In a heads-up situation, the flop showed when Jim Karambinis bet 35,000. Randy White, situated on the button, thought about his move for a minute and made a raise worth 145,000. Karambinis went deep into the tank and ended up folding his hand.
The flop was already on the board and there was 105,000 in the pot. Big blind Nikolai Sears checked his option and Tam Nguyen bet 105,000 with only about 50,000 behind. Julien Sitbon raised from middle position to well over 250,000 and the action was on James Pritchard on the button. He thought about it for a while but he let go of his hand. Sears folded as well and Nguyen called for his tournament life.
Tam Nguyen:
Julien Sitbon:
The board ran out with the turn and river and Sitbon won a nice pot to push him over the one-million chip mark while Nguyen was eliminated from the tournament.
In a head's up situation in a raised pot, the flop read when Jonathan Depa check-called Julien Sitbon's bet for 40,000.
The turn went check-check and the dealer brought a on the river. Depa bet 41,000 and after a minute, Sitbon reraised to 200,000. Depa quickly folded his hand.
Benjamin Ludlow opened the action with a raise to 25,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Michael Noori in the big blind. He grabbed Matt Glantz's small blind and his own big bind and stacked them up because he thought he got a walk. However, Noori put the chips back on the table when he realized Ludlow had raised.
Noori recomposed and called Ludlow's raise. The flop was and both players checked. The fell on the turn and Noori bet 30,000. Ludlow called to see the complete the board and both players checked again.
Dylan Linde limped from the small blind, and big blind Olivier Dinand checked his option.
The flop was and Linde led out with a bet of 12,000. Dinand called in position to see the on the turn but he let go of his hand as soon as Linde bet another 20,000.