Right before the level change, Scott Clements moved all in for 184,000 on a completed board of 
, and his opponent, Hiren "Sunny" Patel, considered the pot-sized shove for several minutes before finally folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
360,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Max Silver raised to 16,000 from under the gun, George Danzer called on his direct left, and Igor Kurganov defended his big blind. The flop fell 
, the action checked to Danzer, and he put out a bet. Kurganov check-raised to 63,000, Silver folded, and Danzer called.
The turn was the 
, and the rest of Kurganov's 103,000-chip stack went in the middle.
Kurganov: 
Danzer: 
Danzer was drawing stone dead, and he was shocked at the sight of Kurganov's hand. A meaningless completed the board, and Danzer started to razz Kurganov for playing his hand the way he did.
"I had a backdoor flush draw," Kurganov protested, pointing to the .
He chipped up to 385,000, while Danzer fell to 215,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
||
Lee Markholt came in for a raise from under the gun, Ashton Griffin moved all in for effectively 95,000 in the big blind, and Markholt called.
Markholt: 
Griffin: 
The kings held up as the board came 
, and Markholt doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
199,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
120,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Max Silver just doubled up Leonid Markin a couple of hands ago, but now he got those chips back as he just eliminated his Russian opponent who started out the day as the chip leader.
Silver opened the hijack for 16,000 and called Markin's shove without asking for a count or taking any time at all for his decision. Silver had 
what explained the quick call, Markin tabled 
.
The 
board never really made things interesting, Markin departed in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Max Silver opened the cutoff, and called Leonid Markin's shove from the small blind for 76,000 total.
Silver had the best hand with 
as Markin tabled 
.
The flop would pair Markin though, and despite Silver hitting a pair of his own on the turn, it wouldn't be enough: 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
367,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
152,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Dario Sammartino raised to 18,000 in the cutoff, Hiren "Sunny" Patel called out of the small blind, and the flop fell 
. Patel checked, Sammartino continued for 20,000, and Patel check-raised to 56,000. The Italian tank-called.
The turn was the , Patel led out for 82,000, and Sammartino called.
The river was a third spade - the 
- and Patel reached for chips. He took five green T25,000 chips, topped that off with a single yellow T1,000 chip, and placed that small pile on a tower of pink T5,000 chips. He pushed out the 226,000-chip bet, and Sammartino let out a loud sigh.
The Italian checked his cards one last time then finally folded, and Patel slid his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
850,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
Martin Jacobson opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov three-bet to 45,000 right next to him on the button. Both blinds folded, and action was back on Jacobson. The Swede made it 95,000 and called the shove from Kurganov that followed. Jacobson was at risk with his entire 329,000 stack in the middle, Kurganov had him covered by just 175,000.
Jacobson:
Kurganov:
The board wouldn't improve Kurganov's hand and in fact gave Jacobson a full house: 
. Jacobson doubled, leaving Kurganov with just 22 big blinds in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
675,000
504,500
|
504,500 |
|
||
|
|
175,000
296,000
|
296,000 |
|
|
||
JC Tran raised to 16,000 on the button, Jeremy Ausmus defended his big blind, and the two former November Niners checked on a flop of 
. The turn was the 
, Ausmus led out for 20,000, and Tran called.
The river was the , Ausmus checked, and Tran took the opportunity to fire out 42,000. Ausmus considered the bet for a minute or so, then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
280,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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