After that hand with Robert Salaburu in which he folded to Salaburu's big five-bet, Danny Wong tried again on the next one with a raise to 245,000 from middle position. Jeremy Ausmus called from the button, and the flop came .
Wong took about a minute, then finally unfolded his arms to toss out a bet of 375,000, and Ausmus let it go.
Danny Wong raised to 245,000 from the hijack seat, but Robert Salaburu wasn't ready to let Wong hijack the button as he promptly reraised to 750,000. Wong tanked for some time, then reraised himself to 1.65 million. Salaburu didn't hesitate at all before making it 5 million to go, and Wong went back into the tank.
Finally after about a minute, Wong decided to lay his hand down.
From middle position, Jacob Balsiger raised to 250,000. Roland Israelashvili called from the small blind and the flop came down . Israelashvili checked and Balsiger bet 275,000. Israelashvili called.
The turn was the and Israelashvili checked. Balsiger bet 650,000 and Israelashvili called.
The river was the to pair the board Israelashvili checked. Balsiger fired 950,000 and Israelashvili tank-called.
Balsiger turned over the and Israelashvili mucked.
Gaelle Baumann raised to 250,000 from middle position and got a caller in Danny Wong playing from the small blind. Paul Volpe then reraised all in from the big blind for 1,445,000 total, forcing a fold from Baumann, but Wong called.
Wong had and Volpe , and when the board rolled out , Volpe had doulbed up.
Robert Salaburu raised — again — to 290,000 from middle position, then Robert Corcione reraised to 690,000 from the button. The blinds quickly folded, and Salaburu tossed his cards away as well.
On the next hand, Corcione opened for 250,000 from the cutoff, then Andras Koroknai reraised to 690,000 from the button. The blinds got out, then after waiting about a minute Corcione said he was pushing all in, and Koroknai quickly folded.
Greg Merson entered the day with 7.435 million in chips and is the only player remaining to have won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet this year. Already today, Merson has built his stack up to over 11 million in the ESPN Main Stage.
Just a few days into July, right before the start of Main Event, Merson took to Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed. He went on to win the title for over $1.1 million, which was the third largest winner's prize outside of the Main Event.
Merson is from Laurel, Maryland and a cash-game regular, with most of his experience coming from online poker. He's been open that he doesn't play many tournaments, telling WSOP.com, "I never expected to have an opportunity to realistically win one of these, because they're so tough. The $10,000 [one] especially, short-handed. It feels awesome."
Merson can also overtake Phil Ivey atop the WSOP Player of the Year leader board if he's able to make the Octo-Nine final table. He currently sits in seventh place with 481.13 points.
Jesse Sylvia raised to 240,000 under the gun and was called by Elisabeth Hille in the cutoff. The latter proceeded to call a bet of 330,000 on the flop, and then bet 455,000 when Sylvia checked the turn.
Sylvia then woke up with an all-in check-raise to 2.6 million, which prompted Hille to quickly release her hand.
The Salaburu express keeps rolling along as we move through Level 30, as he takes a couple more hands.
In the first he took a few off of Yuval Bronshtein. From the big blind Salaburu called Bronshtein's preflop raise, check-called flop and turn bets, then the pair checked down the river. With the board showing , Salaburu showed and that was good enough to claim the pot.
Gaelle Baumann then raised to 250,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Salaburu who reraised to 560,000 from the small blind. Jeremy Ausmus folded the big blind, and after thinking for a while Baumann folded.
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. Israelashvili checked and Balsiger bet 275,000. Israelashvili called.
and Israelashvili checked. Balsiger bet 650,000 and Israelashvili called.
to pair the board Israelashvili checked. Balsiger fired 950,000 and Israelashvili tank-called.
and Israelashvili mucked.
, Volpe had doulbed up.
flop, and then bet 455,000 when Sylvia checked the 
turn.
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. Both players checked.
, and Heitmann led for 210,000. Thomas called.
for an ace-high flush, and Heitmann mucked his hand.
, Salaburu showed 
