First Jonathan Duhamel defended his big blind against a raise from Richard Lyndaker and bet 27,000 on the flop only to fold against the shove of Lyndaker. His opponent flashed the and Duhamel laughed, saying "you got it."
One hand later, Greg Merson raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Duhamel moved all in for 250,000 from the small blind. David Steicke folded in the big blind and Merson snap-called.
Merson:
Duhamel:
The flop was no good for the Canadian and the didn't help either, but the dealer burned and turned the on the river to award Duhamel the double up.
Jesse Sylvia opened from early position to 18,000, and Mike Leah reraised from the cutoff seat to 46,000. Sylvia called, and the flop came down . On the flop, Sylvia checked, and Leah bet 47,000. Sylvia made the call.
The turn was the , and Sylvia checked again. Leah bet 75,000, and Sylvia gave it up.
From under the gun, David Steicke raised to 26,000. Action folded over to Andrew Hinrichsen in the cutoff seat, and he reraised to 46,000. Play got back to Steicke, and he made it 76,000. After a minute, Hinrichsen moved all in, and then Steicke went into the tank. Eventually, Steicke made the call to put himself at risk for 231,000 total.
Hinrichsen had the , and Steicke had the . The board ran out , and Steicke was eliminated as Hinrichsen hit one million in chips.
[Removed:17] raised to 22,000 and Sean Winter defended his big blind to see the flop of . "MissOracle" continued with a bet of 18,000 after Winter checked to him and got called before firing a second barrel worth [58,000 on the turn. Winter check-called again and then gave up the river when Yan moved all in after the check of his opponent.
Andrew Hinrichsen raised to 21,000 from under the gun and Greg Merson three-bet to 46,000. Jesse Sylvia moved all in for 177,000 from middle position and all players folded to Hinrichsen, who got out of the way as well. Merson quickly tossed in a chip to confirm the call.
Merson:
Sylvia:
The board was once again a massive blow to the stack of Merson and he was all in for 70,000 chips from under the gun the very next hand. Sylvia asked for a count and made the call whereas all other players folded.
Merson:
Sylvia:
Now it was Merson at risk with the worse hand preflop and he should double up as well as the board ran out .
From under the gun, Jesse Sylvia raised to 22,000. Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind, and Jonathan Duhamel folded out of the big blind. On the flop, both players checked, and the turn was the . Hellmuth bet 20,000, and Sylvia called.
Hellmuth then checked in the dark before the hit the river. Sylvia bet 41,000, and Hellmuth folded.
The action folded to short stack Brian Roberts and he moved all in from the small blind. Chip leader Andrew Hinrichsen peeked at his cards and then made the call.
Roberts:
Hinrichsen:
The door card was the but Hinrichsen didn't like the and the on the flop. On the turn nothing changed and the on the river ensured the double up of Roberts for 108,000 chips.