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Antonio Esfandiari raised it up to 51,000 from the button with Jeff Williams making the call in the small blind.
They took a flop of 
and Williams checked to Esfandiari who fired a continuation bet of 83,000. Williams made the call.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Again both players checked it down and Williams tabled 
for the best hand.
Play folded around to Nico Behling in the small blind and he moved his entire stack into the middle. David Benefield asked for a count and the bet was determined to be 332,000. Upon hearing that news, Benefield made a quick call.
Behling: 
Benefield: 
Benefield needed to connect but missed on the 
board to be sent to the rail in 13th place. He'll take home $39,159 for his efforts. Meanwhile Benefield is now sitting behind a stack of 1.26 million chips.
Perry Friedman got his chips into the pot preflop with , and he was racing for double or nothing against David Benefield and his 
.
The board ran kind for Friedman: 
. Kings up gives Friedman the double up, and he's moved his stack to 540,000.
"Nice hand, Per," Benefield said.
"Thanks. Gotta gamble sometime."
There's been plenty of three and four betting today, and so far they've been pretty successful as most players have released to the aggression of their opponents.
Just recently we saw Perry Friedman raise to 55,000, and Jason DeWitt re-raise to 150,000. Friedman put in a four-bet by moving all in and DeWitt folded.
At the same time on the other table, there was a raise to 42,000 from Jesse Chinni before James Carroll made it 125,000 from the middle. Antonio Esfandiari then came over the top for all of his chips and both opponents gave it up.
Antonio Esfandiari raised the button to 51,000 and Jeff Williams again defended in the small blind with a call.
They saw a flop of 
and Williams checked to Esfandiari who fired 81,000. Williams made the call. The turn brought the 
and again it was checked to Esfandari who fired a second barrel worth 201,000. Williams quickly slid out a call.
The river was a repeat 
and Williams checked for a third time and Esfandiari whacked the table in frustration as he also checked. Williams showed and Esfandiari wasn't too thrilled.
"That's so sick!" he said as he stood from his chair and eventually tossed his cards into the muck.
Esfandiari is down to 960,000 while Williams is now up to 1.65 million.
We missed the first raise from James Carroll, and we picked up the action just as Amit Makhija was sticking in a three-bet to 153,000 straight. Carroll promptly four-bet to 331,000, committing about a third of his stack to the pot. Makhija tank-shoved, and Carroll snap-called all in for his last 904,000.
Showdown
Makhija: 
Carroll:
The board was a lot of red, but not enough diamonds as it ran out 
to hold Carroll's aces. He's doubled his way up into a challenge for the chip lead with close to 1.9 million. Makhija, on the other hand, is now the short stack with just 280,000.
On the very next hand, Antonio Esfandiari opened to 51,000 and Amit Makhija moved all in for 277,000 total. Esfandiari quickly called with 
, and Makhija rolled over the same ace-queen, 
this time.
Things were a little friendlier to Makhija this time as the dealer saved his tournament life, running out a board of 
.
A pair of queens is good this time, and Makhija is back to 596,000.
The 12 remaining players are now taking their first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,760,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
|
1,670,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
1,560,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |
|
||
|
1,420,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
1,050,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
975,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
830,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
710,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
|
600,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
560,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
340,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
330,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
