Action folded around to Frank Sinopoli in the small blind and he limped. Philipp Gruissem then checked his option in the big blind and it was heads up to the flop. Sinopoli was first and bet the size of the pot, which was 140,000. Gruissem called the bet, leading to the on the turn.
This time Sinopoli checked, Gruissem bet 300,000, and Sinopoli called. The betting swung the other way on the river when Sinopoli once again lead out, this time for 350,000. Gruissem called and revealed for two pair, which was good enough to win the hand.
First into the pot from middle position, Matt Giannetti raised to 220,000, and he found a call from Hilton Laborda on the button. The two men went off to a heads-up flop, and the dealer spread out . Giannetti continued out with 300,000, and Laborda made the call. On the turn, Giannetti slowed down and passed the action over to his opponent, and Laborda took his cue to bet 420,000. Giannetti called there, and he checked again on the river. Laborda was not going anywhere, and he made a big pot-sized bet of 2 million. After some time in the tank, Giannetti check-raised all in for 5.26 million, and Laborda made a pained call.
Showdown
Giannetti:
Laborda:
It was a big cooler, and Giannetti's set improved to the winning full house on the river. It gives him a huge double to 12.63 million, knocking the remaining Brazilian down to 3.48 million.
Bryan Devonshire opened to 230,000 from the cutoff, Guillaume Darcourt three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind, and Devonshire four-bet to 1.1 million. Darcourt responded with a five-bet shove, and Devonshire's eyes popped out of his head.
"He's all in?" Devonshire asked the dealer who nodded. "I call."
Showdown
Devonshire:
Darcourt:
Dozens of people gathered around the rail as the dealer waited for confirmation to deliver the flop. Once she was given the word, she rapped the table and fanned .
"No paint!" Devonshire's rail shouted. "No paint!"
The turn was paint, but the did not improve Darcourt's hand. The entire rail fell silent as the dealer prepared to deliver the river: the .
Devonshire's rail exploded with chants of "DE-VO! DE-VO! DE-VO!" Devonshire himself was counting down his stack, and Darcourt could only throw his hands on his head. After a wave of chips were pushed to Devonshire, the stacks looked like this:
A blind-vs.-blind battle here, between Gregory Kaplan (small) and Pius Heinz (big). Nice and friendly, for the most part, until the river.
Before the flop it folded around to Kaplan who raised to 225,000 and Heinz called the raise. The flop came and both checked. Both also checked the turn. Friendly, friendly.
Then came the river, the . Kaplan checked again, and this time Heinz pushed out a bet of 765,000. Kaplan considered, then check-raised to 1.8 million, sending Heinz into the tank. After a long think, Heinz finally called Kaplan's raise. Kaplan tabled for two pair, and Heinz mucked.
Kaplan has 6.55 million now, while Heinz slips to about 4 million.
With the table folded around to her small blind, Erika Moutinho open-shoved for 1.945 million -- right into her boyfriend's big blind! David Sands quickly surrendered (smart man), and Moutinho showed him the as a courtesy for her aggression.
Ben Lamb was under the gun and raised to 225,000. Action folded around to James Page on the button and he moved all in for 2.285 million. The blind got out of the way and Lamb nonchalantly called.
Showdown
Lamb:
Page:
It was a classic race with Page at risk and needing to improve. The ESPN cameras swarmed the table and gave the go ahead for the dealer to put out the flop, which came down . Page sat quiet and stoic as he awaited his fate. The turn brought him one step closer to elimination, but it was the on the river that sent him to the payout desk in 40th place.
After a relatively quiet period, big hands are erupting all over it seems.
Right on the heels of James Page's elimination came a hand in which Mario Silvestri opened by shoving all in for 2.035 million from middle position. Khoa Nguyen flat-called from the cutoff, and it folded to Frank Sinopoli who reshoved for approximately 2.3 million from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Nguyen called the extra amount.
Sinopoli:
Silvestri:
Khoa Nguyen:
Pocket pairs all around, with Sinopoli's the best of the bunch. Then came the flop, , giving Nguyen a set. The turn brought the , making quads for Nguyen and making the on the river no matter.
Nguyen knocks out two with one monster of a hand. Silvestri, who started the hand with fewer chips, finishes 39th, while Sinopoli takes the 38th-place spot. Nguyen, meanwhile, is stacking up about 10.3 million at the moment.
Scott Schwalich opened to 220,000 from the cutoff, and Eoghan Odea defended his big blind. The flop fell , Odea checked, and Schwalich continued for 225,000. Odea called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river brought the . Odea checked, and Schwalich fired 650,000. Odea thought for a very long time before raising to 1.65 million, forcing Schwalich to head into the tank. After nearly two minutes, Schwalich mucked, and saw his stack drop to 2.2 million chips.
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov raised to 220,000 from late position and was three-bet to 460,000 by Pius Heinz in the cutoff. The button and blinds cleared out, while Mozhnyakov made the call. Check-check was the action on the flop, followed by a bet of 600,000 from Mozhnyakov on the turn.
Heinz called that bet, and then both players returned to checking on the river. Mozhnyakov showed for a missed straight draw, which was easily beat by Heinz's .
flop. Sinopoli was first and bet the size of the pot, which was 140,000. Gruissem called the bet, leading to the 
on the turn.
river when Sinopoli once again lead out, this time for 350,000. Gruissem called and revealed 
for two pair, which was good enough to win the hand.
. Giannetti continued out with 300,000, and Laborda made the call. On the 
turn, Giannetti slowed down and passed the action over to his opponent, and Laborda took his cue to bet 420,000. Giannetti called there, and he checked again on the 
turn. Friendly, friendly.
for two pair, and Heinz mucked.
as a courtesy for her aggression.
. Page sat quiet and stoic as he awaited his fate. The 
turn brought him one step closer to elimination, but it was the 
on the river that sent him to the payout desk in 40th place.
, giving Nguyen a set. The turn brought the 
on the river no matter.
, Odea checked, and Schwalich continued for 225,000. Odea called.
, both players checked, and the river brought the 
flop, followed by a bet of 600,000 from Mozhnyakov on the 
river. Mozhnyakov showed 
