Rifat Palevic raised fo 5,600 from the cut off and Adam Latimer three bet from the button to 16,600. Palevic called.
The flop came and Palevic checked. Latimer took his time staging his chips before betting 17,500. Palevic immediatly check raised to 40,000 and Latimer made the call.
The turn brought the and again, Palevic checked. It would be several minutes before Latimer finally bet out 75,000. Palevic called quickly.
The river was the and Palevic checked for the third time. Latimer checked behind and their hands were turned face up.
Palevic:
Latimer:
Fives and sevens take down the large pot and Latimer moves up to 397,000 while Palevic drops to 530,000.
Before the flop, Taylor Caby came in with a raise to 5,000. Three players made the call to see the flop come out . Caby kept the heat on with a bet of 12,000. That was enough to fold two of the players, but one opponent came along to the turn. The next card off was the . Caby checked this time, and he would fold to a bet of 12,000 from his opponent. That fold puts him down to 37,000.
Dennis Phillips
A player raised preflop from middle position and Dennis Phillips called from the button. The flop came , and both checked. The turn was the . The preflop raiser checked, Phillips bet 11,000, and his opponent called.
The river was the . Again it checked to Phillips who bet 20,000 this time, and his opponent called. "King-high," said Phillips. His opponent turned over and took the pot.
With eight minutes left before dinner, the tournament staff have broken the last table out of the Brasilia Room. The entire field is now consolidated into the Amazon Room, prompting several joking remarks about having made the "final room".
Erik Van Den Berg raised from middle position, and it folded back to the small blind who reraised. The big blind folded, then Van Den Berg pushed all in for 71,200 more. His opponent called, showing . Van Den Berg turned over .
The community cards came , and Van Den Berg doubles back to 160,000.
Donnie Peters
Josh Arieh
Phil Hellmuth raised up the action to 6,000 from middle position. One by one, each player mucked before it got to Josh Arieh in the big blind. He wasn't so willing to give Hellmuth the pot and made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Arieh checked again. Hellmuth fired 8,000 and Arieh called.
The river brought the and Arieh took a moment to himself. He then bet out 20,000. Hellmuth didn't seem too thrilled and took his time. After about a minute went by, he tossed in the call. Arieh tabled for top two pair and Hellmuth mucked.
"Nice dealing, buddy. You just gave the guy that gave me 100 two pair, nice one," Hellmuth said, while Arieh chuckled. Hellmuth then went on to explain to Arieh how he's going to get all of his chips.
"We're gonna play a big pot," said Hellmuth. "And I'm gonna show you the nuts."
"I can't wait," responded Arieh. "The window's always open."
"You deal me king-queen and him king-jack and he gets there. Unreal," finished Hellmuth.
Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and got three calls to see an flop. It checked to Esfandiari under the gun, who bet 12,500. Everyone got out of the way except Robert Mizrachi in the small blind, who flatted instead, and they saw a turn.
The turn was the and Mizrachi checked. Esfandiari bet 28,000 and again, Mizrachi called.
Come the river, Esfandiari went all in. Mizrachi finally folded, and the pot belonged to Esfandiari.
Esfandiari up to 265,000, Mizrachi down to just 51,000.
ElkY didn't waste any time getting to know his table; he's jumped right into the action with his fellow big stack.
We join the action in a heads-up confrontation following a preflop raise. On a flop of , Jerry Wong checked, ElkY bet 9,200, and Wong called. The came on the turn, and this time ElkY checked behind Wong.
The river card was the . Wong mustered the gumption to fire a bet, and he slid 33,000 chips out into the middle of the table. After just a quick second to consider, ElkY made the call. Wong instantly tapped the felt, said, "Nice call," and mucked his hand. ElkY turned over as was required to earn him the pot.
Kara Scott
After the turn, the board showed and there was about 30,000 in the middle. A player in middle position bet 22,000, and Kara Scott thought a moment before announcing a raise to 55,000. Her opponent quickly let it go.
Lee Markholt doesn't have a world of chips himself, so he must have relished the chance to take out an even shorter stack just before his table was moved from the Brasilia Room to the Amazon Room. After Gabe Walls opened from late position for 5,000, the short stack moved all in for 22,500. Markholt then over-shoved from the small blind for about 75,000. That reraise folded Walls.
Button:
Markholt:
Board:
Markholt added the button's chips to his own, making a stack of about 100,000 chips that he dropped into a chip bag for the journey to the Amazon Room.
and Palevic checked. Latimer took his time staging his chips before betting 17,500. Palevic immediatly check raised to 40,000 and Latimer made the call.
and again, Palevic checked. It would be several minutes before Latimer finally bet out 75,000. Palevic called quickly.
and Palevic checked for the third time. Latimer checked behind and their hands were turned face up.
. Caby checked this time, and he would fold to a bet of 12,000 from his opponent. That fold puts him down to 37,000.
. The preflop raiser checked, Phillips bet 11,000, and his opponent called.
. Again it checked to Phillips who bet 20,000 this time, and his opponent called. "King-high," said Phillips. His opponent turned over 
and took the pot.
. Van Den Berg turned over 
.
, and Van Den Berg doubles back to 160,000.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
for top two pair and Hellmuth mucked.
river, Esfandiari went all in. Mizrachi finally folded, and the pot belonged to Esfandiari.
. Wong mustered the gumption to fire a bet, and he slid 33,000 chips out into the middle of the table. After just a quick second to consider, ElkY made the call. Wong instantly tapped the felt, said, "Nice call," and mucked his hand. ElkY turned over 
