From under the gun, Cylus Watson raised to 215,000. Jesse Sylvia called from the cutoff seat and the flop came down . Watson bet 285,000 and Sylvia called.
The turn was the and Sylvia bet 470,000 after Watson checked. Watson folded his hand and Sylvia won the pot.
Taylor Paur moved all in from middle position for 1.335 million and cleared the field all the way around to Jamie Robbins, who made the call from the big blind.
Showdown
Paur:
Robbins:
Paur was dominated and in need of some major help. The flop didn't offer much, but the turn did give Paur some chop opportunities with a spade on the river. Unfortunately for him, the blanked and he exited the ESPN Main Stage in 33rd place.
David Balkin raised to 200,000 from early position and it folded to Charles Coultas who moved all in for his last 1,700,000 from the button. It folded back to Balkin who called with . Coultas showed and was looking for an ace.
Unfortunately for Coultas, he paired his wrong card as the board came and Balkin's kings were able to send him home in 34th place.
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After a raise from Jesse Sylvia in middle position preflop and a call from Yuval Bronshtein out of the big blind, the flop came down . Bronshtein checked and Sylvia bet 230,000. Bronshtein called.
The turn was the and Bronshtein checked again. Sylvia bet 480,000 and Bronshtein called.
On the river , both players checked.
Bronshtein tabled the for a pair of sixes and Sylvia mucked his hand.
David Balkin opened to 220,000 and Marty Zabib re-raised all in for 1,360,000 from the small blind. Balkin called and the hands were tabled:
Balkin:
Zabib:
Balkin retained his lead on the flop. However, Zabib's rail went into a frenzy when the struck the turn, giving Zabib the lead. He wouldn't hold it for long, though, as the peeled off on the river, giving Balkin a set of eights and enough to send Zabib to the rail.
Michael Esposito opened with a raise to 275,000 from middle position, and when it folded to the cutoff Jonathan Schoder reraised all in for about 2,600,000 total. It folded back around, and Esposito made the call.
Esposito:
Schoder:
Neither the flop nor the turn helped Schoder, and he was down to hoping for an ace on the final card. The dealer burned a card and delivered the river… the . Schoder is out in 36th, having made the latest pay jump to earn a handsome $236,921 for his efforts.
As the 36 remaining players returned from the latest break, another revision to the schedule was announced.
Now the plan will be to play out Level 29 — of which about one hour and 20 minutes remains — then stop for the night. In other words, players will be completing five levels today, and there will very likely be more than 27 players returning for tomorrow's Day 7.