On the paired 
flop, Richard Yong checked, and Alex Mostafavi fired 3,200. After Roger Hairabedian called, Yong check-raised to 9,200. Mostafavi and Hairabedian folded, allowing Yong to chip up a bit.
We caught the action on a 
flop when Alex Mostafavi had check-called a 25,000-chip bet from Tony G. The G was directly to his left, and the turn brought out the 
.
Mostafavi checked again on the turn and Tony G threw out 50,000. After tanking for a bit Mostafavi called once more.
The river brought the 
and Mostafavi quickly threw out a 150,000-chip bet. Immediately Tony G threw his 
face up onto the table.
"Nice hand," Tony G sighed.
"You can show," Mostafavi told the dealer when he mucked his cards. She turned over his 
and Tony G complimented his opponent on his play again. Mostafavi raked in the chips and is now one of the big stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
100,100
|
100,100 |
|
240,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
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Igor Kurganov raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and Erik Seidel three-bet from 17,000. Alex Mostafavi tanked for a bit from the big blind, but he eventually folded.
Kurganov tanked for a bit before four-betting to 37,500 and Seidel folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-53,800
|
-53,800 |
|
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|
210,000
40,800
|
40,800 |
|
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The re-buy period has concluded and there will be a 15-minute break now. Plenty of action still to come as we had to all-in showdown on the final hand.
On the final hand before the break Paul Newey raised to 6,000. JC Alvarado three-bet to 18,000 and a couple seats over Isaac Haxton moved all in for 91,200. The action was folded back to Alvarado who made the call.
Showdown:
Isaac Haxton: 
JC Alvarado:
The board ran out 
and Haxton doubled up. Alvarado was left behind short, but will not be able to re-buy since he has chips left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
55,200
|
55,200 |
|
|
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|
35,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
On the second-to-last hand at their table, Sam Trickett and Daniel Negreanu got all the money in preflop with ace-king versus queens. Here's what happened.
From under the gun, Jonathan Duhamel raised to 6,000. Negreanu flatted from the small blind, then Trickett reraised to 21,000 out of the big blind. Duhamel folded, and Negreanu reraised to 53,000. Trickett wanted to raise small, but due to French gaming law, had to make it at least 106,000. Negreanu then shoved, and Trickett called.
Trickett: 
Negreanu:
The flop came down 
to keep Trickett in front. "Oh come on flips," sighed Negreanu.
The turn was the , and that gave Negreanu the lead. The river completed the board with the 
.
Trickett lost the hand and opted to rebuy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000
269,800
|
269,800 |
|
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|
Busted | |
There were three players waiting for a fresh 150,000-chip stack. The following players will enter the tournament after the break. Sam Trickett has rebought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
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|
150,000 | |
|
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|
150,000 | |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Tom Dwan was just the first player to be eliminated after the re-buy period finished. On the turn with a board reading 
the money went in, and Dwan showed 
. Benefield held , and hit a full house on the river when another showed up.
Benefield is up to around 475,000 chips and with that one of the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
99,900
|
99,900 |
|
Busted |
Paul Phua has just been knocked out by John Juanda. The latter was already stacking his newly won chips, and Philipp Gruissem explained to us what had happened.
Apparently Phua had raised pre flop after which Juanda called. On a 
flop with one heart Juanda check-called, and the turn was the 
. Juanda check-called Phua's shove and he turned over 
. Phua was drawing live against Juanda's 
, but the river was the .
Phua was knocked out and Juanda jumped back into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
695,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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