,000 with an unknown hand on the button and Sam Stein called with from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and after the turned Stein led for 340,000. Oliver called.
The river was the , Stein led for 580,000 and Oliver went into the tank. He finally called and Stein showed the bluff. Oliver opened for a winning pair of jacks and raked in the pot.
Oliver is up to 19.33 million while Stein dropped to 5.275 million.
From under the gun, Galen Hall raised to 270,000 with the . Mike Sowers called from the next seat with the . Action folded to Bolivar Palacios on the button and he paused for a bit. His holecards were not shown and he eventually mucked his hand. Anton Ionel called in the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Hall stayed in the lead with his fives. Ionel checked his ace high and Hall checked his two pair. Sowers fired 525,000 with the worst hand and Ionel folded. He was able to get one better hand to fold, but not Hall. He made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the trip up the board on the river. Hall thought for a bit and then checked. Sowers checked behind. Hall won the pot with deuces full of fives and moved to eight million in chips. Sowers dropped to 7.8 million.
Chris Oliver opened to 255,000 with from early position and the action folded to Galen Hall who called with from the big blind.
The flop fell and both players checked.
The on the turn gave Hall an open ended straight draw and he checked to Oliver who bet 195,000. Hall then re-raised and Oliver surprisingly folded top pair immediately.
From under the gun plus one, Bolivar Palacios raised to 320,000 with the . That's certainly a weird raise seeing as he's the shortest stack at the table. He also raised a lot bigger than anyone else has been doing. From the small blind, Galen Hall reraised to 545,000 with the . Palacios gave a little act and then mucked his hand, dropping to about 1.6 million in chips.
. Sam Stein got aggressive from the button with a reraised to 680,000 holding the 
. Sowers made the call after a minute of thought.
. Sowers flopped bottom set to Stein's top pair. Here in the media room, "Ooooohs!" and "Aaahhhhhs!" were had. Sowers checked his set to Stein, who fired 415,000. Sowers put in a check-raise to 1.375 million and Stein made the call.
and it was a card that could help Stein to get away from the hand. Sowers fired 1.7 million and Stein correctly mucked his hand, giving this one up.
and Stein called with 
from middle position.
and both players checked.
and Oliver checked to Stein who bet 365,000. Oliver called.
rivered and Oliver checked again. Stein checked behind rather than value-betting and was awarded the pot.
on the short stack and Galen Hall limped behind on the button with the 
and raised to 450,000. Ionel flat-called, which Daniel Negreanu thought was a big mistake on the broadcast. Hall folded.
and Sowers moved all in to put Ionel at risk. Ionel called with his sevens and was ahead.
from the big blind.
flop and after the 
turned Stein led for 340,000. Oliver called.
, Stein led for 580,000 and Oliver went into the tank. He finally called and Stein showed the bluff. Oliver opened 
.
and Hall stayed in the lead with his fives. Ionel checked his ace high and Hall checked his two pair. Sowers fired 525,000 with the worst hand and Ionel folded. He was able to get one better hand to fold, but not Hall. He made the call.
on the turn gave Hall an open ended straight draw and he checked to Oliver who bet 195,000. Hall then re-raised and Oliver surprisingly folded top pair immediately.
