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Mihai Manole opened to 115,000 from under the gun and Michael Linn called next to speak along with Alexander Kuzmin from the big blind.
The 
flop was checked over to Linn who fired out a 185,000-chip bet to prompt folds from both Kuzmin and Manole.
Alexander Kuzmin moved all in for 470,000 from middle position, and after some deliberation, Benjamin Smith made the call from the big blind.
Kuzmin: 
Smith: 
The 
flop gave Kuzmin outs to a chop along with his seven, and when the 
landed on the turn he found eight more to a straight to stay alive.
Fortunately for the Russian, the 
landed on the river to ensure him the double up and see him climb to over a million in chips as Smith slips to just over 1,800,000 in chips.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
With Benjamin Smith making it 105,000 preflop, Mihai Manole opted to three-bet to 275,000 from the small blind. After much thinkage, Smith made the call.
On the 
flop, Manole slid a continuation bet of 275,000 across the felt, but Smith played back at him by deep-reaching for four columns and pushing 825,000 into the middle.
Manole seemed quietly tortured by the decision, and after mulling over his options for a couple of minutes, was put on the clock by Alexander Kuzmin who pleaded that he was short stacked and the blinds were about to go up.
The countdown commenced, and concluded, with Manole failing to come to a decision, and after the announcer had reached one, his cards were whisked away and Smith took the pot.
Manole - 1,075,000
Smith - 2,300,000
Alexander Kuzmin moved all in from the cutoff for his last 250,000 and Michael Linn made the call from the small blind.
Kuzmin: 
Linn: 
The board ran out 
to see Kuzmin double through to 575,000 as Linn slips to 1,370,000 in chips.
Erle Mankin made a standard raise preflop with 
, but ran into the 
of chip leader Taylor Larkin who put him all in for 505,000 total.
The 
flop increased Mankin's outs, especially as another player confessed to folding a jack, but it made little difference as the 
turn and river both bricked out to send him home.
Seven remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,625,000 | 125,000 |
|
|
1,925,000 | 65,000 |
|
1,800,000 | |
|
1,700,000 | 140,000 |
|
1,475,000 | |
|
825,000 | -75,000 |
|
525,000 | 30,000 |
|
325,000 | -80,000 |
The action passed round to Taylor Larkin in the small blind.
He turned towards his fellow blind opponent Alexander Kuzmin and asked how much he had.
Kuzmin replied with something inaudible from our blogging station, but looked to be in the 400,000-chip mark.
Larkin deliberated for a little before announcing he was all in for inexcess of 2,500,000 to prompt a rather quick fold from Kuzmin.
Alexander Kuzmin moved all in from early position for 385,000 and Michael Linn made the call.
Kuzmin: 
Linn:
The 
flop produced backdoor flushes, but both players (as well as a blood-thirsty rail) groaned as the turn brought an uneventful 
turn. The river was therefore academic, but did make a difference to Erle Mankin who claimed to have folded 
.
