Gabriele Lepore shoved from UTG+1 and Sterling Lipscomb called all in for 210,000 from the hijack.
Lepore: 
Lipscomb: 
The board ran out 
, no help to Lepore, doubling up Lipscomb to about 450,000 while leavinng Lepore with roughly 85,000.
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Benny Chen raised his button, making it 48,000 to go, and Rick Fuller three-bet to 115,000 to defend his small blind. Chen thought for a moment before cutting out enough chips for a raise, four-betting to 200,000 and forcing Fuller to an all-in decision.
Fuller's stack size forced him to call with 
, which put him in a coin flip situation against Chen's 
.
Flop: 
Fuller's flopped set of treys put him in the lead, but Chen still had outs to the wheel straight.
Turn: 
The tide turned in an instant, as the four completed Chen's inside straight and put Fuller on the brink of elimination. Unless he paired the board on the river, his deep run in this inaugural "Millionaire Maker" event would come to an end.
River:
Fuller failed to fill up, and with this painful beat he was eliminated in 26th place. He will take home $40,931 for his efforts in besting over 6,000 other players over three days of high-level play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000 | 1,345,000 |
|
Busted |
Joe Kuether raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Justin Liberto defended his big blind.
The flop came down 
and Liberto checked to Kuether who bet 40,000. Liberto check-raised to 117,000, Kuether called, and the 
turn followed. Liberto fired 272,000, Kuether tagged along, and the 
river completed the board.
Both players checked and Liberto tabled 
. Kuther had him beat with 
for a better two pair to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,420,000 | 370,000 |
|
870,000 | -640,000 |
With the shortest stack entering three table play, Andrew Badecker was forced to make his stand with 
, pushing all-in for his last 164,000 from early position.
Next to act, Sean Rafael made the call with , and the two were off to the races.
Flop:
Turn:
River: 
Rafael's jacks held up through five board cards, and Badecker was eliminated in 27th place, which is good for a payday of $40,931.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 220,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 360 | 1 | Ian Park |
| 360 | 2 | Justin Liberto |
| 360 | 3 | Jonathan Gray |
| 360 | 4 | Dan Kelly |
| 360 | 5 | Andrew Badecker |
| 360 | 6 | Sean Rafael |
| 360 | 7 | Gabriele Lepore |
| 360 | 8 | Joe Kuether |
| 360 | 9 | Sterling Lipscomb |
| 359 | 1 | Michael Bennington |
| 359 | 2 | Chris Hunichen |
| 359 | 3 | Gary Friedlander |
| 359 | 4 | Thomas Laviano |
| 359 | 5 | Jeffrey Hagen |
| 359 | 6 | Bart Hanson |
| 359 | 7 | Benny Chen |
| 359 | 8 | Rick Fuller |
| 359 | 9 | Ryan Welch |
| 353 | 1 | Ed Robertson |
| 353 | 2 | Upeshka DeSilva |
| 353 | 3 | Anthony Stabile |
| 353 | 4 | Robert Mcveigh |
| 353 | 5 | Tam Truong |
| 353 | 6 | Theron Eichenberger |
| 353 | 7 | Lee Flemming |
| 353 | 8 | Sukhpaul Dhaliwal |
| 353 | 9 | Rodger Johnson |
After the eliminations of Christopher Moon Jr. and Jake Schindler, only 27 players remain. A total redraw will take place when the players return.
Also, Just before the dinner break started, Sean Rafael doubled up with pocket queens against Andrew Badecker's pocket kings when Rafael turned a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,307,000 | -193,000 |
|
2,340,000 | 370,000 |
|
2,160,000 | 930,000 |
|
|
1,955,000 | 485,000 |
|
1,610,000 | -870,000 |
|
|
1,510,000 | 1,195,000 |
|
1,420,000 | 955,000 |
|
|
1,380,000 | 985,000 |
|
1,195,000 | 490,000 |
|
1,060,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
1,050,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
945,000 | -35,000 |
|
785,000 | -105,000 |
|
712,000 | 532,000 |
|
691,000 | 497,000 |
|
640,000 | 10,000 |
|
630,000 | -35,000 |
|
617,000 | 37,000 |
|
613,000 | -32,000 |
|
570,000 | 10,000 |
|
521,000 | -94,000 |
|
465,000 | -455,000 |
|
420,000 | -185,000 |
|
369,000 | 82,000 |
|
356,000 | -4,000 |
The remaining 28 players have departed the Amazon Room for a 60-minute dinner break, and we will continue our live coverage when they return.
After grinding his short stack in admirable fashion for much of the day, earning thousands of extra dollars in payout jumps in the process, WSOP Circuit regular Michael Carroll was eliminated just before the dinner break.
After open-shoving for his last 85,000, Carroll was called by Sukhpaul Dhaliwal and his 
. Carrol was in dominant position with his 
, but a 
flop put him in a bad spot.
The fell on the turn, making things interesting as Carroll picked up outs to both a chop and the win, but a on the river brought no such luck. He heads to the cashier's cage to collect $32,882 payout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
665,000 | -135,000 |
|
Busted |
Picking up the action after a 
flop, Kane Kalas (UTG) called 175,000 from Ed Robertson (small blind) to see the turn.
Robertson checked to Kalas who bet 453,000, but that was met with a check-raise all in from Robertson. Kalas snap-called all in for about 1.1 million with 
, but his flopped set was trailing Robertson's turned set of .
The river was no help to Kalas, sending the massive pot Robertson's way.
However, he lost about 600,000 to Dan Kelly the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000 | 1,640,000 |
|
Busted |
