John Hewitt celebrates with his rail after winning a monster pot.
John Hewitt opened to 525,000, Pius Heinz three-bet to 1.175 million on the button, and the action folded back to Hewitt who called.
The dealer fanned , and Hewitt checked. Heinz continued for 950,000, and Hewitt called.
The turn was the , Hewitt checked again, and Heinz tanked before firing 2.125 million. Hewitt immediately called, and checked a third time once the hit the river. Heinz thought for nearly two minutes, then slid out a massive bet of 4.4 million. Hewitt did not act as quick as he did on previous streets, but he still called rather swiftly, and Heinz mucked as soon as he did.
Hewitt tabled for a pair of queens, the stood up, clapping in celebration. He raked in a monster pot, and is now neck-and-neck with Anton Makievskyi and Eoghan O'Dea for the chip lead.
From under the gun, Samuel Holden min-raised to 480,000. Action folded to Anton Makievskyi on the button and he three-bet to 1.1 million. The blinds folded before Holden also gave it up and Makievskyi won the pot.
It folded to Phil Collins on the button who opened for 500,000, and Martin Staszko called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought the and two more checks.
The river was the . Staszko bet 750,000 this time, and after thinking for a while Collins tossed in his hand. Staszko has 13.6 million now, while Collins is just a touch under 20 million.
Pius Heinz opened to 525,000 from under the gun, John Hewitt three-bet to 1.1 million on the button, and Heinz called. The flop was , and both players checked.
The turned, Heinz checked again, and Hewitt fired 1.25 million. Heinz released, and Hewitt picked up another pot from Heinz.
Right now of the 13 players remaining, Khoa Nguyen has the shortest stack of them all. Just now there was a preflop raise from under the gun by Phil Collins to 525,000, and when it folded around to Nguyen in the small blind he reraised all in, forcing out both Eoghan O'Dea in the big blind and Collins.
Nguyen is still the short stack, though, and has a lot of work to do to make that comeback. He presently sits with 4.1 million (about 17 big blinds).
Action folded to Konstantinos Mamaliadis on the button and he raised to 550,000. The small blind folded, but Bryan Devonshire moved all in from the big. A call would cost Mamaliadis his entire stack, so he thought better of it and released, preserving his 4.5 million.
We're amid a relatively quiet stretch at the secondary feature table. Here's how the last three hands went...
1. Konstantinos Mamaliadis opened for 550,000 from the button, Bryan Devonshire reraised all in from the big blind, and Mamaliadis skedaddled.
2. Martin Staszko raised to 525,000 from the button and Bryan Devonshire called from the small blind. The flop came . Devonshire checked, Staszko bet 1.2 million, and Devonshire folded.
3. Konstantinos Mamaliadis raised to 550,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds and antes.
Pius Heinz opened to 525,000 from under the gun, and Matt Giannetti three-bet to 1.3 million on his direct left. The action folded back to Heinz who released, and Giannetti raked in the pot.
, and Hewitt checked. Heinz continued for 950,000, and Hewitt called.
, Hewitt checked again, and Heinz tanked before firing 2.125 million. Hewitt immediately called, and checked a third time once the 
hit the river. Heinz thought for nearly two minutes, then slid out a massive bet of 4.4 million. Hewitt did not act as quick as he did on previous streets, but he still called rather swiftly, and Heinz mucked as soon as he did.
for a pair of queens, the stood up, clapping in celebration. He raked in a monster pot, and is now neck-and-neck with Anton Makievskyi and Eoghan O'Dea for the chip lead.
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
. Staszko bet 750,000 this time, and after thinking for a while Collins tossed in his hand. Staszko has 13.6 million now, while Collins is just a touch under 20 million.
turned, Heinz checked again, and Hewitt fired 1.25 million. Heinz released, and Hewitt picked up another pot from Heinz.
. Devonshire checked, Staszko bet 1.2 million, and Devonshire folded.
