The first 15-minute break of the day came around and the players are expected back in their seats at 4:20 p.m. local time. The eleven remaining players will come back in level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
James Romero raised to 65,000 from the cutoff, and Eric Kurtzman called in the small blind.
With the action on Stefan Huber, he moved all in for 600,000 and won the pot after both Romero and Kurtzman folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Leonard Maue opened from under the gun to 65,000 and Kahle Burns three-bet to 200,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Maue and he pushed everything to the middle.
Burns folded quickly and the pot was pushed to Maue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,650,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
1,300,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
The board fell 
, and Eric Kurtzman bet 135,000 from the small blind.
Stefan Huber thought for a minute in the big blind then called.
Kurtzman revealed 
for the flush and Huber mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Ramin Hajiyev had one of the shorter stacks in the room and he just busted out of the tournament. He got his chips in the middle with 
against the 
of Markus Gonsalves.
The board was 
and Hajiyev was sent packing in 11th place. He cashed for $36,151.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
||
|
2,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
1,600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
Gal Yifrach raised to 60,000, and James Romero shoved from the small blind for 900,000.
Yifrach thought for a minute when the action folded back to him and then revealed 
before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Ben Heath raised from the hijack to 60,000 and he was called by Leonard Maue in the small blind.
The flop was dealt 
and Maue checked right away. Heath, who won a bracelet earlier this year, bet 90,000 and that was too much for Maue as he threw his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,270,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,700,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,535,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
Dong Chen raised to 65,000 when it folded to him on the button but small blind Eric Kurtzman had different plans. He decided to push all his chips to the middle and Stefan Huber got out of the way in the big blind.
Chen thought about it briefly but he folded in quick fashion and the next hand was dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
