Mike Watson and Stefan Schillhabel were racing for the chip lead in a massive pot with Watson having Schillhabel covered.
Watson: 
Schillhabel: 
A 
board ran out and Schillhabel scooped a massive pot to double and take a big chip lead.
The action folded around to Stefan Schillhabel in the small blind and he shoved into manig Loeser's big blind. Loeser called to put himself at risk.
Schillhabel: 
Loeser: 
Loeser was in great shape to double up and faded a 
board to jump into second place.
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Stefan Schillhabel opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and Manig Loeser called on the button. Dan Smith three-bet to 185,000 and called a four-bet shove from Schillhabel of 474,000.
Schillhabel:
Smith: 
Schillhabel smashed the flop of the 
board and scored a huge double up.
After losing half his stack to Manig Loeser, Isaac Haxton put himself at risk moving all-in preflop and getting looked up by Mike Watson.
Haxton: 
Watson: 
A bright red ace awaited the two on the flop of a 
board and Watson's flopped top pair held to bust Haxton in sixth place.
Mike Watson put Yat Wai Cheng at risk preflop.
Cheng:
Watson: 
Cheng nailed the 
flop but the on the turn gave Watson an up and down straight draw. Sure enough, the 
completed his draw and Cheng's run ended in 7th place.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Schillhabel | 575,000 |
| 2 | Manig Loeser | 400,000 |
| 3 | Isaac Haxton | 950,000 |
| 4 | Steve O'Dwyer | 580,000 |
| 5 | Dan Smith | 1,100,000 |
| 6 | Mike Watson | 600,000 |
| 7 | Yat Wai Cheng | 80,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
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