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There is one player in the field who has 9,000 chips left with the blinds coming round shortly and 90 players from the money. He had recently got a double up in the big blind when the small blind shoved with 
and he woke up with 
.
While it's still unlikely he'll sneak into the money, anything is possible in this game.
The action folded round to Joshua Reynolds in the small blind and he moved all in to put 2012 Big One for One Drop Champion Antonio Esfandiari at risk. Esfandiari went deep into the tank for several minutes before making the call for his 88,000 total.
Esfandiari: 
Reynolds: 
With Esfandiari in the lead, the dealer spread a 
flop to give Reynolds the lead. Once the dealer dropped the 
on the turn, Esfandiari's day would be done as the 
completed the board on the river.
As Esfandiari headed towards the exit, the ESPN cameras followed him, and once he realized, Esfandiari headed towards the PokerNews blogging desk before adding, "Well if they're going to film me, I'm going to come join you guys!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Faced with what looked a four-bet to around 50,000, Raj Vohra reached into his stack for a handful of orange T5,000 chips. Using one hand, he slid out a five-bet of around 110,000, and his opponent snap-folded.
Vohra cooly tabled 
for a complete air ball, and was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | 70,000 |
With just three tables remaining in the Brasilia Room, Louis Salter is the top dog with 850,000. Clayton Hamm is chasing him with 790,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 850,000 |
|
790,000 |
Jason Sackler opened to 9,000 in the cutoff, Peter Neff three-bet to 21,000 on the button and Phil Ivey four-bet to 54,000 from the big blind. Sackler went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before he folded, as did Neff, giving Ivey the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000 | 65,000 |
|
366,000 | -59,000 |
|
116,000 | -44,000 |
Tyler Patterson opened for 8,500 in the hijack and saw Artem Litvinov three-bet from the button. Patterson shoved all in after the blinds folded, and Litvinov thought only briefly before calling the 115,000 or so.
Patterson: 
Litvinov: 
Patterson had been caught four-bet jamming with ten-high, and he found little but a backdoor straight draw on the 
flop. A 
turn ended his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Dutch pro Jolmer Meelis just made the, arguably, call of the day risking his tournament life with just ace-high.
Meelis raised from middle position to 9,000 and Steve Tripp called from the cutoff. The flop brought out 
and Meelis bet 12,000, Tripp called.
On the turn the hit and Meelis opted to check after which Tripp bet 32,000. Meelis paused for a bit but ultimately he made the call.
Meelis stared into the distance as the 
popped up on the river, he glanced over to the board and checked.
After about 20 seconds Tripp asked Meelis to make his stack visible, and the Dutchman complied by moving his arms.
Meelis had 100,500 chips left and after another 20 seconds Tripp moved all in. While most players, especially in this tournament close to the money, take lots of time for every big decision Meelis did no such thing.
"I call," the Dutchman said within 10 seconds.
"You got it," Tripp responded with a blank look on his face.
Meelis showed 
and Tripp produced a meagre, "Nice call."
Players at the table were clearly impressed with Meelis' call and the Dutchman produced the tiniest of smirks as he raked in this crucial pot with 783 players remaining in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | -345,000 |
|
317,000 | 197,800 |
There was an open to 9,000 and Phil Ivey made the call as did Mehrdad Yousefzadeh on the button. The blinds folded so they went to a three-way flop of 
.
The original raiser continuation bet for 16,000 and Ivey flicked his cards away, but Yousefzadeh put out the call. The turn card was checked by both players and the 
completed the board. When his opponent checked Yousefzadeh counted out some chips and threw out a 30,000 bet. He got a call and turned over 
for the turned full house.
Yousefzadeh’s opponent had been on the verge of turning over what he must have thought was the winning hand and he stared at it a few moments longer before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,090,000 | 40,500 |
Paul Tedeschi check-called a bet of 16,000 from Tim Reilly on a board of 
, and the completed the board.
Tedeschi checked, Reilly bet 36,000, and the Frenchman tank-called. Reilly showed 
for a six-high straight and Tedeschi mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
605,000 | 125,000 |
|
315,000 | -35,000 |
Brett Richey fired a bet of 40,000 into a pot of about 85,000 with a board showing 
. After a few moments in the tank, Richey's opponent mucked, flashing 
, and Richey took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 28,000 |
