Cliff Josephy was first to act and raised to 18,000. Paul Ephremsen, right next to him, three-bet to 40,000 with about 90,000 or so behind. Action folded back around to Josephy and he slid forward a stack of 25,000-chips to put Ephremsen all in. The Brit quickly called.
Paul Ephremsen:
Cliff Josephy:
The flop () and turn () were blanks and Ephremsen was on his way to double up, but the on the river hit Josephy and Ephremsen had to make his exit.
As Ephremsen was already on his way to the payout desk, John Dibella said "Just another day at the office for Cliff Josephy!"
Josephy replied; "I feel bad actually. I should be happy but I'm not."
Nick Mossa moved all-in preflop for around 105,000 and he was called by Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier.
Nick Mossa:
Jason Mercier:
The board of kept Mercier in front all the way and confirmed Mossa's exit. A couple of hands later, Mercier pushed an opponent off the pot and that was enough to bring him up to those seven figures.
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know Kyle Zechner got his stack of 106,000 all in preflop and was way behind Rex Clinkscales.
Clinkscales:
Zechner:
Zechner needed some help, and he got it when the flop paired his kicker. Neither the turn nor river gave Clinkscales back the lead, and he sent chips across the table.
Costa Rican Erick Brenes Cuadra has crashed out to chip leader Nick Maimone, after losing a flip. Cuadra moved all-in with and Maimone called from the big blind with .
The flop of put Maimone into the lead, and the on the turn confirmed his victory, the meaningless completing the hand. Maimone is back in control, having grabbed the chip lead back from Pascal LeFrancois
Mike "Timex" McDonald raised to 18,000 under the gun and Damien Steel called two spots over. Sam Chartier came along from the big blind and three players took a flop of .
Chartier checked, McDonald bet 25,000, and both his opponents called to see the turn. Chartier checked again, and this time McDonald upped his bet to 75,000.
Steel called, Chartier folded, and the completed the board on the river. McDonald bet 236,000, leaving himself a single yellow T1,000 chip behind, and Steel thought long and hard before making the call.
McDonald showed the , but it was no good as Steel's missed flush draw with the paired on the river.
McDonald was all in the very next hand and lost his remaining chip to Pratyush Buddiga.
Kyle Zechner and Aleksei Opalikhin got to it when they were all-in preflop. Opalikhin was at risk for 53,000 with , but he needed to find help against Zechner's .
On the board of , Opalikhin flopped his king and held through turn and river to end the hand with marginally more than his opponent.
Valentin Messina lost a big pot earlier to Smit Trivedi but is slowly clawing his way back.
Messina Doubles Through Barry Greenstein
Action folded around to Barry Greenstein in the small blind and he raised to 22,000, putting Messina to a test for his remaining 18,000 in the big blind. Messina called.
Messina:
Greenstein:
The board runs out and Messina caught his five to double up.
Messina Wins a Flip
Valentin Messina moved all in before the flop for about 60,000 and was called by Daniel Weinman.
Messina:
Weinman:
The board ran out and Messina locked up another double up.
Action folded to EPT Grand Final champion Adrian Mateos in the small blind and he raised to 19,000. Big blind PCA champion John Dibella three-bet to 53,000 from the big blind and Mateos called. Mateos check-raised Dibella's 54,000 bet to 173,000 on . Dibella called in position and the hit the turn. Mateos checked, and then folded to his neighbor's 154,000 bet.
Kliment Tarmakov got it in with against the of Rasmus Glaesel. The later made a full house on a board of and Tarmakov said his goodbyes. One player said he had folded tens pre-flop, another admitted to having had eights.
Cliff Josephy raised his button to 18,000 and was soon facing an all in by his neighbor Nadya Magnus. The 'The Big Game' player was all in for 168,000 from the small blind and the big blind gave up right away. Josephy asked for a count and eventually called.
Cliff Josephy:
Nadya Magnus:
The board ran out an uneventful and Magnus doubled.
) and turn (
) were blanks and Ephremsen was on his way to double up, but the 
on the river hit Josephy and Ephremsen had to make his exit. 
kept Mercier in front all the way and confirmed Mossa's exit. A couple of hands later, Mercier pushed an opponent off the pot and that was enough to bring him up to those seven figures.
turn nor 
river gave Clinkscales back the lead, and he sent chips across the table.
and Maimone called from the big blind with 
completing the hand. Maimone is back in control, having grabbed the chip lead back from Pascal LeFrancois
turn. Chartier checked again, and this time McDonald upped his bet to 75,000.
completed the board on the river. McDonald bet 236,000, leaving himself a single yellow T1,000 chip behind, and Steel thought long and hard before making the call.
, Opalikhin flopped his king and held through turn and river to end the hand with marginally more than his opponent.
and Messina caught his five to double up.
and Messina locked up another double up.
hit the turn. Mateos checked, and then folded to his neighbor's 154,000 bet.
of Rasmus Glaesel. The later made a full house on a board of 
and Magnus doubled.