Benny Spindler raised to 200,000 from the button and Steve O'Dwyer called from the big blind to see the 
flop. Both players checked and the turn brought the 
. O'Dwyer bet 225,000 and Spindler called.
The river was the 
and O'Dwyer fired 515,000. After a couple minutes in the tank, Spindler gave it up and O'Dwyer won the hand.
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
The remaining three players are now on a break.
Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor on the button. He raised to 175,000. Benny Spindler reraised from the small blind and made it 375,000 to go. After Andre Klebanov folded in the big blind, Pastor moved all in. Spindler snap-called and tabled the 
. Pastor grimaced as he revealed the 
.
The flop came down 
and kept Spindler in front. The 
on the turn did give Pastor a gutshot straight draw for some extra outs, but the 
that paired the board on the river wasn't what he was looking for. Spindler won the hand and eliminated Pastor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
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|
Busted | |
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Benny Spindler just picked off another bluff, this time from Steve O'Dwyer. After action was checked on the 
flop, the turn brought the 
. O'Dwyer bet 250,000 and Spindler made the call. The river completed the board with the . O'Dwyer bet 340,000 and Spindler tank-called. O'Dwyer tabled the 
for a busted flush draw. Spindler held 
for ace high and it was good enough to win him the pot.
Mattias Bergstrom has just been eliminated in fifth place. Steve O'Dwyer was the player to send him to the rail in this battle.
Benny Spindler opened with a raise to 160,000 and Bergstrom reraised all in for 1.34 million in chips. Action moved to O'Dwyer and he made the call before Spindler folded.
Bergstrom's 
was dominated by the 
for O'Dwyer and after the board ran out 
, he was eliminated in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,900,000
3,820,000
|
3,820,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Steve O'Dwyer just doubled through Andre Klebanov. The two got all the money in on the 
flop and it was Klebanov's 
behind the 
for O'Dwyer.
Preflop, Klebanov raised to 200,000 from the small blind and O'Dwyer defended with a call from the big blind. On the flop, Klebanov fired 300,000 and then called off for 1.525 million total after O'Dwyer shoved.
After a turn and river , O'Dwyer doubled up.
Benny Spindler raised to 160,000 and Kevin Iacofano moved all in for his last 255,000. Action folded back to Spindler and he called holding the 
. Iacofano held the 
.
The flop gave Spindler all he needed when it landed to give him the nuts. The turn and river blanked and Iacofano was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000,000 | |
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Busted | |
Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart from PokerStars.
From the button, Benny Spindler raised to 160,000. Kevin Iacofano reraised all in from the small blind and then Mattias Bergstrom called all in from the big blind. Spindler folded.
Bergstrom: 
Iacofano: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Bergstrom doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,090,000
1,785,000
|
1,785,000 |
|
|
300,000
-1,530,000
|
-1,530,000 |
