Action folded around to Chris Oliver in the small blind and he completed the bet. Sam Stein was in the big blind and raised to 110,000. Oliver called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked.
The turn card was the 
and neither player put a chip in the pot, both checking. The river completed the board with the 
and Oliver checked. Stein fired 142,000 and Oliver folded his hand.
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In the hijack seat, Mike Sowers opened to 85,000, and Paulo Rink three-bet to 238,000 from the small blind. Sowers called for a flop, and it came 
. Action check-checked there, and that repeated with two checks on the 
turn.
The 
landed on the river, and Rink check-called a bet of 280,000. Sowers showed up 
for aces up, and it was good. He's moved to about 2.88 million with that pot, while Rink slides down to 1.4 million.
Under the gun, Bolivar Palacios opened to 115,000, and Max Lehmanski three-bet to 251,000 in the big blind. Action was back on Palacios, and he four-bet shoved for 1.485 million total. Lehmanski called for just over half of his own stack, and the cards were on their backs:
Palacios: 
Lehmanski: 
The 
flop was a big miss for Palacios, as was the 
turn. Salvation came on the river, however, as the 
ripped off the deck, and Palacios let out a beastly yell that could be probably be heard in Miami. He and his fans on the rail shared a very, very loud cheer at Lehmanski's expense, and the two men have essentially traded stacks.
Lehmanski has about 1.2 million left, while Palacios has doubled just over 3 million.
Aaron McCready and Galen Hall got all the chips in preflop and it was a classic race situation.
McCready: 
Hall: 
The 
flop gave Hall top set, but McCready could still survive with a jack or running diamonds. The 
on the turn gave Hall a full house though, and McCready was drawing dead. McCready was already shaking hands when the rivered and he hit the rail.
Hall's stack was only slightly bigger than Halls, and he's now up to 1.2 million chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker raised preflop and Chris Oliver three-bet. Moneymaker called and the two went to the flop.
The flop came down 
and Moneymaker checked. Oliver fired 235,000 and Moneymaker made the call.
The turn brought the and Moneymaker checked again. Oliver fired 590,000 and was met with a shove from Moneymaker. Oliver quickly mucked and Moneymaker collected the pot to win about a million chips from Oliver.
Mike Sowers opened to 85,000 from early position and the action folded to Eddy Sabat on the button who moved all in for 620,000. The blinds released, Sowers quickly called and the hands were opened.
Sowers: 
Sabat:
Sabat's odds plummeted when the appeared in the window followed by 
, and the hand was over after the turned. The 
on the river was only protocol and Sabat grabbed his things before heading to the cage to collect his prize money.
Sowers is off to a very nice start in Level 25, increasing his stack to 2.5 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,995,000 | 795,000 |
|
3,410,000 | 250,000 |
|
3,000,000 | -200,000 |
|
2,790,000 | -450,000 |
|
2,660,000 | 200,000 |
|
2,250,000 | 779,000 |
|
|
2,050,000 | 1,265,000 |
|
1,940,000 | 540,000 |
|
|
1,900,000 | 261,000 |
|
1,780,000 | 223,000 |
|
|
1,600,000 | 600,000 |
|
1,560,000 | 329,000 |
|
1,510,000 | -550,000 |
|
1,450,000 | 945,000 |
|
1,395,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
1,370,000 | -730,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | 250,000 |
|
1,240,000 | -110,000 |
|
1,150,000 | 150,000 |
|
1,130,000 | -170,000 |
|
|
1,120,000 | 260,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -185,000 |
|
960,000 | -190,000 |
|
810,000 | -91,000 |
|
805,000 | 312,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Wesley Wiemes was all in from the cutoff for 388,000. Max Weinberg called from the big blind holding the 
. Wiemes held the .
The flop came down 
to give Weinberg a double gutter. Wiemes was still in the lead though and held both a king and a nine to block Weinberg's straight draw.
The turn brought the and that gave Weinberg broadway. The river completed the board with the 
.
Wiemes hit the rail in 31st place while Weinberg improved to 1.35 million.
