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| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | Danny Noam | $5,648 |
| 50 | Zachary Zaffos | $5,648 |
| 51 | Robert Hankins | $5,648 |
| 52 | Noah Novick | $5,648 |
| 53 | Bruno Politano | $5,648 |
| 54 | Jonathan Gilliam | $5,648 |
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos is leading this six-handed tournament and he's currently playing nearly every pot. He was again in action on the 
turn with more than 100,000 already in the middle.
Kiriopoulos was in the small blind, facing Daniel Weinmann who bet an even 100,000 by moving four green chips forward. Kiripoulos laid his hand down this time, but it was only an occasional event. Kiriopoulos still leads the pack with a million chip mark in sight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
935,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
595,000
347,000
|
347,000 |
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
We got to the table, Michael Holm was sitting on the button with about 50,000 and taking his time considering what he was going to do.
"I'm such a nit," he said while he folded. "I'll tell you later what I had".
James Mackey, in the small blind, raised to 17,000 and Robert Schulz, in the big blind, called.
The flop brought out the 
, both players checked.
The turn came out with the 
, again both players checked.
The river completed the board with the 
and again they checked it out.
Mackey turned over his cards to show 
and Schulz laughed. He turned over the 
for a chopped pot.
"I had pocket twos," Holm said. "I should have called, I would have beaten both of you!"
Schulz told him he made the right fold and then asked, "Wait, how much do you actually have?"
"50,000," said Holm.
"Oh, maybe not," Schulz said with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
Cutoff Brett Murray opened to 12,000. The prize went up to 35,000 as Louis Linard three-bet from the button. Murray four-bet shoved all in and Linard called for roughly 140,000.
Louis Linard: 
Brett Murray: 
It was a fair race but Linard got the bitter piece as the cards 
landed on the table, rivering Linard out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Busted |
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Matt Stout opened the cutoff, inviting Ilkin Amirov (button) and Demosthenes Kiriopoulos (big blind) to the 
. Kiriopulos checked and so did Stout, who gave up the betting lead to Amirov.
Amirov bet 27,000, evoking a call from Kiriopulos and a check-raise from Stout who made it 80,000. Amirov let his cards go but Kiriopoulos was interesting in seeing the turn. There, however, Kiriopoulos check-folded to another bet and Stout finally took down this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
435,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Justin Bonomo four-bet jammed and was called and put at risk by three-bettor Michael Haag.
Haag: 
Bonomo:
Bonomo was dominated and in trouble, gathering his belongings as a 
board sealed his fate.
Bonomo picks up $8,187 for his 40th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | Louis Linard | $6,750 |
| 44 | Mikhail Semin | $6,750 |
| 45 | Kristijonas Andrulis | $6,750 |
| 46 | Adam Lippert | $6,750 |
| 47 | Sylvain Loosli | $6,750 |
| 48 | Tony Ruberto | $6,750 |
Layne Flack is visibly enjoying his time at a poker table he shares with Demosthenes Kiriopoulos (to whom he refers as "DK"), Matt Stout, Daniel Weinman, Ilkin Amirov and Jeremy Joseph.
There are a lot of talks during hands and between, and Flack is the leading voice of the chat. He's proposing interesting questions.
"What would you do, if someone said they'll pay you for playing poker but you wouldn't get any of your winnings. What would be your hourly price?"
Flack followed it with an example. "Let's say you'd get $200 per hour. It's like $70,000 for the World Series. Would you accept that?"
More to the talks, he turned it the other way around: "And would you be willing to pay me those $70,000 if I asked?"
Daniel Weinman seemed to be fascinated about the proposal, thinking about poker from this perspective.
"I have another one, you'll like this one," Flack changed the subject. "If you were forbidden to say winning, what would you say is the best thing about playing poker?"
Meanwhile, he still has a shot at winning this tournament, sitting on more than 500,000. There are 40 players left, and a top-five finish would secure Flack larger paycheck than those suggested $70,000 for the whole WSOP.