Adam Latimer had dropped a little, but is now back up to 950,000 after a curious hand against the curiously named Montagna Corrado.
They made it as far as the river of the board when Corrado bet 80,000. Latimer disappeared into the tank for some minutes -- and then called. He turned over -- and Corrado could only boast for king-high.
Corrado gave Latimer a look like he might come after him in the car park later; Latimer meanwhile blithely raked in the pot.
Michael Greco raised to 26,000 before Hieu Luu reraised to 86,000. Action folded around to Joe Sebok in the big blind and he moved all in for 258,000 total. Greco folded and the Luu tanked. He asked the dealer to bring the the 86,000 before tanking for a few more minutes. Eventually, he made the call.
Sebook tabled and was up against Luu's .
The flop came down and a look of disgust came over Sebok's face. The turn brought the and Sebok began to get up from his chair. He took his backpack off of the back of his chair and swung it over his shoulders. The dealer then dealt the on the river, nailing Sebok with a great card to stay alive and double up.
Sebook is now up to 550,000 while Luu dropped to 1.58 million.
After a flop of Tom Lutz bet 300,000 from middle position and Nichoel Peppe moved all in from behind for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call making this a 2,660,000 pot.
Lutz:
Peppe:
The board came all blanks as it filled out allowing Peppe's two pair to hold up.
James Akenhead has doubled up to become the first player over 3 million chips.
Eracles Panayiotou raised to 26,000 from the cutoff and Akenhead made it 80,000 from the small blind, Panayiotou called.
The flop was and Akenhead bet 130,000, Panayiotou called and they saw a turn. Akenhead bet 190,000 and Panayiotou raised to 430,000.
Akenhead called this time before checking the river. Panayioutou set the Brit all in for his remaining 800,000 or so and Akenhead immediately called with the nuts, for top set. Panayiotou's bluff with was caught completely cold.
Jimmy Tran was all in for about 150,000 on a turned board showing . Ian Woodley was the man trying to eliminate Jimmy, and he was looking poised to do just that as he tabled for the straight. Tran couldn't believe his luck as he shook his head and turned over for the bad end of the straight. Drawing to a chop only, Tran saw the river bring the and the end of his tournament.
David Zeitlin moved the last of his chips into the middle with and Fabrice Soulier made the call with from the big blind. The board ran out and Zeitlin hit the rail while Soulier chipped up to 1,090,000.
Fabrice Soulier was all in preflop holding to black kings -- . His opponent was David Zeitlin, who held . The board contained no cards above a nine and Zeitlin was eliminated. Soulier moved to 950,000.