The action was kicked off by "shuriken555" who raised to 16,000 from early position. Lari "Operga" Sihvo made it 42,000 to go from the button, getting the blinds to release. A four-bet to 88,000 came from "shuriken555", leading to Sihvo five-bet shoving with the bigger stack.
An all-in call for 439,377 was "shuriken555's" next play with , racing with Sihvo's . The board rolled out , delivering a huge blow to Sihvo while "shuriken555" won the hefty pot.
We're finding it difficult to take our eyes away from Table 51. Especially after Dani "supernova9" Stern took the overall chip lead with over 1 million chips at the end of the previous level.
Stern, who's joined at the table by Eugene Katchalov, David "Gunslinger3" Bach and Luke "lb6121" Schwartz, opened with a raise to 14,000 from under the gun and "tonkaaaa" three-bet to 29,997. Action folded back to Stern who called to see a flop of . Stern check-called a bet of 32,229 and the turn brought the . Stern check-called again, this time for 75,666, and the landed on the river. Again Stern checked and tonkaaaa fired 213,336. Stern made the call with for a pair of queens and successfully picked off the bluff of the former chip leader, who had
With that pot, Stern became the first player to hit seven-figures.
Under the gun, "jadajadamasa" opened to 15,555. Johnny Lodden was next to act and he went all in for 123,707. Lari "Operga" Sihvo woke up with on the button and re-raised all in, successfully isolating the pot.
Lodden tabled , but was unable to hold as the board ran out .
With a "vic_xcite" raise to 12,525 and "Ruxandescu" re-raise to 29,345 in front of him, Sebastien "p0cket00" SIkorski four-bet to 56,940 in middle position.
Action folded back around to "Ruxandescu" and after a few moments, the Romanian opted to shove for 159,765. Sikorski called with and led "Ruxandescu's" .
The board ran out to lock up the pot for Sikorski.
Steve "gboro780" Gross will have to wait another year to capture his second WCOOP bracelet. Gross, who won the $300 HORSE event on Sept. 18, was just eliminated from the Main Event when his failed to hold up against the of "frshman067." The Jersey native was sixth on the WCOOP leaderboard entering the day but will fall short of Player of the Year honors.
Action folded to "Grekzorba" on the button who raised to 12,600. Shawn "buck21" Buchanan three-bet to 24,555 from the big blind, leading "Grekzorba" to shove for 136,617. Buchanan called and tabled , leading "Grekzorba's" .
The board rolled out to give Buchanan the pot and a stack of 400,000+.
, racing with Sihvo's 
. The board rolled out 
, delivering a huge blow to Sihvo while "shuriken555" won the hefty pot.
. Stern check-called a bet of 32,229 and the turn brought the 
. Stern check-called again, this time for 75,666, and the 
on the button and re-raised all in, successfully isolating the pot.
, but was unable to hold as the board ran out 
and led "Ruxandescu's" 
to give Buchanan the pot and a stack of 400,000+.