From early position in the under-the-gun-plus-one position, Tom Marchese raised to 325,000. David Einhorn called from the hijack seat and then action folded to chip leader Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind. Esfandiari reraised and made it 1.275 million to go. Both Marchese and Einhorn folded to give Esfandiari the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,100,000 | -900,000 |
|
14,000,000 | |
|
11,900,000 | -500,000 |
|
9,470,000 | -2,930,000 |
|
7,300,000 | |
|
6,400,000 | 900,000 |
|
5,100,000 | -350,000 |
|
1,430,000 | -1,430,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,500,000 | 1,900,000 |
|
16,080,000 | -1,620,000 |
|
11,870,000 | 170,000 |
|
10,150,000 | |
|
5,320,000 | |
|
2,750,000 | 250,000 |
|
2,100,000 | -100,000 |
|
1,590,000 | -260,000 |
Phil Hellmuth raised under the gun to 330,000 and Philipp Gruissem defended his big blind.
The flop came down 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Hellmuth bet 325,000. Gruissem raised it up to 850,000 and Hellmuth snap-called.
The river was the 
and Gruissem fired out 1,700,000. Hellmuth was not happy, but after tanking for a while he made the call showing 
. Gruissem had 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,150,000 | 3,750,000 |
|
|
5,320,000 | -3,280,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 446 | 1 | Frederic Banjout |
| 446 | 2 | David Einhorn |
| 446 | 3 | Guy Laliberté |
| 446 | 4 | Roland De Wolfe |
| 446 | 5 | Mike Sexton |
| 446 | 6 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| 446 | 7 | Richard Yong |
| 446 | 8 | Tom Marchese |
| 447 | 1 | Brian Rast |
| 447 | 2 | Phil Hellmuth |
| 447 | 3 | Brandon Steven |
| 447 | 4 | Bobby Baldwin |
| 447 | 5 | Sam Trickett |
| 447 | 6 | Cary Katz |
| 447 | 7 | Philipp Gruissem |
| 447 | 8 | Ilya Bulychev |
According to Brandon Steven, Haralabos Voulgaris raised from the cutoff seat and Guy Laliberté called out of the big blind to see the 
flop. Laliberté checked and Voulgaris bet 600,000. Laliberté called.
The turn was the 
and Laliberté checked. Voulgaris moved all in and Laliberté quickly called with the 
for the nut straight. Voulgaris was drawing dead with the 
.
The river completed the board with the 
and Laliberté won the pot to bust Voulgaris.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000,000 | 3,800,000 |
|
Busted |
Ilya Bulychev was in the big blind when he check-called a 425,000-chip bet from Antonio Esfandiari who was in the cutoff. The flop read 
at that point, and the turn was the 
.
Bulychev checked once more and Esfandiari bet 810,000. Bulychev tanked and called.
The river 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,800,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
|
2,570,000 | -1,130,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,400,000 | -350,000 |
|
|
11,700,000 | 3,760,000 |
|
|
10,200,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
|
4,600,000 | -600,000 |
|
|
2,200,000 | -2,700,000 |
From the button Philipp Gruissem raised to 330,000 and Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind.
The flop came down 
and Hellmuth checked dark. Gruissem bet 475,000 and Helluth called.
The turn was the 
and Hellmuth checked dark again. Gruissem checked behind.
On the river the 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,600,000 | 2,000,000 |
|
|
6,400,000 | -900,000 |
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 |
|
|
8,400,000 | -4,050,000 |
