Vladimir Revniaga just solved Carl Carodenuto.
He got it all in preflop with the 
versus Carodenuto's pocket kings, then spiked an ace.
Revniaga is now on 1.1 million while Carodenuto is on life support.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
|
100,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
DJ Buckley made it 60,000 and got called by Carl Carodenuto and Cameron Leibfried in the blinds.
The 
flop was checked to Buckley and he made it 200,000. Carodenuto shipped it in for a little more and after a Leibfried fold, Buckley called with the 
.
Carodenuto had the 
and aces miraculously held on the 
run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
640,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Kirby Rogers continues to slide here after just doubling up Vladimir Revniaga.
Rogers opened the button for 50,000 and Revniaga shoved the big blind for a little under 200,000. Roger's snapped with the 
and Revniaga was racing with the 
.
Revniaga got there on the 
run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
420,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Kirby Rogers led out for 50,000 and Carl Carodenuto tank-shoved the big blind for 230,000.
Rogers called instantly with the 
, but was miles behind Carodenuto's 
.
The board ran out 
giving Carodenuto the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
480,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The 13 players remaining are now on a 10-minute break.
Jeremy Dresch three-bet preflop and Saad Ghanem four-bet. Dresch called, setting up a massive heads-up confrontation.
Ghanem checked the 
flop, but when Dresch bet, he jammed all in. Dresch folded and Ghanem showed two aces, moving up to two million in chips.
In the meantime, Kirby Rogers busted both Justin Thurlow and John Hayes, making a straight to best Thurlow's ace-high and holding with king's against Hayes'.
He's now got 1.7 million and it's these two that hold the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
280,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Matt Vaughan shipped it in huge with big slick over a Saad Ghanem three-bet. Ghaneem called with two kings, held and he vaulted into the chip lead with just 18 remaining.
Below are the updated counts for the final 18.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
1,027,500
|
1,027,500 |
|
|
900,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
900,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
700,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
700,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
670,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
630,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
490,000
438,500
|
438,500 |
|
|
470,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
420,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
300,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
300,000
119,500
|
119,500 |
|
275,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
230,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
140,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
130,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
|
125,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
