From under the gun, Anton Ionel raised to 135,000. Shayne Khanna reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 730,000 after action moved over to him. Ionel made the call and the hands were tabled.
Ionel:
Khanna:
Although Ionel was dominated, he took the lead as the flop ran out . The turn brought the and the river the to finish off Khanna and send him home in 18th place. Ionel improved his stack to 3.4 million.
Sam Stein raised from the cutoff seat and Chris Moneymaker called from the big blind. The flop came down and Moneymaker checked. Stein fired 140,000 and Moneymaker called.
The turn brought the and Moneymaker checked again. Stein fired another bet of an unknown amount and Moneymaker called.
The river completed the board with the and Moneymaker checked. Stein fired 615,000 and Moneymaker made the call.
Moneymaker held and won the pot to move to 4.5 million in chips. Stein dropped back to 2.8 million.
Martin Mathis opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Philippe Plouffe who moved all in for 1.01 million from the small blind. Mathis made the call.
Mathis:
Plouffe:
The flop gave Plouffe a stranglehold on the hand and only running straight cards would eliminate him. The on the turn gave Mathis a pair of kings and the on the river gave him trips, but they were no good against Plouffe's full house.
Plouffe doubled to 2.1 million chips while Mathis dropped to 1.3 million.
Michael Pesek was first up from the under-the-gun position. He raised to 120,000. Anton Ionel called from the small blind and Dmitriy Stelmak called from the big blind.
The three players saw the flop come down and action checked to Pesek. He bet out 130,000. Ionel check-raised to 285,000 and Stelmak folded. Pesek reraised all in for 1.38 million more and Ionel called.
Ionel:
Pesek:
Pesek would need to fade Ionel's flush draw and one overcard in order to double up. The turn brought the and the river the . Both were black, but not spades. Pesek doubled and is up to about 3.3 million. Ionel dropped back to two million.
There are now just 16 players left in the field across two tables. There was no redraw, but the staff broke one of the tables and reseated the players amongst the other two tables. Here's what it looks like now.
. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
to finish off Khanna and send him home in 18th place. Ionel improved his stack to 3.4 million.
and Moneymaker checked. Stein fired 140,000 and Moneymaker called.
and Moneymaker checked again. Stein fired another bet of an unknown amount and Moneymaker called.
and won the pot to move to 4.5 million in chips. Stein dropped back to 2.8 million.
against the 
to give Weinberg the come-from-behind double up.
flop gave Plouffe a stranglehold on the hand and only running straight cards would eliminate him. The 
on the turn gave Mathis a pair of kings and the 
on the river gave him trips, but they were no good against Plouffe's full house.
and action checked to Pesek. He bet out 130,000. Ionel check-raised to 285,000 and Stelmak folded. Pesek reraised all in for 1.38 million more and Ionel called.
and the river the 
. Both were black, but not spades. Pesek doubled and is up to about 3.3 million. Ionel dropped back to two million.
board and was eliminated in 17th place.