Action folded to Emil Patel on the button and he raised to 24,000. Rafe Kibrit called out of the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Kibrit bet the pot for 54,000 and Patel folded.
Emil Patel kept up his aggressive ways with another opening raise, this time from the cutoff seat and to 24,000. Juha Vilkki called from the button and Elie Payan called from the big blind. With three players in action, the dealer slid the 
flop across the middle of the felt. Payan fired straight out for 42,000. Both of his opponents folded and Payan won the pot.
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After the action was folded around to him in the small blind, Jeff Sarwer limped in and Roland Israelashvili checked the action. The dealer spread a flop of 
across the table and Sarwer led out for a bet of 16,000. Israelashvili called and the turn card came .
After Sarwer fired a bet of 33,000 into the middle, Israelashvili calmly tossed a few chips worth 85,000 into the pot and stared straight at the board. Sarwer went deep into the tank and contemplated his next move for over three minutes, repeatedly glancing over at Israelashvili.
Eventually, the former chess master pushed his entire stack forward for a bet of nearly 350,000, which was enough to force Israelashvili all-in. The power move worked to perfection and Israelashvili tossed his cards into the muck. This pot boosted Sarwer's stack to 535,000 while Israelashvili dropped to 180,000 with the loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
975,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
660,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
658,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
610,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
|
590,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
535,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
336,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
277,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
180,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
From middle position, Stephen Wolfe raised and Emil Patel called from the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Patel checked and Wolfe fired 50,000. Patel folded and Wolfe won the hand.
From under the gun, Stephen Wolfe limped in to start things off. That started a waterfall effect of Cody Munger limping in the next seat,. Jeff Sarwer following him and then Emil Patel joining the limp-fest from the button. Rafe Kibrit called from the small blind and Elie Payan checked his option in the big blind.
The six-way flop was 
and action checked one by one all the way to Patel. He fired 42,000 and everyone folded.
Play has been halted for a quick ten-minute break and the cards will be back in the air shortly.
From the button, Rafe Kibrit raised to 28,000. Stephen Wolfe made the call in the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Wolfe fired 48,000. Kibrit made the call.
The river was the 
to pair the board and Wolfe fired 88,000 with 192,000 behind. Kibrit asked Wolfe how much he had behind and then raised the pot to put Wolfe all in. Wolfe began to tank. He tanked for the remaining seven minutes of the last level and about six more minutes into the unscheduled break. Eventually, he began talking out loud to try and get some sort of a reaction from Kibrit, but Kibrit wasn't moving a muscle. Everyone had left the stage except for the tournament announcer, the dealer and the two players involved in the hand while Wolfe tanked and tanked. Eventually, he folded his hand and Kibrit started to breathe again.
Nine in for the loot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
882,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
|
837,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
|
699,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
647,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
591,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
527,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
276,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
192,000
-144,000
|
-144,000 |
|
|
170,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
