Antonio Esfandiari raised to 15,000 before the flop, and Brian Rast called to see a flop.
It came out
, and Esfandiari continued out with a bet of 26,000. Rast raised to 75,000 straight, and Esfandiari moved all in over the top. Rast made the call for his own tournament life, and the cards were on their backs:
Rast:

Esfandiari:

Esfandiari was drawing, and Rast was looking to hold his top pair to double up. The turn
kept him safe, and so did the
river, and he does indeed double up. That pushes Rast all the way up to 466,000, leaving Esfandiari just 14,000 with which to try and mount a monumental comeback.

Faraz Jaka fired out 17,500 into a pot of around 28,000 with Nicholas Rampone making the call.
and Jaka led for 42,000 with Rampone calling once again as the 

flop was checked by Smith only to see Lykov fire out 8,500. Smith made the call as the
produced on the river.
, Brian Rast let out with a pot-sized bet of 10,000. Antonio Esfandiari made the smooth call, and the two men watched a scary
fill out the board.


and Pham checked to Kozlovskiy who fired out 35,000. Pham then quickly tossed in a raise amounting to 110,000 only to have Kozlovskiy instantly move all in. Pham made the call to put Kozlovskiy at risk and we were off to a showdown.


. Rousso check-called a bet of 5,500 chips, and both ladies check-checked the
turn. On the river, the