Hand #26: Andrew Egan opened for 48,000. Viktor Skoldstedt called and so did blinds Neo Hoang and Richard Milne. The flop was . Checked to Egan who bet 82,000 and took the pot.
Hand #27: Hoang opened from late position for 54,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #28: It folded to Milne on the button who raised to 51,000. Egan made it 122,000 from the small blind and the big blind and Milne folded.
Hand #29: Hoang opened for 60,000. Milne called in the cutoff and the small blind raised it to 187,000. Hoang called and Milne folded.
The flop was . Henson bet out 110,000 and when Hoang moved all in, Henson gave him a stare down and folded.
Hand #30: Mike Kachan opened for 50,000 and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #31: Eric Shanks raised to 65,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #32: Richard Milne raised to 65,000 and Mike Kachan called in the big blind only to fold the flop to a continuation bet of his opponent.
Hand #33: Jeff Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt three-bet to 105,000 out of the blinds, Blenkarn called. On the flop, the Swede moved all in and Blenkarn called for 385,000 chips and his tournament life.
Blenkarn:
Skoldstedt:
The board completed with the turn and the river, Blenkarn doubled up.
Hand #34: Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Steve Gross three-bet to 145,000. Kachan moved all in for 395,000 and the initial raiser folded. Gross pondered about his decision for quite some time and made the call.
Kachan:
Gross:
There was no help at all on the and Gross is now really short.
Hand #45: Mike Kachan raised to 65,000 and folded after Viktor Skoldstedt moved all in. Kachan mucked ace-high and was shown by Skoldstedt.
Hand #46: Short-stacked Andrew Egan was in the big blind with 115,000 chips in total. Jeff Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and the action folded to Egan, who called and turned over . Egan wasn't all in yet and Blenkarn was in the benefit of knowing the cards of his opponent.
On the flop, Egan moved all in and Blenkarn pondered about his decision for a good minute. He eventually called off the 50,000 and turned over . Neither the turn nor the river improved his hand and Egan doubled up.
Hand #47: Richard Milne raised to 70,000 on the button and Andrew Egan moved all in from the small blind and when the big blind folded Milne instantly called.
Milne had and Egan was in trouble with . The cards ran out and the river saved, and doubled up Egan.
Hand #48: Steve Gross opened for 60,000 and Eric Shanks called in the big blind. The flop was and a check from Shanks saw Gross bet 50,000 and take it down.
Hand #49: Gross opened for 60,000 and Shanks three-bet from the small blid to 170,000. That won Shanks the pot.
Hand #50: Richard Milne open shoved and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #51: Jeff Blenkarn made a rare opening raise from the button and got called in the big blind by Mike Kachan. The flop was and both players had another look at their hole cards. Kachan checked and Blenkarn bet 100,000. Kachan studied his opponent and announced in a confident voice, “I’m all in.” Blenkarn mucked his hand.
Hand #52: Ray Henson raised to 60,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt called in the big blind. On the flop, Skoldstedt check-raised all in and Henson called off after making a continuation bet of 150,000.
Skoldstedt:
Henson:
The board completed with the turn and the river, and the start-of-day chip leader was eliminated in 9th place.
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. Checked to Egan who bet 82,000 and took the pot.
. Henson bet out 110,000 and when Hoang moved all in, Henson gave him a stare down and folded.
flop to a continuation bet of his opponent.
turn and the 
river, Blenkarn doubled up.
and Gross is now really short.
against the 
of Milne.
and the flopped set for Gross gave him a double up.
by Skoldstedt.
. Egan wasn't all in yet and Blenkarn was in the benefit of knowing the cards of his opponent.
. Neither the 
river improved his hand and Egan doubled up.
. The cards ran out 
and the river saved, and doubled up Egan.
and both players had another look at their hole cards. Kachan checked and Blenkarn bet 100,000. Kachan studied his opponent and announced in a confident voice, “I’m all in.” Blenkarn mucked his hand.
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