Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Steve Yang opened with an all-in raise from under the gun for 166,000, then Benjamin Pollak called from one seat over. It folded back around to Jan Nakladal in the big blind who asked how much the original raise was, then looked over his stack for a short while before announcing he was reraising all in.
The action was back on Pollak, and after figuring out how much more was needed to call Nakladal's shove — 472,000 on top — he thought for some time longer before folding his hand face up, showing 
.
Nakladal then tabled his 
, which got a reaction from the table, and Yang showed 
. Pollak shook his head, and continued to do so as the board ran out 
to knock out Yang and give Nakladal the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
1,020,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
Busted |
, as Reiss bet out another 40,000 which was called. The 
fell on the turn, and a bet of 75,000 from Riess was enough to get Newhouse to fold.
on the river, to give George a much needed triple up, keeping him in the event.
flop, giving Buckenmayer the lead, and he remained ahead as the 
turned. Buckenmayer's Main Event came to an abrupt end when the 
completed the board, however, as Lam made a full house.
. Ylitalo showed 
, both bricks, and Ylitalo doubled up.
. Merson had managed to pair his deuce, but Richey also paired his kicker. The one diamond meant that Merson could catch runner-runner diamonds or also catch a runner-runner straight for a chop, but the 
on the turn got rid of those possibilities. Merson would need a deuce and a deuce only to keep his shot at back-to-back titles alive, but it wasn't meant to be, as the 
, ahead of Calenzo's 
of Ronnie Bardah. The board ran out 
, and Montano doubled up over 900,000 while Bardah now sits with less then 200,000.
, Hsiung hit the rail as Mann soared into the chip lead with 3,785,000 in chips.
and finding himself up against Mark Newhouse's 
