Michiel Sijpkens started things off with a raise to 315,000 before Jonathan Duhamel made it 765,000 on the button. Johnny Lodden moved all in over the top from the big blind, forcing Sijpkens to fold but Duhamel made a quick call.
Lodden:
Duhamel:
The board was spread and again Lodden survives a dominated situation to chop the pot. He's hanging tough with 1.6 million, and he'll certainly remember these two chopped pots if he can get through the day. Duhamel is still going strong with 11 million.
Jason Senti opened to 280,000 under the gun, and Matthew Bucaric three-bet to 625,000 with close to 3 million behind.
The flop came out , and Bucaric continued out with a bet of 485,000. Senti cut the chips out of his stack and stared them down for a few minutes before pushing them into the pot.
The turn was the , and both players checked. They did the same on the river, and Senti showed down his first. That induced a quick much from Bucaric, and he's stepped backwards to 2.28 million.
Matt Affleck entered the pot with a raise under the gun to 275,000 with only Michael Mizrachi making the call.
Both players checked the flop to see the land on the turn and Mizrachi fire out 330,000.
Affleck mulled over his decision for a few moments before making it 930,000 to go.
It was then Mizrachi's turn to sink deep into the tank before he decided to bump it to 1,630,000. Affleck deliberated for over two minutes before making the call as the landed on the river.
Mizrachi cut out a bet of 920,000 and Affleck made the call tabling his to prompt a fold from Mizrachi as he slipped to 5,960,000 while Affleck climbed to 12,850,000 in chips.
Mads Wissing raised it up to 300,000 from the cutoff with Patrick Eskandar making the call on the button.
They saw a flop of and Eskandar checked it over to Wissing who made it 450,000 to play. Eskandar made the call.
The turn was the and again Eskandar check-called, this time for 700,000, before the fell on the river. Eskandar decided to take the lead as he came out swinging with a bet of 600,000. After exchanging some friendly banter, Wissing let his hand go as Eskandar flashed a marginal .
Wissing slips to 3.26 million, with Eskandar up to 8.1 million.
John Racener opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and William Thorson made the call from the big blind.
The flop fell down and following a check from Thorson, Racener fired out 375,000. Thorson made the call before both players checked the and on the turn and river.
Racener tabled his and Thorson mucked to see Racener collect the pot and move to 10,500,000 in chips.
We picked up the action on a flop, and Joseph Cheong was betting 265,000 as we walked up. Scott Clements was his heads-up opponent, and "BigRiskky" made the call to continue to fourth street.
It was the , and Cheong fired right out again -- 735,000 chips this time. Clements called again and he faced one final bet of 1.675 million on the river. He tanked as the break clock ticked down, finally splashing in the call with a bit of a reluctant look.
And rightly so. Cheong tabled for the turned straight, and he even managed to get a call after the scary river card.
Clements is down to 7.945 million now, while Cheong re-takes the chip lead at 24.3 million.
Shamus
Crowds loving the action at Day 7 of the Main Event
Whew. What a level.
When we went to dinner, there were 42 players still with chips, and we all speculated over our meals about how much longer it would take to get to the final 27.
Play resumed, and for a while we were looking at the same relatively slow pace we'd seen for the 45 minutes or so before dinner, when there were no eliminations. Jerry Payne went out in 42nd, followed by Damien Luis in 41st. We crossed the halfway mark of the level… then, BOOM.
It all started with a huge double-knockout of Jakob Toestesen (40th) and Jonathan Driscoll (39th), both fallen victim to Brandon Steven's flopped nut flush. Within a just a a couple of minutes, Nicolas Babel (38th) and Dag Palovic (37th) had followed. Each of those first six to go in Level 29 earned $206,395.
And the bustouts continued, with Michal Wywrot (36th), Gabe Costner (35th), Edward Ochana (34th), Corey Emery (33rd), Eduardo Parra (32nd), and Michael Skender (31st) all being eliminated within the space of about 20 minutes. Finally came a stretch during which all of our players kept their seats, then Theo Jorgensen went out in 30th. Each of these seven took home $255,242.
Amid the carnage, Joseph Cheong pushed out in front, with Soi (a.k.a. "Cuong") Nguyen also adding to his large stack. Those two were the first to reach 20 million, and remain out in front with 29 left.
Let's take 20 minutes to catch our breath. We'll be back to see who are the final two eliminations of the night.
Jonathan Duhamel opened it up with a raise to 250,000 from the hijack position before Johnny Lodden pushed all in from the button for an additional 1.11 million. The blinds folded and Duhamel made the call.
Duhamel:
Lodden:
Lodden was dominated and staring elimination in the face but the board was spread to give both players queens and deuces with an ace kicker for a chopped pot. Lodden remains alive, but the short stack of the field with about 1.5 million.
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and again Lodden survives a dominated situation to chop the pot. He's hanging tough with 1.6 million, and he'll certainly remember these two chopped pots if he can get through the day. Duhamel is still going strong with 11 million.
, and Bucaric continued out with a bet of 485,000. Senti cut the chips out of his stack and stared them down for a few minutes before pushing them into the pot.
, and both players checked. They did the same on the 
river, and Senti showed down his 
first. That induced a quick much from Bucaric, and he's stepped backwards to 2.28 million.
flop to see the 
land on the turn and Mizrachi fire out 330,000.
landed on the river.
to prompt a fold from Mizrachi as he slipped to 5,960,000 while Affleck climbed to 12,850,000 in chips.
and Eskandar checked it over to Wissing who made it 450,000 to play. Eskandar made the call.
fell on the river. Eskandar decided to take the lead as he came out swinging with a bet of 600,000. After exchanging some friendly banter, Wissing let his hand go as Eskandar flashed a marginal 
and following a check from Thorson, Racener fired out 375,000. Thorson made the call before both players checked the 
river. He tanked as the break clock ticked down, finally splashing in the call with a bit of a reluctant look.
for the turned straight, and he even managed to get a call after the scary river card.
