On just his second hand with his 10 big blind stack, Daniel Negreanu was able to get it in preflop versus [Removed:502].
Daniel Negreanu: 
[Removed:502]: 
The board ran out 
and Negreanu picked up a quick double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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630,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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420,000
205,000
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205,000 |
Sam Soverel moved all-in for exactly his starting stack of 300,000 chips from under the gun and was reraised all-in by Mark Herm. The rest of the players ducked out of the way and Soverel and Herm headed to the flop heads-up.
The hands were tabled and it was the 
held by Soverel that were at-risk and behind the pocket 
held by Herm.
The dealer ran out the board of 
and things ended as they began, with Herm ahead, which in turn eliminated Soverel from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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995,000
695,000
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695,000 |
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Busted | |
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[Removed:502] moved all-in from the cutoff for about 375,000. Dan Smith moved all-in on the button, well covering the short stacks in the blinds.
[Removed:502]: 
Dan Smith:
The board ran out 
, eliminating Mosbock and adding to Smith's stack which has now hit three million.
Recent eliminations at other tables included Mustapha Kanit and Mark Herm,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,000,000
1,470,000
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1,470,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Dan Smith opened to 80,000 from middle position and action folded to Jason Koon in the big blind, who three-bet to 450,000. Smith shoved and Koon called off for 2.85 million.
Dan Smith: 
Jason Koon: 
A chop seemed all but certain, but 
flop gave Koon a backdoor flush draw.
The 
turn improved Koon to a front door draw, and the 
river completed Koon's flush — vaulting him to 5.7 million in chips for the current chip lead
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,700,000
3,295,000
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3,295,000 |
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200,000
2,800,000
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2,800,000 |
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In a limped pot on a flop of , Ryan Leng moved all-in and was called by Antonios Roungeris.
It was the pocket held by Leng that were at-risk and trailed the 
for two pairs held by Roungeris.
The dealer burned and turned the 
and Roungeris remained ahead.
The river card spiked the set of aces that Leng needed to survive, and he survived his all-in and secured a much-needed double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,085,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Joao Vieira raised under the gun to 100,000 and Michael Addamo jammed all-in from the big blind for 1,065,000. Vieira called.
Michael Addamo:
Joao Vieira:
The board came 
, sending Addamo out the door and boosting Vieira's stack well over two million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,225,000
1,185,000
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1,185,000 |
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Busted | |
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Barry Hutter opened up the betting pre-flop when he raised it to 120,000 chips. Ren Lin reraised him to 325,000, and Darren Elias moved all-in for 1,270,000. Next, Hutter laid it down and Lin Tanked and called.
It was a flip as Elias held versus the 
held by Lin.
The dealer ran out the board of 
, and it was Lin's queens that held, which in turn eliminated Elias from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,325,000
1,685,000
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1,685,000 |
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610,000
780,000
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780,000 |
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Busted | |
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Action folded around to the blinds, where Ole Schemion shoved from the small and Christoph Vogelsang called off for his last 635,000 from the big.
Christoph Vogelsang: 
Ole Schemion: 
The runout left Vogelsang best with a pair of queens and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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1,300,000
600,000
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600,000 |
In a blind versus blind confrontation and a flop of Daniel Negreanu fired out a bet of 120,000. Next, Shaun Deeb raised all-in and Negreanu snap-called.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Deeb for one pair of aces that trailed the held by Negreanu for one set of aces.
The dealer burned and turned the and that left Deeb drawing dead.
The meaningless river card made it official, and Negreanu survived his all-in and chipped up to over 2.7 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,705,000
2,040,000
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2,040,000 |
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180,000
1,320,000
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1,320,000 |
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