Richard Yong raised and Guy Laliberté called from the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and Yong bet 400,000. Laliberté called.
The turn was the 
and Yong check-called a bet of 900,000 from Laliberté. The river completed the board with the 
and Yong checked. Laliberté bet 1.4 million and Yong called.
Laliberté showed the 
and Yong the 
. Yong won the pot and moved to 12.75 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,750,000
3,610,000
|
3,610,000 |
|
8,400,000
4,050,000
|
4,050,000 |
and Hellmuth checked dark. Gruissem bet 475,000 and Helluth called.
and Hellmuth checked dark again. Gruissem checked behind.
showed up, and now Hellmuth bet. He fired out 280,000 and Gruissem folded his cards. Hellmuth is back in good shape while Gruissem is slipping a little.
at that point, and the turn was the 
.
and Bulychev checked a third time. Esfandiari moved all in and the Russian player had to decided for his tournament life. He tanked for about four minutes before giving up his hand.
and Laliberté checked. Voulgaris moved all in and Laliberté quickly called with the 
for the nut straight. Voulgaris was drawing dead with the 
.
and Hellmuth bet 325,000. Gruissem raised it up to 850,000 and Hellmuth snap-called.
and Gruissem fired out 1,700,000. Hellmuth was not happy, but after tanking for a while he made the call showing 
and his flush took down this big pot! Hellmuth was steaming again as his pocket aces got cracked while Gruissem jumps up on the leader board.
