Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio limped under the gun and action folded to Philipp Gruissem in the small blind. He made the call, Cary Katz checked his option from the big, and it was three-way action to the 
flop.
Both Gruissem and Katz checked, but the former woke up with a check-raise to 75,000 when Malibu bet 25,000. Katz got out of the way, Malibu made the call, and the 
turned. Both players checked, as they did on the 
river, and neither were in a hurry to turn over their cards.
When Gruissem was informed he was the first to show, he simply mucked. Malibu was going to do the same, but the floor stopped him and said, "I need to see a hand."
Indeed, in this tournament a hand must be shown at the showdown to win, so Malibu flipped over 
for a pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
flop, Tom Marchese had 75,000 in front of him and Nick Schulman put in a raise to 203,000. Marchese called and the turn brought the 
. Acting first, Schulman moved all in for 643,000. Marchese tanked long and seemed rather pained by the decision, but in the end found a fold and Schulman won the pot to get back over 1.2 million in chips.
. Both players checked.
, and Dwan checked again. Morgan bet 110,000, and Dwan called.
, and both players checked again. Morgan tabled 
and took down the pot.
board, Phil Ivey had the action checked to him by Vivek Rajkumar. Ivey checked behind to see the 
. Phil Hellmuth led out for 50,000, and Paul Phua raised to 150,000. Hellmuth thought for thirty seconds or so, then called.
, and Hellmuth checked. Phua thought for no more than fifteen seconds, then fired 475,000.
for sixes full of queens, but Hellmuth had him beat with 
when Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio had checked to Tobias Reinkemeier, who bet 230,000. Malibu has been nursing his short stack, which is still relatively deep in regards to the blinds, and he opted to make the call.
for a missed flush. Reinkemeier then showed 
. Robl's hand was best at the time, but Rast had the better flush draw along with the ace as an overcard.
and Rast spiked the ace-high flush to win the pot and bust Robl from the tournament.
. Robl checked, Trickett bet 56,000, and Robl called. The turn was the 
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