Hand #62: Andres Gonzalez raised to 4,000,000 with A♥K♥ from an early position and Jordan Griff defended the big blind with 10♣7♣. The flop was J♠5♦2♠ and Griff checked. Gonzalez continued for 2,600,000 to take down the pot.
Hand #63: Boris Angelov A♥K♥ made it 4,000,000 to go and Jonathan Tamayo K♠2♠ called from his big blind to see the 8♦3♠3♣ flop. Tamayo checked and folded to Angelov's bet of 2,500,000.
Hand #64: Jordan Griff raised to 4,000,000 and Jonathan Tamayo three-bet to 24,500,000. Griff four-bet, putting Tamayo all in, and Tamayo called for his last 10,000,000.
Jonathan Tamayo: A♥9♦ 
Jordan Griff: A♠K♥
The 8♥5♣2♠ changed nothing, with the turn 7♥ giving Tamayo hope with a gutshot. However, Tamayo binked the 9♣ to find a pair and double through Griff.
Hand #65: Niklas Astedt opened to 4,000,000 and Andres Gonzalez called in the small blind.
The flop was K♣9♥4♥ and Gonzalez checked. Astedt continued for 3,000,000 and Gonzalez folded.
The final six players are now going on another 20-minute break. Here's how they stack up:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 60,300,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 238,400,000 | 99 |
| 6 | Jordan Griff | United States | 100,800,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 73,000,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 65,000,000 | 27 |
| 9 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 69,300,000 | 29 |
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Level: 41
Blinds: 1,200,000/2,400,000
Ante: 2,400,000
Hand #66: Jordan Griff J♦J♠ raised to 4,800,000. Jonathan Tamayo called in the cutoff with the 7♦7♣ and the flop was 5♦3♦2♥. Griff bet 5,000,000 and Tamayo called.
The turn was the K♠ and Griff barreled for 7,500,000 and again Tamayo called. The river was the Q♥ and both players checked, with Griff holding the superior pocket pair to down the pot.
Hand #67: Jonathan Tamayo raised to 4,800,000 with 8♠8♣ and Niklas Astedt defended his big blind. The flop was K♣10♣9♠ and Astedt check-folded to a continuation bet of 2,600,000 from Tamayo.
Hand #68: Jason Sagle raised to 4,800,000 with 5♠5♥ and took down the pot.
Hand #69: Niklas Astedt opened to 4,800,000 on the button with 10♦6♠ and Jonathan Tamayo defended his big blind with K♠J♥. The pair saw the A♠9♥4♥ flop and Tamayo check-folded to a continuation bet of 3,000,000 from Astedt.
Hand #70: Niklas Astedt raised to 4,800,000 with the A♦8♦ and took down the pot uncontested.
Hand #71: Niklas Astedt opened to 4,800,000 in the hijack with K♥Q♠ and Jonathan Tamayo three-bet to 14,400,000 on the button holding the K♣5♦. Both blinds folded and so did Astedt.
Hand #72: Jordan Griff made it 4,800,000 to go with the J♦8♥ and Jason Sagle called in the small blind with A♣Q♣. Following the Q♦9♣2♦ flop, Sagle check-called for 5,000,000 and checked the K♠ turn. Griff fired a second barrel for 15,000,000. A long tank by Sagle followed and the Canadian then folded.
Hand #73: A walk for Astedt with the J♥9♦.
Hand #74: From the button, Boris Angelov opened to 5,400,000 with Q♠J♥. Griff in the big blind held A♣K♣, pondered his next move, then pushed forward a stack of T-5,000,000 chips with Angelov snap-folding.
Hand #75: Angelov raised to 4,800,000 in the cutoff the next hand with the A♣10♥. Astedt three-bet to 11,000,000 with A♠Q♣ from the next seat and Angelov got out of the way once more.
Hand #76: Jason Sagle raised to 4,800,000 from under the gun with A♠A♥ to claim the blinds and big blind ante.
Hand #77: Niklas Astedt opened to 4,800,000 to take it down with the 9♦9♣.
Hand #78: Jason Griff raised to 4,800,000 in the hijack with Q♦J♦, earning a call from Boris Angelov in the big blind with K♦9♠. The flop brought 8♣3♠2♣ and Angelov check-folded when Griff bet 4,800,000.
Hand #79: Andres Gonzalez raised to 5,000,000 with 6♠6♦ and the Spaniard took down the pot.
Hand #80: Gonzalez raised it up again to 5,000,000 with Q♣10♣ and won the blinds once again.
Hand #81: Niklas Astedt 4♣3♣ raised to 4,800,000 and folded to a shove by Jonathan Tamayo with A♥K♥
Hand #82: Astedt made it 4,800,000 to go in the cutoff with A♥3♦ and Jordan Griff flat-called on the button with Q♦J♦, Andres Gonzalez defended the big blind with A♠5♠
The 10♣9♣8♠ flop was checked to Griff with his flopped straight, and his bet of 6,500,000 won the pot.
Hand #83: Griff made it 4,800,000 to go with K♦J♦, all players behind folded.
Hand #84: Griff raised it up once more with A♥7♦ to 4,800,000 and got it through.
Hand #85: The action folded to Boris Angelov in the small blind pushed all-in for 24,900,000. Niklas Astedt snap-called in the big blind and had Angelov on the ropes.
Boris Angelov: A♠5♥
Niklas Astedt: A♦J♣
The 9♥7♦5♠ flop let the Bulgarian rail explode and Angelov remained ahead on the K♥ turn. What followed was the 9♠ on the river, which secured the double of the shortest stack.
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