We need to lose one more player before there will be a complete redraw. Play will resume on three tables of eight, and when we reach the final 16 there will be another redraw.
Nine players will get paid in this event, and there will be no hand for hand play as the final ten will be seated at one table.
The final table will start with eight players tomorrow.
Phil Ivey raised from the cutoff to 200,000 and Philipp Gruissem put him all in from the big blind. Ivey called off his remaining 1.3 million and we got to see an all in showdown.
| Phil Ivey |   |
| Philipp Gruissem |   |
The flop brought out 
, and Gruissem picked up more outs to bust the eight-time bracelet winner. The turn was the 
and Ivey made a straight, but Gruissem also picked up a flush draw. The river was the 
, and Ivey was gone.
Ivey got up and left through one of the side doors and Gruissem stacked his new chips. We are down to 25 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000 | 1,850,000 |
|
Busted |
Bill Perkins raised all for 1.28 million in chips and Antonio Esfandiari anounced, "C, A, L, L," from the big blind before asking the dealer if that was binding. It was and he turned up the 
. Perkins held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Perkins doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000 | -1,300,000 |
|
2,600,000 | 1,000,000 |
From under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 190,000. Guy Laliberté called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Laliberté checked and Esfandiari bet 225,000. Laliberté called.
The 
landed on the turn and both players checked. The landed on the river and Laliberté fired one million. Esfandiari tanked and then called.
Laliberté turned over the 
and a full house and Esfandiari mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,300,000 | -2,025,000 |
|
9,700,000 | 1,035,000 |
Sam Trickett celebrated his birthday yesterday by playing Day 1 of this event. Today he's back to win more chips, and on the break he got a beautiful birthday cake delivered to him. He also managed to win a big pot by putting in a cold four-bet preflop.
Dan Shak raised under the gun to 185,000 and Brandon Steven made the call from the hijack. Ben Lamb was in the cutoff and he put in a three-bet to 600,000. Sam Trickett was in the big blind and he took his time before four-betting to 1,325,000.
Shak tanked for a solid minute before folding after which Steven mucked his cards right away. Lamb enquired how much Trickett had left behind, but he needed only ten seconds to fold his hand.
Trickett added over a million to his stack and is looking very healthy as we keep losing players left and right.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,650,000 | -600,000 |
|
6,100,000 | 1,150,000 |
On the button, David Einhorn raised to 180,000 and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Ivey bet 275,000. Einhorn called.
After the fell on the river, Ivey checked and Einhorn bet 400,000. Ivey tanked and then mucked his hand, dropping back to 1.455 million in chips. Einhorn moved to over 5.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,580,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
1,455,000 | -455,000 |
On the button, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 200,000. Mikhail Smirnov called from the small blind and Jason Mercier reraised to 640,000 from the big blind. Esfandiari and Smirnov both folded and Mercier won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,700,000 | 400,000 |
From under the gun, Mikhail Smirnov raised to 200,000. Jason Mercier called out of the hijack seat and the flop came down 
. Smirnov checked and Mercier bet 215,000. Smirnov called.
The turn was the and Smirnov checked. Mercier slid out 470,000 and Smirnov called.
The fell on the river and Smirnov checked. Mercier bet 1.175 million and Smirnov made the call.
Mercier showed the and Smirnov the 
. Mercier's jacks full of aces beat Smirnov's nut flush and Mercier won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,300,000 | 2,200,000 |
|
3,400,000 | -2,245,000 |
Haralabos Voulgaris was under the gun plus one and he moved all in for his final 1.645 million. Rick Salomon was on the button, and he made the call.
| Rick Salomon |  |
| Haralabos Voulgaris | |
The board ran out 
, and Voulgaris is back up to 43 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,160,000 | -2,015,000 |
|
3,480,000 | 1,605,000 |
On the first two hands back from the break, Bill Perkins moved all in to win the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | 345,000 |
