Level 36
: 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Roger Teska doubled up through Paul Tedeschi in a sick cooler spot with both players holding premium pocket pairs preflop. Teska was able to pull out the win, leaving Tedeschi on crumbs.
With the action folded to Tedeschi in the small blind, he moved all in with 
. Steve O'Dwyer called in the big with 
, holding two live cards. The flop of 
favored O'Dwyer with a pair of sevens. The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
to send Tedeschi home in fourth place.
The remaining three players are all guaranteed to take home at least $1,000,000 but there is still plenty to play for. Teska has moved into second place and narrowed the gap on O'Dwyer, making it anyone's game from here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
147,700,000
-34,300,000
|
-34,300,000 |
|
||
|
126,500,000
74,700,000
|
74,700,000 |
|
||
|
115,000,000
15,800,000
|
15,800,000 |
|
Busted | |
and Steve O'Dwyer checked his option with 
. The flop fell 
and Tedeschi led out for 3 million which O'Dwyer called. 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Tedeschi checked again and O'Dwyer reached back for an overbet of 14.5 million. Tedeschi wasted little time before calling and O'Dwyer regained some of his chips.
, Nemeth shipped all in for 71.5 million with 
to give O'Dwyer the best hand with a pair of aces. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river changed nothing as Nemeth was eliminated in fifth place.
and was called by Charles La Boissonniere with 
and Paul Tedeschi with 
and moved all in for 29.3 million. Tollerene re-shoved for a little more which got the other two players to fold.
. Ben Tollerene called on his left with 
and the two players were off to the races. The board ran out 