Chad Brown had recovered somewhat from being down to only 15,000. Then he was involved in a hand with Alex Kravchenko. Kravchenko checked called bets from Brown on fourth through sixth streets. On the river, Kravchenko bet out showing a board of . Brown made the call, showing .
On showdown Kravchenko showed () for a king-high flush. Brown showed () for aces up.
After the hand Brown is down to 22,000 and Kravchenko is up to around 127,000.
Jacobo Fernandez was involved in a three-way pot with Fu Wong and Jim Paluszek, where the betting was capped on fourth street.
Wong led the betting on fifth street, Paluszek led on sixth street with Fernandez taking the lead on the river with all three players getting to showdown.
Wong was showing and Paluszek had but both players mucked when Fernandez showed () for the ace-high flush.
The huge pot is shipped to Fernandez as he is elevated to about 255,000 in chips.
Erik Seidel has just found that double-up and now sits with about 35,000. He's still got a lot of work ahead of him to make the money however, as he is currently still the short stack of the field.
From fifth street to the river Jim Paluszek bet out into Alexander Kostritsyn and Kostritsyn called. At showdown, Paluszek showed ( ) for jacks up. Kostritsyn, who was showing a board of , mucked his cards.
After the hand Paluszek was up to around 228,000 and Kostritsyn was down to 304,000.
Erik Seidel was forced to fold on sixth street showing against David Oppenheim who held , to leave himself crippled.
Seidel had bet on third, fourth and fifth streets, but when Oppenheim paired and bet on sixth street Seidel decided to fold and save his last 15,000 chips for one last shot at a double-up.