Trickett Takes a Large Chunk Off Steven
Sam Trickett is getting closer to chip leader Antonio Esfandiari after he just took down a big pot against Brandon Steven.
From early position Trickett raised to 400,000, and Steven three-bet to 1.2 million from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Trickett bet 400,000 again. Steven made the call and the turn was the 
. Tricket wasn't slowing down and fired out 725,000. Steven called again.
On the river the 
hit, and Trickett put even more pressure on Steven as he bet 1,475,000. Steven called quickly and mucked when Trickett turned over 
.
Steven is now one of the short stacks while Trickett is looking very strong in second place right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,200,000 | 4,840,000 |
|
3,600,000 | -4,975,000 |
. He was eliminated in 16th place and the first player to bust after the dinner break. Gruissem moved back over 10 million in chips and right back into the top five.
and Yong bet out 400,000. Laliberté called and the turn was the 
. Yong fired out 850,000 and Laliberté called again.
and took down the pot from Yong who tabled 
.
.
and Laliberté picked up the pot with a 500,000 chip bet.
and Banjout checked to De Wolfe who bet a cool million. Banjout put his opponent all in, and De Wolfe called off for a total of 3.29 million.
, and De Wolfe picked up some more outs. He needed a king, ten or ace in order to survive, and the river was the 
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
and lost against Esfandiari's 
.
and De Wolfe checked. Yong fired 400,000 and De Wolfe called to see the turn.
came on fourth street and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Both players checked again.