Cary Katz opened for 36,000 under the gun and was soon met with a three-bet to 146,000 from Guy Laliberté in the cutoff. The button and small blind both got out of the way, but Philipp Gruissem decided to four-bet to 290,000 from the big blind. Katz got out of the way, but Laliberté wasn't done.
He gather some chips, announced a raise, and then made it 286,000 more to go. Gruissem thought for almost two minutes, carefully eyeing up Laliberté, and then released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,550,000
299,000
|
299,000 |
|
3,900,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
flop, Rast had raised a bet of 175,000 from Duhamel to 439,000 before Duhamel came back with a reraise to 865,000. After some tanking, Rast moved all in for 2.427 million. After 20-30 seconds, Duhamel said, "All right, I call."
for a pair and a flush draw against Rast's 
for bottom set.
and gave Rast a full house. The river was the 
and kept Rast in front, delivering him with the double and nailing Duhamel with a big blow.
fell. Dwan checked and Smirnov bet. Morgan called and Dwan folded.
and Smirnov bet 200,000. Overhearing a conversation from Smirnov, he said Morgan called within five seconds and looked extremely excited about the hand.
face up for all to see.
. Nick Schulman checked, and Tom Marchese fired 235,000. Schulman called, and the 
completed the board. Schulman checked again, and Marchese slid out 740,000.
for the nuts, and Schulman mucked his hand, leaving himself with just 940,000 chips.