On third street, John Monnette completed in late position and was raised by Erik Sagstrom. Monnette made the call.
On fourth street, Sagstrom called a bet from Monnette, then bet himself on fifth when Monnette paired his door card. Monnette called, with his stack getting very short.
The players checked sixth and seventh streets then showed their cards.
Monnette showed for nine-seven-four-two-one.
Sagstrom showed , also a nine-seven, but only nine-seven-six-five-three.
Monnette dragged the pot to get himself healthier at almost 600,000 chips.
Eric Sagstrom completed on third street and was called by Benny Glaser.
Sagstrom bet fourth street and was called by Glaser. Fifth street was checked through, then on sixth Glaser check-called a bet from Sagstrom.
Glaser checked again on seventh, then called a bet from Sagstrom, who showed for an eight-six-five which was the winner.
Shortly after, Glaser lost another pot, this time to Everett Carlton, which has dropped Glaser's stack below two million, and tightened the race atop the leaderboard.
Yehuda Buchalter completed for his remaining chips and Yuri Dzivielevski called to put Buchalter at risk.
Buchalter held in the hole and his board left him with a ten. Dzivielevski held in the hole and his board gave him an eight — eliminating Buchalter in sixth place.