From the hijack seat, Aaron Kaiser raised to 225,000. Dan Smith made the call from the button, and the flop came down . Kaiser bet 250,000, and Smith made the call.
The turn card was the , and Kaiser checked. Smith opted to check behind, and the river delivered the . Kaiser led with a bet of 450,000, and Smith put in a big enough raise to put him all in. Kaiser made the call for around 1.6 million total and tabled the for a set of aces. Smith had backed into Broadway with the , and his hand would be the best one.
Kaiser was eliminated in 36th place for $230,487, and Smith moved to over 10 million in chips.
Bryan Devonshire raised to 220,000 under the gun and Bruno Politano called from the cutoff. The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the flop. Devonshire checked, as did Politano, and the appeared on the turn.
This time Devonshire bet 280,000 and Politano banged his cards to the muck.
Jorryt Van Hoof raised to 250,000 in middle position and got callers in Dong Guo (middle position) and Peter Placey (big blind). Van Hoof bet 450,000 on the flop, and Guo raised to 1,025,000. Placey thought for a couple of minutes before folding, but Van Hoof had an easier decision: into the muck they went.
Eddy Sabat opened with a raise to 250,000. William Tonking reraised from the cutoff seat to 625,000, and then Felix Stephensen reraised on the button to 1.125 million. Play folded back to Sabat, he gave it up, and then Tonking called to see the flop. After Tonking checked, Stephensen checked behind.
The turn was the , and both players checked again. The completed the board on the river, and Tonking check-called a bet of 625,000 from Stephensen.
Both players showed a variation of ace-king — Tonking with the and Stephensen with the — and chopped up the pot.
Thomas Sarra Jr raised to 300,000 from the cutoff only to have Leif Force three-bet to 750,000 from the button. Sarra came back over the top with a four bet to 1.8 million and Force quickly let go of his cards. Sarra pulled the pot and now has about 4.83 million in chips.
After open-shoving in two hands and taking the blinds and antes, Yorane Kerignard has taken another pot down preflop with an all-in raise.
In this third hand, William Pappaconstantinou raised to 230,000 from under he gun, Garrett Greer called on his direct left, and Craig McCorkell called on his direct left. Kerignard moved all in for 2.1 million out of the big blind, and took the pot down.
Dan Smith raised to 210,000 from under the gun and Chris Johnson called in the cutoff to see a flop. Smith led out for 250,000 and Johnson made the call, bringing the on the turn. Smith bet out 350,000 and again Johnson made the call. When the river landed the Smith bet out 675,000 only to have Johnson go into the tank before eventually moving all in.
Smith made the call for his 2,780,000 total and tabled his for kings full of deuces as Johnson and his would see him slip to 3 million in chips.
Matthew Haugen opened to 250,000 from the hijack and it folded around to Kyle Keranen in the small blind. He moved out a three-bet to 650,000 and action folded back to Haugen. He came back over the top with a four-bet to 1.35 million, eliciting a fold from Keranan.
Haugen took down the pot and now has 9.27 million in chips.
Andoni Larrabe, sporting his Athletic Bilbao jersey underneath his hoodie
"Is that Madrid or Bilbao?" Craig McCorkell just asked Andoni Larrabe, after he just got moved to this table.
"Athletic Bilbao," Larrabe proudly responded, as he's been supporting his Primera Division club all day.
"Are you Basque?" McCorkell continued.
"Yes, and where are you from?" Larrabe asked.
"I'm from London," McCorkell responded.
"How do you know Athletic?" Larrabe asked next.
"I played a season with them on Football Manager," McCorkell said, as Felix Stephensen's ears perked up.
"How did you do?" a very surprising Larrab responded.
"I was so s*** with them," McCorkell laughed.
"What a great topic!" Stephensen chimed in, as the Europeans at the table had a very casually chat about their favorite sport and video games.
After the remaining players made a big pay jump to $230,487 the atmosphere in the room seems to have taken a turn to the lighter side, because for now this secondary feature table is very much focused on sharing some good old Football Manager stories.
Bruno Politano raised to 250,000 from the hijack and was met by an all-in three-bet to 1.695 million from Maximilian Senft from the cutoff. Matthew Haugen called from the button, the blinds both folded, and Politano got out of the way.
Haugen:
Senft:
Senft got it in good and held through the flop, as well as the turn. All he had to do to double was dodge an ace and queen on the river, which is just what he did when the harmless appeared on the river.
. Kaiser bet 250,000, and Smith made the call.
, and Kaiser checked. Smith opted to check behind, and the river delivered the 
. Kaiser led with a bet of 450,000, and Smith put in a big enough raise to put him all in. Kaiser made the call for around 1.6 million total and tabled the 
for a set of aces. Smith had backed into Broadway with the 
, and his hand would be the best one.
flop. Devonshire checked, as did Politano, and the 
appeared on the turn.
flop, and Guo raised to 1,025,000. Placey thought for a couple of minutes before folding, but Van Hoof had an easier decision: into the muck they went.
flop. After Tonking checked, Stephensen checked behind.
, and both players checked again. The 
completed the board on the river, and Tonking check-called a bet of 625,000 from Stephensen.
— and chopped up the pot.
flop. Smith led out for 250,000 and Johnson made the call, bringing the 
Smith bet out 675,000 only to have Johnson go into the tank before eventually moving all in.
for kings full of deuces as Johnson and his 
turn. All he had to do to double was dodge an ace and queen on the river, which is just what he did when the harmless 
appeared on the river.
