Jason Mandanici-Turcot opened to 425,000 and called a three-bet jam from Maurice Simard with a very similar stack of about 4.6 million.
Simard: 
Mandanici-Turcot: 
A race for a massive stack finished in favor of Mandanici-Turcot as his pair held through the 
.
When the stacks were cut down, Simard had Mandanici-Turcot covered by just 25,000 and was eliminated in the small blind the very next hand.
On a board reading 
, [Removed:533] checked from the small blind. Aaron Lawrence Czaja bet 1,500,000 on the button and La [Removed:534] called.
The river was the 
and La [Removed:534] checked again. Czaja quickly slid forward a bet of 2,500,000 and La [Removed:534] thought for about a minute before calling.
Czaja rapped the table, indicating La [Removed:534] made a good call, and tabled 
for king-high. La [Removed:534] tabled 
for a pair of jacks and raked in the pot.
"With the ten blocked I felt like I had to call" continued the new chip leader.
Tomas Larivee Magni was all-in and at risk preflop against Natalia Breviglieri.
Magni: 
Breviglieri: 
Magni ran into a cooler and wouldn't get any help from the 
board and was eliminated.
Action folded to [Removed:533] in the small blind and he shoved all-in, putting Jason Mandanici-Turcot to the test for his stack of 2,395,000.
Mandanici-Turcot called and tabled 
, in a good spot against La [Removed:534]'s 
with one over card.
The board ran out 
and Mandanici-Turcot exhaled with relief as he doubled through.
Charles la [Removed:534] raised to 425,000 from the hijack and Tomas Magni three-bet to 1,200,000 on the button. La [Removed:534] quickly called.
The flop came 
. La [Removed:534] checked, Magni bet 900,000 and La [Removed:534] called. The turn was the 
and both players checked to the on the river.
La [Removed:534] slid forward a bet worth 1,500,000 and Magni surrendered.
Alexander Puchalski open-jammed from the cutoff and after a couple moments in the tank, Michael Khan put him at risk calling our of the big blind.
Puchalski:
Khan: 
Though the story of the day so far has been the dominating hand unable to hold, Puchalski would finally reverse the trend and double up after a 
board fanned out.
[Removed:533] raised to 430,000 from middle position and action folded to partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri on the button. She had just 1,380,000 chips left and decided to move them in the middle. La [Removed:534] thought for a few seconds and called.
Natalia Breviglieri: 
Charles la [Removed:534]:
The flop came 
and Breviglieri extended her lead by pairing her ace while La [Removed:534] picked up a straight draw. The turn was the 
to give La [Removed:534] a pair of queens for more outs to improve but the river was the and the Brit doubled through after patiently waiting to pick her spot.
Level: 29
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Kevin Abdelhamid has slipped to below 10 big blinds when he open-jammed from late position. Aaron Czaja called on the button and everyone else folded.
Abdelhamid: 
Czaja:
The board ran out 
and Abdelhamid held to score the double up.
Kyle Janisse raised to 375,000 from middle position and Alexander Puchalski defended his big blind.
The flop came 
. Puchalski checked, Janisse bet 425,000 and Puchalski called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Puchalski paused for a moment and then bet 675,000. Janisse tank-called.
Puchalski tabled for two pair aces and deuces and Janisse mucked.
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