Action folded around to Phil Hellmuth in late position and he raised to 90,000. Allen Kennedy called from the button and the two took a flop heads up.
The flop came and both players checked. When the hit the turn, Hellmuth bet 60,000 and Kennedy called.
The river fell the and Hellmuth bet 175,000. Kennedy moved all in for 510,000 total and Hellmuth made the call. Kennedy showed and Hellmuth mucked in disgust.
The short-stacked Zapf was probably pleased to pick up and even happier to get all his money in up against Peter Eastgate's . That is, right up to the point where the flop came to give Peter the nut straight. The board ran out and Zapf's day came to a sudden, sudden end.
Ivan Demidov raised to 85,000 from the cutoff, Phi Nguyen called from the button and Garrett Beckman called from the big blind. The flop was and the action was checked around. The turn was the . Beckman checked, Demidov checked, Nguyen bet 180,000, Beckman folded and Demidov called. The river was the and both players checked.
Demidov showed and Nguyen mucked. Demidov is now up to 4,420,000 while Nguyen fell to 1,080,000.
Justin Scott moved the last of his chips in on a flop of holding for just middle pair, but ran into the pocket aces of Albert Kim.
The turn and river bricked out, and Scott becomes our 67th-place finisher. Albert Kim is storming up the chip count leader board and now sits with around 6.8 million chips.
It was folded around to Suresh Prabhu in the small blind and he moved in for his last 570,000 with . But Ylon Schwartz woke up with in the big blind and when the board brought Prabhu no help he was eliminated.
In a battle of the blinds, Albert Kim and David Saab saw a cheap flop of . Kim led out for 100,000 and Saab made the call.
The turn was the and Kim checked to Saab, who fired 150,000. Kim made the call.
The river landed the and Kim checked once again, allowing Saab to fire out 350,000. Kim then check-raised to 1 million in total. Saab cringed and said "OK, show me the full house," before making the call. He was right, as Kim flipped . Saab flashed for the rivered straight.
Kim jumps to 5.4 million with Saab slipping to under 1.8 million.
On a flop of , Gert Andersen, Mark Ketteringham and Sean Davis were involved in a three-way pot. Andersen checked, Davis bet 200,000 and both Ketteringham and Andersen called.
The turn was the and Andersen checked again. Davis led out for 900,000, Ketteringham moved all in and both Andersen and Davis called. The players showed:
Andersen:
Ketteringham:
Davis:
The river was the and Andersen's Broadway straight was best. He won the massive pot, took his stack over the 7,000,000-chip mark, and crippled Mark Ketteringham to just under 900,000. Sean Davis was eliminated on the hand and left as our 69th-place finisher.
Garrett Beckman opened the pot for 75,000 from middle position, Terry Lade called from the small blind, Ivan Demidov reraised to 210,000 from the big blind, Beckman folded, Lade moved all in and Demidov called.
Lade
Demidov
The board ran out and Lade was eliminated. After the hand, Demidov was up to 4,300,000.
Action folded to Andrew Rosskamm in the cutoff seat and he raised to 85,000. James McManus reraised to 222,000 from the small blind and Rosskamm made the call.
The flop came and the two got in a raising war that ended with all of McManus's chips in the center. The players showed:
McManus:
Rosskamm:
The turn fell the and the river was the . McManus missed his straight draw and was eliminated in 71st place.
Daniel Buzgon raised to 85,000 from UTG and Alan Gould called from the big blind. The flop was . Gould moved all in and Buzgon called all in for 630,000.
Buzgon
Gould
The turned, making Gould a Broadway straight and the river was the . Buzgon was eliminated and Gould increased his stack to 2,360,000.