Rast Folds To Hellmuth's River Bet
From the small blind Brian Rast raised to 640,000 and Phil Hellmuth defended his big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Hellmuth bet 700,000, Rast called. The river was the 
and Hellmuth bet 1.6 million. Rast tanked for a bit and folded giving Hellmuth some more chips to work with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,300,000 | -2,200,000 |
|
8,300,000 | 2,620,000 |
and Marchese walked away empty handed.
and Esfandiari stayed in front. The turn was the 
and Banjout was down to one card needing a ten. The river completed the board with the 
and that was it. Esfandiari eliminated Banjout in 14th place and moved to just about 30 million in chips.
. Steven checked and Trickett bet 500,000. Steven check-raised to 1.125 million and Trickett reraised all in. Steven tanked and then folded, showing the 
as he laid his hand down. Trickett didn't show and won the pot.
and it was checked to De Wolfe who bet 800,000. Sexton decided to raise it up to 2.5 million and the other players folded to De Wolfe who pushed for 4.2 million. Sexton called.
and was in very bad shape against Sexton's 
, and the river the 
eliminating De Wolfe.
kept Hellmuth in the lead and doubled up back over 5.5 million. Bulychev was knocked all the way down to a little over one million.
