John Dibella raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Rodrigo Cordoba defended from the big blind to see the flop.
Cordoba check-called a bet of 85,000 and the check-called a bet of 135,000 on the turn. Action then went check-check on the river and Cordoba showed the , which was good enough to chop with Dibella's .
Michael Gentili raised to 65,000 under the gun and Christian Harder called from the button. Both blinds folded and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Gentili bet 70,000, Harder called, and the appeared on the turn. Gentili bet again, this time 200,000, and Harder called to see the river.
Gentili slowed down with a check and Harder bet 410,000. Gentili gave it some thought but ended up folding. In the process, he relinquished the chip lead to Christian Harder.
Allon Allison raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Nadya Magnus called from the big blind. Magnus check-called 110,000 on before they both checked the on the turn. The hit the river and Magnus bet out 165,000. Allison raised to 500,000 and Magnus folded.
Not much later, Magnus raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Cliff Josephy called from the button. Both of them checked on before the hit the turn. Magnus check-called 100,000 from Josephy and they both checked again on the river. Josephy mucked as Magnus showed .
Aleksei Opalikhin raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Nadya Magnus called from the big blind. Opalikhin bet 100,000 on the flop and 160,000 on the turn. Magnus called both times and checked behind as her Russian neighbor checked on the river. Aleksei Opalikhin showed and Magnus mucked.
Cliff Josephy led the action from first position to 90,000. It was folded all the way around to Nadya Magnus in the big blind, and she called.
The flop of saw Josephy c-bet for 90,000 and again Magnus called. The turn of saw Josephy make it 180,000 and Magnus check-called. The river of saw another check from Magnus, but Josephy's bet of 250,000 was too hard to call this time.
Rodrigo Cordoba raised to 85,000 from the button only to have Christian Harder three-bet to 245,000 from the small blind. Cordoba pushed back by moving all in for 1.075 million, and while Harder didn't seem excited about it, he called the additional 830,000 to put his opponent at risk.
Cordoba:
Harder:
It was a classic race, but not after the flop paired Harder. Neither the turn nor river helped Cordoba, and he hit the rail in 10th place. The remaining nine players will now combine to one table.