Prior to the level change, Jake Cody opened to 13,000 in the hijack seat. German Niklas Heinecker, who is no stranger to high rollers, three-bet to 30,000 on Cody's direct left, and the action folded back to the Brit who moved all in for effectively 172,000. Heinecker instantly called.
Cody:
Heinecker:
Cody flopped backdoor straight and flush draws, but was drawing stone dead when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Heinecker doubled.
Fabrice Touil opened for 14,000 under the gun and received calls from Matt Glantz and Lee Markholt int the cutoff and small blind respectively. Alfred Decarolis then moved all in for 125,000 from the big blind and both Touil and Glantz folded. Markholt took his time, counted out his chips and then splashed in a call.
Markholt:
Decarolis:
As it turned out, Markholt made a good call as his king-queen had Decarolis dominated. The board ran out an uneventful and Decarolis exited the tournament floor without so much as a goodbye.
We caught the action on a flop when chip leader Brandon Steven checked from the hijack and Matt Marafioti bet 19,000 from the button. Steven then woke up with a check-raise to 57,000 and Marafioti hit the tank. Eventually Justin Bonomo called the clock, and that's when Marafioti moved all in for approximately 225,000. Steven called.
Steven:
Marafioti:
Marafioti had flopped middle set and was primed to double, which he did after the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Vanessa Selbst opened to 13,000 from under the gun, and Chris Lee three-bet to 34,000 on her direct left. The action folded back to Selbst, who opted to four-bet to 89,000, and Lee entered the tank.
"How much did you start the hand with?" Lee asked, removing his headphones.
Selbst pushed out a stack of T25,000 chips, but she had a few more hidden within a stack of T5,000 chips. Eugene Katchalov and the dealer simultaneously made Selbst aware of this, and she looked a bit confused as she cleaned up her dirty stack.
Lee examined Selbst's stack one last time, then five-bet to 155,000. The two-time bracelet winner shifter in her chair, then shot a glance at Lee who was frozen in one position. Finally, after around 90 seconds of internal debating, Selbst released her hand.
Action folded to Chris Klodnicki in the cutoff and he put in a standard raise. Dani Stern then three-bet to 31,000 from the small blind, Klodnicki four-bet to 55,000 and Stern, who had the bigger stack, moved all in. Klodnicki thought for about 30 seconds and then called off for 237,000.
Stern:
Klodnicki:
Klodnicki was behind and looking to improve, which he did big time on the flop. Suddenly Stern was in need of one of the two remaining tens to knock out his opponent. The turn didn't do it, and the river actually gave Klodnicki quads to seal the double.
Alex Venovski was all in and at risk preflop for his last 162,000 with against the of Kyle Julius. Julius' hand held up as the board ran out , and Venovski was eliminated.
Igor Kurganov opened for 13,000 from early position and cleared the field to Anton Morgenstern, who opted to move all in for 74,000 from the small blind. Kurganov made the call and the cards were turned up.
Morgenstern:
Kurganov:
Kurganov was ahead with his ace, but Morgenstern was drawing to two live cards. The flop wasn't particularly interesting, and neither was the turn. The river was paint, but it was the useless to send Morgenstern to the rail.
Meanwhile, Steve O'Dwyer, Keven Stammen and Cole South have all been eliminated in recent action.
Action folded around to Jim McCrink on the button and he put in a raise to 15,000. Antonio Esfandiari was next to act in the small blind and opted for a three-bet to 38,000. The big blind quickly folded and McCrink took about a minute before he four-bet to 90,000.
Esfandiari hit the tank hard for about four minutes before waking up with a five-bet to 193,000. With the pressure back on McCrink, he spent about three minutes in the tank before announcing that he was all in for roughly 480,000. Esfandiari snap-called.
Esfandiari:
McCrink:
"Nice hand," McCrink complimented his opponent. Esfandiari was out of his seat with his gaze firmly fixed on the flop, which came down . McCrink came up dry and needed a nine in order to stay alive. The turn wasn't what he was looking for and neither was the river.
The stacks were counted down just to make sure, and then Esfandiari was awarded the monster pot.
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turned. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Heinecker doubled.
and Decarolis exited the tournament floor without so much as a goodbye.
, and he dominated Mark Fisher's 
, doubling to 550,000 chips.
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
turn didn't do it, and the 
of Kyle Julius. Julius' hand held up as the board ran out 
, and Venovski was eliminated.
flop wasn't particularly interesting, and neither was the 
to send Morgenstern to the rail.
. McCrink came up dry and needed a nine in order to stay alive. The 
