Chris Moore raised to 90,000 from under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari called from the button, Jake Schindler three-bet shoved from the big blind for 1,005,000, Moore re-shoved, and Esfandiari folded face-up.
Moore:
Schindler:
The board ran out , giving Moore a set of jacks to double through Schindler.
Jake Schindler opened under the gun for 90,000, and James Chen called from the hijack. Small blind Antonio Esfandiari squeezed to 305,000, and the big blind and Schindler both folded. Chen tanked for a bit before he called.
The flop came , and Esfandiari bet 340,000. Chen again thought about it for a bit before he called.
As the hit the turn, Esfandiari bet 490,000. Chen counted his chips and eventually shoved for 995,000. Esfandiari snap-called.
James Chen:
Antonio Esfandiari:
The river changed nothing, and Chen hit the rail. Chen stood there in a bit of disbelief before he said, "I thought you were strong, pre-flop. But I was strong as well."
He glanced a the clock, saw it go down from 38 to 37 remaining players, and wished the table good luck.
"Put them to good use," he said to Esfandiari, who silently continued stacking.
Igor Kurganov raised to 90,000 from middle position and Doug Polk called from the big blind.
They checked to the turn of a board, where Polk bet 100,000. Kurganov called, the river completed the board, and Polk shoved for effectively 660,000. Kurganov gave it some thought, but ultimately folded.
We noticed a sizable pot at the featured table, so we headed over to see a bet of 215,000 in front of Nick Schulman, who was under the gun and facing a raise to 520,000 from Phil Hellmuth, who was in middle position. The board had come . Schulman seemed pained as he thought for a while before finally deciding on a fold.
The players at the table cajoled Hellmuth to reveal his holding, reminding him it would be broadcast soon anyway.
"I had it, Nick," Hellmuth said with a smile. "You have to tell me your hand, though."
"You wouldn't lie to your old pal Nick, would ya?" Schulman asked.
It sounded like Schulman said he had ace-queen with the queen of hearts, and Hellmuth claimed to have held eights full.
Paul Volpe got it in from the big blind for what looked to be 475,000 over a button raise from Rainer Kempe, who had . Volpe was in the lead for the moment with , and the flop kept it so. Running and sent the American packing, though.
Michael Kamran raised to 90,000 from under the gun, Koray Aldemir three-bet to 335,000 from the next seat over, and the rest of the table got out of the way. Kamran took about 60 seconds before he reraised all in for 1,430,000. Aldemir called.
Kamran:
Aldemir:
The board came down , giving Kamran aces and sevens to score the double.
Dario Sammartino raised to 90,000 from under the gun, Brian Rast three-bet shoved from the hijack for 690,000, and Sammatino mulled it over for a bit before he called.
Sammartino:
Rast:
The flop fell , giving Rast the lead with a set of sevens. However, the turn was the to give Sammartino the lead with a better set. The river was the , no help to Rast, ending his tournament and giving Sammartino the pot.
Seated under the gun, Byron Kaverman opened for 90,000. He got called by the two Dans — Shak in the cutoff and Colman in the big blind.
Colman checked to Kaverman on the flop, and the initial raiser followed up his pre-flop aggression with a continuation bet of 115,000. Shak folded right away, but Colman check-raised to 250,000. Kaverman took his time before he called.
Colman checked on the turn, then called as Kaverman took back the initiative with a bet of 235,000.
The on the river saw Colman check once more. Kaverman shoved for 565,000, and Colman instantly folded.