Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 5.
Joseph Cheong opens from first position with a minimum-raise to 2 million. Filippo Candio gets in there from the big blind and has first action on a flop of 
. He leads into Cheong with a bet of 2.8 million.
Cheong turns to MOC Jack Effel and asks a question. It looks like he wants a rough count on how many chips Candio has behind his bet (about 25 million). Cheong then folds his hand.
John Racener has the button in Seat 7.
Michael Mizrachi raises to 2.5 million. Joseph Cheong makes the call from the big blind and the two are off to a flop.
The flop comes down 
and both check. The turn is the 
and Cheong reaches for chips. He bets 2.525 million and Mizrachi calls.
The river is the 
, black, but not another spade. Mizrachi shows the 
after both players check and wins the hand.
We've reached the end of the level and the next break. The break is scheduled to last 20 minutes but if the other breaks today are any indication, this one will run long.
The green 25,000 chips have been raced off the table. Here's how the last five players measure up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,750,000
2,650,000
|
2,650,000 |
|
||
|
56,550,000
10,775,000
|
10,775,000 |
|
||
|
39,500,000
4,750,000
|
4,750,000 |
|
||
|
29,950,000
1,225,000
|
1,225,000 |
|
26,550,000
4,900,000
|
4,900,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 40
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 200,000
Cards are back in the air.
Filippo Candio has the button.
Michael Mizrachi opens to 3.1 million under the gun. From the big blind, Jonathan Duhamel makes the call, and we'll go heads up the rest of the way.
The flop comes 
, and the action checks through to the 
turn. Duhamel leads out with a bet of 3.4 million now, and Mizrachi calls after just a few seconds. The river 
draws another bet from Duhamel, 5.75 million this time. The call comes almost instantly from The Grinder, but it's not a good one.
Duhamel shows up his 
first, and Mizrachi's 
has once again gotten him in some trouble. He drops the pot, dropping more than 12 million chips off his stack in the process.
Joseph Cheong has the button in Seat 2.
Filippo Candio raises to 2.4 million. Cheong calls from the button and Michael Mizrachi calls out of the big blind for a three-way pot. Mizrachi and Candio check the 
flop. Cheong puts in a small bet of 3.45 million, but it's big enough to do the job as Mizrachi and Candio both fold.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4.
Duhamel raises and wins the pot.
Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 5.
Jonathan Duhamel raises to 2.75 million, and that wins him the blinds and antes.
