From under the gun, Jeremy Ausmus raised to 125,000. Gwennael Grandmougin called from the next seat and Yuval Bronshtein called from the hijack seat. Percy Mahatan reraised from the big blind to 500,000 and only Ausmus called to see the flop.
The heads-up flop brought the 
and Mahatan tried to bet one million, but did so with a string bet and it was ruled that he was only allowed to bet 500,000. Ausmus called.
The turn card was the 
and Mahatan bet one million. Ausmus called and then the river completed the board with the 
. Mahatan checked and Ausmus fired 1.6 million. Mahatan tanked, then called.
Ausmus tabled the 
for top set and Mahatan mucked. Ausmus was pushed the large pot and moved his stack to over nine million. Mahatan dropped back to 2.7 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,200,000
3,925,000
|
3,925,000 |
|
||
|
2,700,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
flop.
turn. This time Malherbe slowed down with a check, but check-raised all in for 1.155 million after Merson had bet 425,000. The latter made the call and the hands were tabled:
. Malherbe just looked up at the ceiling upon discovering Merson had made his flush. He then walked around the table, shook hands with the victor, and exited through the ESPN walkway on the way to the payout desk in 48th place.
and Hellman checked. Balkin fired 425,000 and Baumann called. Hellman got out of the way and the two were heads up to the turn.
rivered and Balkin moved all in. Baumann snap called and Balkin turned up 
and Balkin started celebrating, thinking Baumann merely had a pair of aces, not realizing that she had the nut flush. Baumann was able to scoop the pot, however, and she's now sitting atop 4,250,000 in chips while Balkin has been crippled to around 1,100,000.
flop nor the 
turn helped Schoder, and he was down to hoping for an ace on the final card. The dealer burned a card and delivered the river… the 
and was looking for an ace.
turn did give Paur some chop opportunities with a spade on the river. Unfortunately for him, the 
blanked and he exited the ESPN Main Stage in 33rd place.
. Hille held the only diamond, but Samol did pick up a wheel draw.
