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Jon Lactaoen did what he could, getting his 125,000 chips in good with 
against Jens Weigel's 
. The dealer was having none of it, however. He put a ten right on the flop, and the board of 
has ushered Lactaoen to the payout line.
Weigel is up to 300,000 after scoring that knockout.
Wow! What a hand that just went down on Table 339 in the Orange section of the Amazon Room!
Anders Taylor, who final tabled Event No. 41: $1,500 PLO-8 for third place worth $97,913, opened to 18,000. Two players made the call before Martijn Schirp reraised to 110,000 on the button. When action got back to Taylor, he reraised to 265,000. The two flat-callers got out of the way before Schirp moved all in for over one million in chips. Taylor snap-called, creating a pot worth over two million, the biggest of the tournament!
Taylor held the 
and was in prime position to be granted a huge double up through Schirp who held the 
.
The flop came down 
and everything was good so far for Taylor. The turn card brought a devastating blow as the 
hit the felt and all those chips Taylor had worked so hard to get looked like they would be just about gone pending a miracle on the river.
The river card completed the board with the 
, which wasn't the bullet Taylor needed to resuck on Schirp. The pot was pushed to Schirp as Taylor dropped all the way to 280,000 in stunning fashion. Schirp is now sitting second in chips with a little over two million in his stack.
Scott Lipshutz was all in for 150,000 with the 
. He was up against the 
for Laurentius Sloot. The board ran out 
and Sloot's kings came from behind to win the hand. He sent Lipshutz to the rail and another pair of kings cracked a pair of aces.
Tony Dunst's stack continues to hover around 1.5 million, as it has for most of the day. He seems to chip don a little bit, then knock out a short stack to chip back up. His latest victim was Hugo Franca, who got 90,000 chips all in pre-flop with . Dunst greeted Franca with 
. It seemed that Franca was poised for a double-up after he turned an ace, 
, but Dunst spiked a queen on the river to make a set of queens and win the pot.
Dunst's current count is 1.56 million.
Three players -- Eric Capra, Phil Galfond, and Filippo Candio -- had made it to the turn with the board showing . Capra checked, Galfond bet 57,000 into a pot about twice that size, Candio called, and Capra folded.
The river brought the 
. This time Galfond bet 126,000, and with a look of resignation Candio made the call. Candio tabled 
, and his set of eights was best as Galfond mucked.
Candio has 860,000 at present, while Galfond has about 1.74 million.
Robert Miller raised to 20,000 from under the gun. Gualter Salles called in middle position. Dan Lu called from the hijack seat and Dominykas Karmazinas shoved in for 87,000 from the big blind. Miller reshoved before Salles and Lu folded.
Miller held the and Karmazinas the , looking like this one would be a chop.
The board ran out 
and Karmazinas made a flush with his to double up. He's now got about 225,000 in chips.
On a flop of a player was all-in for 400,000 against Alexander Kostritsyn.
Opponent 
Kostritsyn 
Kostritsyn's hand held through the turn or the 
river and eliminated his opponent, moving up to 1.9 million in chips.
On the flop of 
Jason Somerville got all in for about 300,000 in chips with the . Mads Wissing held the 
for top pair.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Somerville missed his spade flush and was eliminated on the hand. Wissing move to 900,000 in chips.
Christopher George opened a recent pot with a pre-flop raise. He was called in two spots before big blind Pim van Wieringen re-raised all in. George made the call with 
and discovered that van Wieringen had been attempting to squeeze everyone out with . Van Wieringen did manage to flop a ten, , but the turn and river came running queens, which did not help his cause. He's out, and George is up to about 1,150,000.
Antony Lellouche opened to 18,000, and Allie Prescott made it 52,000 total on the button. "All in," Lellouche said, committing his whole 220,000-chip stack. Prescott called to put him at risk.
Lellouche:
Prescott:
The 
flop put Lellouche in the lead, and the turn kept him there. But the on the river brought Prescott a set to bust the French pro. Prescott is up to 760,000.
