Hand #1: Scotty Nguyen lost a pot to Rene Mouritsen and slipped to 515K.
Hand #2: Stephen Ladowsky doubled up against Scotty Nguyen. On a board of , Ladowsky checked, Annie Duke checked, Scotty Nguyen bet 50K and said, "Anyone can win, baby!"
Nguyen eyed the pot as he bet the river. Ladowsky called for 41K and was all in. Ladowsky showed for the winning hand and Nguyen mucked. Nguyen slipped to 335K while Ladowsky increased his stack to 195K.
On a flop of , Kido Pham checked. Rene Mouritsen bet 60K and Pham moved all in. Mouritsen called.
Pham:
Mouritsen:
Mouritsen led with a set and Pham flopped a flush draw. The turn was the and the river was the . Rene Mouritsen's hand held up and Pham headed to the rail in 24th place.
E-Fro was all in with . David Chiu called with . The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Chiu won the pot with a full house and E-Fro busted out. Chiu increased his stack to 250K.
Scotty Nguyen took over the chiplead after he busted two players on the same hand. Steve Sung opened for 25K, Kido Phan called, Scotty Nguyen called, Michael Binger called, and Jani Sointula moved all in from the big blind for 145K. Sung and Phan folded. Scotty Nguyen called and Binger called all in for his last 58K.
Binger:
Sointula:
Nguyen:
The flop was . The turn was the and Scotty Nguyen smacked his hands together as he made his straight. The river was the amd Nguyen picked up a higher straight. He busted both Sointula and Binger. He increased his stack to 700K and took over the chiplead.
Walter Farina moved all in with a short stack and . He was called by Jonas Flug-Entin. The flop was and Flug-Entin took the lead with . The turn and river did not help Farnia and he busted out in 29th place.
On a flop of , Leo Fernandez was all in and Andy Bloch called.
Fernandez:
Bloch:
The turn was the and Fernandez took the lead with a straight. The river was the and Fernandez won the pot. He increased his stack to 450K, while Bloch slipped to 164K.