German high roller Dietrich Fast has been eliminated by Chris Read in a hand which saw Fast shove six blinds from under the gun. Christina Read looked him up with 
, and while Fast's 
connected on the 
flop and held on the turn, Read made a straight when a 
hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
418,200
|
418,200 |
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Busted | |
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Julien Martini opened the cutoff to 22,000 and his neighbor flatted on the button. The player in the big blind jammed for 117,000 and Martini reshoved, forcing a fold from the flatter.
The cards were turned up and it was a flip with Martini holding 
, racing against 
. The board rolled out 
and Martini rivered the winner to deliver a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
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The action folded to the button who opened to 22,000. The small blind folded and Jared Griener called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the and Griener check-raised the button's 30,000 bet for 206,000. After a few moments, the button mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
170,600
|
170,600 |
Steven van Zadelhoff has significantly increased his stack in the last level and the Dutch pro shared the details of a key hand that propelled him to a current stack of 1,130,000.
Van Zadelhoff called a raise in a battle of blinds and his opponents fired three shells on a board of 
. He called 48,000 on the flop, then 140,000 on the turn, and finally a 351,000-shove on the river.
Van Zadelhoff had almost exactly the same stack, just 1,000 fewer, and he made two pair with 
. His opponent bluffed it off on and van Zadelhoff is now among the tournament chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,130,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Ari Engel raised under-the-gun to 18,000, a player in middle position called and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind.
The flop got cbecked around on 
, and the turn was the . Negreanu check-called Engel's bet of 27,000. The third player mucked his hand.
The river got checked by both Negreanu and Engel. Negreanu tabled 
for two pairs jack's and eights and was awarded the pot
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
377,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
241,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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Daniel Negreanu raised from under-the-gun to 18,000, Ari Engel called next to act and his neighbor came along as well.
The flop of 
got checked by all three players and they saw the on the turn. Negreanu and the middle player checked, and Engel bet. After the middle player folded, Negreanu folded 
face up, and Engel mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
422,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
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|
|
178,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
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Some of the players have managed to cross 1 million in chips with Ignacio Molina and Pat Lyons among them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,360,000
1,229,300
|
1,229,300 |
|
1,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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David "ODB" Baker was in position, betting 33,000 into the pot on 
. He got check-raised by a player in the big blind who made it 89,000. Baker declared he was all in and a call followed right away.
Baker was in a dream spot with 
against and he avoided a nasty two-outer on the 
river to provide the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
|
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A player in early position raised it up to 20,000, his neighbor called , Joshua Bobrosky called from the button and the big blind called as well.
All of the players checked to the river on 
, after the early position player checked once more, his neighbor led for 20,000. Bobrosky called and both other opponents mucked. Bobrosky tabled for top pair and shipped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
456,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
