Joe Ghio raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Maurice Hawkins called in the big blind.
Both players checked the K♦Q♣4♥ flop before Hawkins led out for 400,000 on the 8♠ turn.
Ghio called and Hawkins made another small bet on the 6♣ river, this time for 300,000. Ghio then moved all in and Hawkins, with 1,800,000 remaining, tanked for nearly a minute before he folded.
The action folded to Juan Maceiras Lapido in the small blind and he limped in. Andrey Pateychuk checked his big blind and a flop of 6♠Q♥9♣ was dealt.
Maceiras Lapido bet out 300,000 before Pateychuck raised to 900,000. Maceiras Lapido made the call before both players checked the A♠ turn. On the 8♠ river, Maceiras Lapido checked once more and Pateychuk bet 1,800,000 this time.
After some speech play, Maceiras Lapido made the call and got shown J♠7♣ fora bluffed jack-high. Macerias Lapido played two pair with 8♣6♣ and extended his chip lead.
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
The remaining 37 players have stepped out for their first break of the day. Enjoy these highlights from the opening level of Day 8.
Alexander Villa raised to 525,000 in the cutoff and Jose Aguilera defended from the big blind. The flop came 8♥6♠5♦ and Villa continued with a bet of 850,000. Aguilera check-raised to 2,500,000 and Villa called.
The turn brought the A♣ and Aguilera slid out a bet of 2,000,000. Villa again called and the 7♣ completed the board. Aguilera announced all in, putting Villa to the test for his remaining stack of roughly 7,400,000. Villa thought for nearly half of the break and then called it off. Aguilera showed 8♠8♣ for a set of eights while Villa was left with A♥8♦.
Sachin Joshi raised to 525,000 from under the gun and Christopher Kimmel called in the small blind.
The flop came 4♥9♦3♠ and Kimmel checked over to Joshi, who continued for 900,000. Kimmel then put in a raise to 2,300,000 and Joshi called.
The rest of the table had already left for the break by the time the 7♣ fell on the turn. Kimmel paused for a minute before betting 3,600,000. Joshi quickly folded and Kimmel took the pot.
Juan Maceiras Lapido opened to 500,000 in the cutoff and Dean Hutchison three-bet to 2,500,000 in the small blind.
"Uh, oh! How much is that?" Lapido asked before calling. "I'm not going anywhere."
Hutchison continued for 1,850,000 on the J♥3♥3♠ flop and Lapido raised to 4,500,000. Hutchison called as the camera crew worked its way over.
Hutchison checked on the J♠ turn and Lapido sized down to 3,500,000. Hutchison again called. Hutchison checked once more on the 4♥ river and Lapido pulled the trigger and announced "all in."
Hutchison went deep into the tank for over five minutes as he considered calling off with his final 8,500,000. He eventually folded and Lapido wiped his forehead as those at the table encouraged him to turn over a bluff.
"I may have been bluffing with the best hand, but I don't think so. I had two pair. Better than jacks and threes."
Andrew Hulme raised to 2,100,000 and Tim Van Loo went into the tank before he shoved around 9,000,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table was out of the way and Hulme called quickly to put Van Loo at risk.
Tim Van Loo: A♦K♦
Andrew Hulme: A♠A♣
The board ran out 2♦A♥4♠8♥5♠ and Hulme held on with a flopped set of aces to eliminate Van Loo in 39th place for $229,000.
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi moved all-in for the last 800,000 froman early position and received a call from Carlos Henrique Da Silva out of the big blind.
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi: A♥7♥
Carlos Henrique Da Silva: 8♦7♦
The board ran out 9♦7♣3♦3♥Q♣ and the kicker played for Ohulchanskyi to double.
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