Antonio Esfandiari doubled up to about 750,000 in a hefty pot just before the break. He was in the big blind and was faced with a three-bet shove in front of him from Nico Behling, who had a bigger stack. Esfandiari made the all-in call and the first raiser folded.
Esfandiari tabled 
, dominating Behling's 
. The board ran out 
and Esfandiari breathed a sigh of relief, jumping to 2nd in chips. Behling slipped to 270,000.
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Ted Lawson moved all in from under the gun for his last 46,000 and Perry Friedman made the call in the big blind.
Lawson: 
Friedman: 
The board was spread 
and Friedman collects the pot with a pair of aces to send Lawson to the cashier. Friedman is now sitting with 270,000 chips.
With the board reading 
, we caught up with the betting action when John Luu check-raised Amit "amak316" Makhija to 45,000. Makhija re-raised, making it 120,000. Luu shoved for 265,000 and Makhija made the call. Lets see the hands!
Luu: 
Makhija: 
The turn and river were blanks for Luu and Makhija is up to about 730,000.
Jeff Williams raised it up to 19,000 from the cutoff and play folded around to Samuel Iola in the big blind who moved all in for 155,500. Williams deliberated for some time before committing to a call.
Iola:
Williams: 
It was a great call by Williams and it was rewarded on the 
board.
"That's a great call!" commented Dragan Galic.
"We play a lot together online, so we have history," explained Williams.
Iola was sent to the cashier as Williams is flying with 660,000 chips.
Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah has just been eliminated by Amit "amak316" Makhija. Leah was all in for about 120,000 with 
, but Makhija had him crushed with 
.
Makhija's big slick held up and and he is up to 460,000 while Leah hits the rail.
Manelic Minaya moved all in for 71,000 from under the gun and Robert Hwang made the call in the cutoff position.
Minaya:
Hwang: 
The board presented 
and Minaya finds a lucky six on the turn for the double up. He's up to 158,000 with Hwang in trouble with just 32,000.
Phil Hellmuth and David Benefield have tangled once again, but this time the eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner did not come out unscathed.
Once again Hellmuth was holding the and committed all of his chips preflop. Benefield this time held 
for a baby pair and he made the call.
The flop was ugly for Hellmuth as it arrived 
to give Benefield a set, however Hellmuth wasn't done with just yet as he picked up some outs to a straight. The on the turn left Hellmuth looking for just a chop but it didn't arrive on the river.
Hellmuth ranted a little before making a disappointed exit from the Amazon Room, while Benefield is with our chip leaders on 475,000 chips.
Brian Smith has just became the latest casualty of Jason "TheMasterJ33" DeWitt. All in with 
, Smith needed help against DeWitt's 
.
He found none as the board ran out 
. Smith headed to the payout desk while DeWitt chipped up to roughly 450,000.
Ted Lawson just survived an interesting all-in situation, when his last chips were in with against David Benefield's 
. Lawson didn't get a double up but managed to stay alive when the board ran out . Full house on board! Chop it up!
With the board reading , Sam Trickett bet enough to cover Magide Kerzazi's stack, about 120,000. After a few moments, Kerzazi made the all-in call, mucking when Trickett tabled .
Trickett is up to about 500,000.
