Before the break, Mike McDonald opened to 25,000 from late position, Sorel Mizzi moved all in for around 200,000, and the action folded back to McDonald, who called.
McDonald:
Mizzi:
Max Altergott told Mizzi that he folded a queen, upsetting the Canadian a bit, and the flop came . McDonald was in great shape to record the knockout with a flopped set of sevens, and the hand was all over when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Mizzi hit the rail.
From the cutoff seat, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 26,000. Justin Bonomo called on the button, and the flop came down . Esfandiari fired a continuation bet of 32,000, and Bonomo raised all in for roughly 210,000. Esfandiari folded, and Bonomo picked up the pot.
On the next hand, Esfandiari opened with a raise to 26,000, this time from the hijack seat. Ole Schemion reraised to 75,000 from the button, and action folded back to Esfandiari. He took a few moments, then folded, and Schemion won the pot.
Picking up with the action on a flop of , Igor Kurganov checked over to Philipp Gruissem who fired out a bet of 56,000. Kurganov called which allowed the to hit the felt on fourth street. Kurganov checked for a second time and this time Gruissem followed suit.
The finished the board on fifth street and Kurganov rapped the table once more. Gruissem announced an all in bet of 225,000 which sent Kurganov into the tank. Over three minutes passed while Kurganov pondered his action. Eventually, he decided to let go of his cards and Gruissem picked up the pot. The German now has 483,000 in chips.
John Juanda bet 37,000 on the board into Justin Bonomo. Bonomo made the call, and the landed on the river. Juanda moved all in for 147,000, and Bonomo called.
Juanda showed the for a flush, and that beat Bonomo's . He doubled up to approximately 400,000, while Bonomo was left with 280,000.
Ole Schemion raised to 30,000 from late position and found a single call from PokerStars Team Online member Isaac Haxton from the button.
The flop came down and Schemion continued out for 40,000. Haxton flatted and the fell on fourth street. Schemion continued his aggression with a bet of 111,000 and Haxton stuck around once again.
The finished off the community cards and Schemion announced an all in bet. Haxton leaned back in his seat and thought for a moment. This was a bet a for Haxton's tournament life and he pondered his action for about thirty seconds.
Ultimately, Haxton tossed a few chips forward which signified a call. Schemion confidently rolled over for a flopped set of queens. Haxton dropped his cards in the muck and was eliminated from play. Schemion scooped up Haxton's remaining chips which looked to be about 410,000.
Schemion is now toward the top of the chip counts with about 1.41 million.
After doubling up Fabian Quoss in a massive race, Timothy Adams moved all in for 79,000 from under the gun, Bryn Kenney re-shoved from the hijack seat, and the rest of the action folded through.
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. McDonald was in great shape to record the knockout with a flopped set of sevens, and the hand was all over when the 
turned. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Mizzi hit the rail.
. Esfandiari fired a continuation bet of 32,000, and Bonomo raised all in for roughly 210,000. Esfandiari folded, and Bonomo picked up the pot.
, Igor Kurganov checked over to Philipp Gruissem who fired out a bet of 56,000. Kurganov called which allowed the 
to hit the felt on fourth street. Kurganov checked for a second time and this time Gruissem followed suit.
board into Justin Bonomo. Bonomo made the call, and the 
landed on the river. Juanda moved all in for 147,000, and Bonomo called.
for a flush, and that beat Bonomo's 
. He doubled up to approximately 400,000, while Bonomo was left with 280,000.
and Schemion continued out for 40,000. Haxton flatted and the 
fell on fourth street. Schemion continued his aggression with a bet of 111,000 and Haxton stuck around once again.
finished off the community cards and Schemion announced an all in bet. Haxton leaned back in his seat and thought for a moment. This was a bet a for Haxton's tournament life and he pondered his action for about thirty seconds.
