Sam Soverel was all in for about 101,000 from the cutoff with 
against Tom Marchese's 
on the button.
The board came down 
, no help to Soverel, giving Marchese the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000 | 115,000 |
|
Busted |
Connor Drinan got the last of his chips in good with one card to come.
It was his 
against Matt Berkey's 
on a 
board.
Of course, Berkey had a ton of outs, and the river was certainly one of them, making him a flush and sending Drinan to the rail much earlier than he had planned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |
John Morgan fell short and moved all in for a little under 60,000 with the 
. Phil Laak picked up the 
and made the call.
"I've never lost to a guy wearing that type of hat," said Morgan in regards to Laak's big and bold straw hat. "It doesn't look good!"
After the TV crews were in position, the dealer spread the 
flop, giving Laak top set but added a straight draw for Morgan.
The turn was the , and the river was the 
. That gave Laak a full house, and Morgan was gone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted |
Jason Les was all in with the against the 
for Justin Bonomo. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Les doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | -200,000 |
|
135,000 | -25,000 |
Stephen Chidwick raised to 7,500 from under the gun, Dan Smith called from middle position, Daniel Colman called from the cutoff, Kathy Lehne three-bet to 30,000 from the button, and Bryn Kenney four-bet shoved from the big blind for 172,000. Action folded to Lehne and she called.
Lehne:
Kenney: 
The board came down 
, giving Kenney tens full of aces to win the pot and double through Lehne.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000 | 195,000 |
|
71,500 | -223,500 |
From under the gun, Brian Rast raised to 7,500. Doug Polk three-bet to 18,500 from the cutoff seat, and Rast made the call.
On the flop, Rast checked, Polk fired 15,000, and Rast folded.
Stephen Chidwick made it 7,500 and Dan Smith was the only player to look him up. The 
flop saw Chidwick check-call 12,000 from Smith.
He also check-called 36,000 on the turn, but when the 
came down on the river and Chidwick checked again, Smith checked behind, turning over the 
. Chidwick mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 20,000 |
|
260,000 | -65,000 |
In a battle of the blinds, Talal Shakerchi was all in for 66,500 from the small blind with 
against Phil Galfond in the big blind with .
The board came down , no help to Shakerchi, locking up the pot for Galfond.
Meanwhile, Haralabos Voulgaris was eliminated from the feature table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
After his starting table broke, Timofey Kuznetsov is firmly in command at his new table, pushing everyone around at will.
First, he stomped on a Phil Hellmuth 7,000-chip button raise, making it 23,000 from the big blind. Then, after Hellmuth folded, he did the same to Justin Bonomo.
Bonomo also folded, and as Kuznetsov added the chips to his stack, he is rapidly approaching the 900,000-chip mark and in the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000 | 130,000 |
