After an open from Samuel Phillips, Gavin Smith shoved all in for 129,000. A player in the small blind made the call and Phillips mucked.
Smith: 
Small blind: 
The board ran out 
, eliminating Smith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
A player opened preflop and Albert Daher called. Artem Zverkhovskyy then three-bet all in for around 60,000. The first player folded and Daher called.
Daher: 
Zverkhovskyy: 
The flop came 
. The turn was the 
.
"I'll show you the river this time," said the dealer, referencing a hand earlier where Daher received a one-round penalty for rabbit-hunting.
The river was a 
, giving Zverkhovskyy a wheel and doubling him up. The table laughed and even Daher managed a smile as his opponent counted his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
140,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
The player on the button raised to 25,000, Marcel Luske called from the small blind, and the big blind called as well.
The three players saw a flop of 
and action checked around.
The turn brought the 
and Luske bet 40,000. The big blind folded and the button went into the tank for over a minute before he raised to 140,000. Luske tossed his cards into the muck and his opponent took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Dominik Nitsche has mostly been recognized for his online poker skills. Nitsche started out playing online in 2006 and amassed over $3 million in earnings doing so. In 2009, Nitsche took to the felt for the first time, winning an LAPT event for $381,000. Since then, Nitsche has gone on to win three WSOP bracelets and accumulated over $6.7 million in live tournament winnings.
We caught up with Nitsche in the middle of a hand with the board reading 
. There was around 130,000 in the pot and the action had been checked to Nitsche who bet 150,000. His opponent slid forward a stack of chips for a call and the showed up on the river.
Both players checked the river and Nitsche tabled 
for the best hand. Nitsche scooped a decent-sized pot and has built him a stack to sit among the chip leaders.
Sarah Herring caught up with him and Sofia Lovgren on the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,630,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
Sam Stein opened with 
and a short-stacked Maximiliano Gallardo moved all in for his last 91,000 holding 
.
The flop fanned out 
giving Stein a straight draw which was completed with the 
on the turn. Gallardo did pick up a flush draw but the bricked out and Gallardo was forced to wait in line at the payout booth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
786,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
Busted |
We found Clint Tolbert facing an all-in shove from Julio Belluscio. There was north of 350,000 in the middle, and Belluscio was in the big blind and all in for 261,000. The board read 
. Tolbert, in the small blind, stood up and rubbed his face after getting the count. He dropped in some chips to call.
Belluscio pounded the table in submission and turned over 
for a missed gutter on the turn. Tolbert showed 
.
"Wow, that's a professional call," someone said. "Way to sniff that out."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Charalampos Lappas and Matthew Diehl were all in and at risk against the big stack of Mikhail Korotkikh.
Korotkikh had and was in the lead against the 
of Lappas and the 
of Deihl.
Korotkikh celebrated loudly when the flop came 
and he flopped four of a kind. Diehl pointed to the flop as the turn was coming down.
"Straight flush," he said, seeing he still had outs to win.
The turn was the 
, but the river was the , and Korotkikh's excitement was somewhat muted by the runout. Diehl would triple up and Korotkikh made about 50,000 on the pot from Lappas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
360,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
872,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
820,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
591,000
357,000
|
357,000 |
|
369,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
||
|
295,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
222,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
219,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
185,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Andre Akkari moved all in from under the gun and the next player to act called. Everyone else got out of the way and the two players tabled their hands.
Akkari: 
Opponent:
Akkari had the preflop advantage and stayed ahead on the flop, but the turn double-paired the board, making a chop look likely. The on the river sealed the deal and the two players split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
||
Kenny Hallaert raised to 22,000 from middle position and Charlie Carrel three-bet to 70,000 from the hijack. Hallaert called.
Their stacks totalled more than three million, and that perhaps played a part in the ensuing action, or rather the lack thereof.
The flop came 
. Hallaert checked and Carrel's bet of 55,000 got a quick fold from the 2016 November Niner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,780,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,525,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
