Hand #20: Pierre Neuville raised to 75,000 in the cutoff, Kevin Eyster three-bet to 200,000 on the button, and Neuville folded.
Hand #21: Neuville raised in the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Eyster raised to 70,000 in the hijack, and received no callers.
Hand #23: Eyster raised to 70,000 from under the gun, Neuville called, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , Neuville check-called a bet of 85,000, and both players checked on the river ().
Neuville won the pot with .
Hand #24: Bryn Kenney raised to 70,000 from the hijack seat, Andrew Lichtenberger moved all in for 595,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Kenney, who folded as well.
Hand #25: Neuville raised to 65,000 on the button, Kottler defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Kottler check-folded to a bet of 85,000.
Hand #26: Neuville raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, Eyster called on the button, and the two took a flop of . Neuville led out for 100,000, and Eyster folded.
Hand #18: David Borrat raised to 65,000 on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: Borrat raised to 65,000 in the cutoff, Kevin Eyster called out of the small blind, and Jeremy Kottler three-bet to 225,000. Borrat moved all in for 645,000, and both Eyster and Kottler folded.
Hand #13: Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 62,000 in the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #14: Pierre Neuville raised to 75,000 in the cutoff, and he received no action.
Hand #15: Jeremy Kottler raised to 60,000 on the button, and both players in the blinds folded.
Hand #16: Neuville raised to 65,000 from under the gun, Kevin Eyster three-bet to 160,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to the Belgian. He tank-folded.
Hand #17: Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 65,000 on the button, Neuville moved all in for 515,000, and Lichtenberger called.
Neuville:
Lichtenberger:
The flop was all eights - - and Lichtenberger remained in the lead. The on the turn missed Neuville as well, but the spiked on the river to give the Belgian the winning hand.
Neuville doubled to 1.075 million chips, and Lichtenberger slipped to 675,000.
Hand #7: Pierre Neuville raised to 60,000 on the button, Jeremy Kottler cut out chips, and he three-bet to 151,000. Neuville tank-folded.
Hand #8: Eyster raised to 55,000 on the button, Bryn Kenney defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Both players checked. The turn was the , Kenney check-called 55,000, and the river was the .
Kenney checked, Eyster fired out another 100,000, and Kenney called. Eyster showed , but it was no good against Kenney's for a pair of queens.
Hand #9: Neuville raised to 60,000 in the hijack, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #10: Eyster raised to 55,000 in the hijack, David Borratt defended his big blind, and the flop was . Boratt check-folded to a bet.
Hand #11: Eyster raised to 55,000 from under the gun, Neuville defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Neuville checked, Eyster continued for 48,000. Neuville folded.
Hand #2: Kevin Eyster raised to 55,000 on the button, Jeremy Kottler three-bet to 175,000 from the small blind, and Eyster folded.
Hand #3: Eyster raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, Byrn Kenney called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the .
The two players checked again, and Eyster won the pot with .
Hand #4: Eyster raised to 55,000 from early position, and no one called.
Hand #5: Bryn Kenney raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 120,000 on the button, and Kenney reached for chips. He put in a fourth bet, making it 267,000 to go, and Lichtenberger moved all in for 922,000. Kenney snap-folded.