From middle position, David Einhorn raised to 180,000. Brian Rast called on the button and Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind. The dealer then ran out the flop and Hellmuth led for 250,000. Einhorn folded and Rast called.
The turn was the and Hellmuth checked. Rast bet 600,000 and Hellmuth called to see the river.
The completed the board after Hellmuth had checked in the dark. Rast checked behind.
Hellmuth mucked after Rast showed the for a pair of queens. Rast won and moved to 10.9 million.
From the button Antonio Esfandiari raised it up to 180,000 and Mikhail Smirnov put in a three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind. Jason Mercier gave up his big blind, and Esfandiari called.
The flop came down and Smirnov bet 225,000, Esfandiari called. The turn was the and Smirnov fired out 400,000. Esfandiari called once more, and the river was the .
Smirnov checked the river and Esfandiari threw out a big 975,000 chip bet. Smirnov made the call after some tanking and Esfandiari showed for a rivered straight. Esfandiari is back out in front after winning this pot.
Tom Marchese raised it up to 160,000 under the gun and Ben Lamb called in middle position.
The flop came down and Marchese checked to Lamb who fired out 220,000. Marchese raised it up to 720,000 and it was back on Lamb. The 2011 WSOP Player of the Year decided to three-bet to 1,370,000 and now Marchese had a big decision.
Marchese gave it some thought and put out a four-bet to 2,070,000. A raising war was in full effect and Lamb pulled the trigger, he moved all in for 4,700,000 and Marchese made the call.
Marchese showed and he needed to dodge some cards, since Lamb showed for a gut-shot straight and flush draw. The turn was the and the river the eliminating Lamb in 25th place.