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Michiel Sijpkens was able to hang on to his new chips for less than five minutes. After eliminating Redmond Lee, he opened the very next pot for 380,000. Brandon Steven defended the big blind. He checked a 
flop, then called all in for 1.7 million after Sijpkens shoved. Sijpkens knew he was in trouble with 
, top pair and top kicker. Steven turned over the nuts, 
. Sijpkens was drawing dead after the turn and is back down to 11.5 million. The double-up gives Steven roughly 4.4 million.
We were noticing on media row a few moments ago that Redmond Lee hadn't been very active. His short stack precluded him from mixing things up too much. He finally found a hand he liked and open-shoved for 2,445,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the button with pocket tens, very bad news for Lee's pocket fours. There wasn't any kind of a sweat on a board of 
. Lee stood up, shook Sijpkens' hand, and then quietly departed.
Sijpkens is now up to about 13.5 million.
Filippo Candio check-raised Hasan Habib's bet of 470,000 to 1.375 million on the flop of 
. Habib folded and dropped lower on the totem pole.
In a battle of the blinds, Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small and Benjamin Statz called from the big.
The flop brought 
and all of the action. Levy checked and Statz bet 400,000 before getting check-raised to 1.025 million. Statz popped it right back to 2 million straight and Levy wasn't going anywhere. He moved all in for 4.6 million and Statz called to put him at risk with a pot of more than 10 million chips up for grabs.
Showdown
Levy: 
Statz: 
"I am so screwed," Statz astutely noted. He was drawing dead to his four-out gutshot straight (or running, non-pairing clubs, if you're scoring at home). The turn 
was safe and clean for "Roothlus", and the river 
filled him up and doubled his stack to 10.28 million.
Statz is wounded now, set back to about 6.4 million after doubling Levy.
Michiel Sijpkens fired once pre-flop, for 380,000. He was called by John Racener. Sijpkens fired a second time on a flop of 
, making it 460,000 to go. Again Racener called. When the turn came another Broadway card, the , Sijpkens made his third aggressive action of the hand with a bet to 950,000. Racener pondered that bet for a while before finally folding his hand.
That's the first time in recent memory that Racener has lost a pot. He's down to about 20 million, while Sijpkens is now sitting behind 11.7 million.
There was a bet from Joseph Cheong on the flop of 
. Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded.
The turn brought the and Cheong fired again. He bet 1.125 million and Affleck called.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. Affleck tabled the 
for three tens and Cheong mucked.
Before we knew what happened, the dealer yelled out, "All in and call!" from the box. The two players involved were Matt Affleck and Matthew Jarvis yet again. This time, Affleck was all in for 4.485 million preflop and held the 
. Jarvis held the 
.
The board ran out and just like that, Affleck was back to about 9.5 million. Jarvis dropped back to about 18.5 million.
Brandon Steven opened for 425,000 from the cutoff. The next player to act was Redmond Lee, who moved all in for about 2.0 million total. Action folded back to Steven, who could only keep repeating the word, "Wow." After the fourth or fifth iteration, he finally folded his hand.
Jason Senti started off the action with a raise to 380,000 from the button. Matt Affleck was in the small blind and three-bet to 1.2 million. Matthew Jarvis was in the big blind and thought for a bit before just calling. Senti got out of the way.
The flop came down 
and Affleck fired 1.6 million. Jarvis thought for a few minutes and made the call.
The turn added the and Affleck fired again. This time he wagered 2.7 million. Jarvis thought for another couple minutes before firing back a raise to 6.2 million. Affleck called.
The river card was the and Affleck checked with the pot between 15 and 20 million. Jarvis moved all in for 4.78 million. Affleck let his hand go and Jarvis scooped the monster to move over 23 million in chips. Affleck was left with about five million.
Cannot wait for this one to be shown on television.
Patrick Eskandar looked down at 
, and there wasn't much to decide with less than ten big blinds left; he moved all in for 1.52 million from middle position. Duy Le looked down at 
in the small blind, and he stuck in the calling chips to put Eskandar at risk for the second time in the last few hands.
Just like the last time, the board was friendly to the all-in player. It came 
, and that's double up number two for Eskandar. He's back around 3.2 million now, and it looks like he'll be sticking around for a bit longer.
