Hand #31: Eric Shanks raised to 65,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #32: Richard Milne raised to 65,000 and Mike Kachan called in the big blind only to fold the flop to a continuation bet of his opponent.
Hand #33: Jeff Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt three-bet to 105,000 out of the blinds, Blenkarn called. On the flop, the Swede moved all in and Blenkarn called for 385,000 chips and his tournament life.
Blenkarn:
Skoldstedt:
The board completed with the turn and the river, Blenkarn doubled up.
Hand #34: Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Steve Gross three-bet to 145,000. Kachan moved all in for 395,000 and the initial raiser folded. Gross pondered about his decision for quite some time and made the call.
Kachan:
Gross:
There was no help at all on the and Gross is now really short.
Hand #26: Andrew Egan opened for 48,000. Viktor Skoldstedt called and so did blinds Neo Hoang and Richard Milne. The flop was . Checked to Egan who bet 82,000 and took the pot.
Hand #27: Hoang opened from late position for 54,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #28: It folded to Milne on the button who raised to 51,000. Egan made it 122,000 from the small blind and the big blind and Milne folded.
Hand #29: Hoang opened for 60,000. Milne called in the cutoff and the small blind raised it to 187,000. Hoang called and Milne folded.
The flop was . Henson bet out 110,000 and when Hoang moved all in, Henson gave him a stare down and folded.
Hand #30: Mike Kachan opened for 50,000 and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #21: Andrew Egan raised to 48,000 and folded to the three-bet of Raymond Henson.
Hand #22: Viktor Skoldstedt made it 50,000 to go and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #23: Steve Gross limped from the small blind and Mike Kachan in the big blind checked his option. On the flop, Gross bet 26,000 and quickly folded when Kachan moved all in.
Hand #24: Gross raised to 48,000 from the button, Skoldstedt called in the big blind. On the flop, the Swede check-folded to a 43,000 bet of Gross.
Hand #25: Jeff Blenkarn raised to 52,000 and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #16: Steve Gross opened for 48,000 and Neo Hoang called in the big blind. The flop was . Both players checked and saw the turn card . Hoang checked and Gross bet 53,000. Hoang moved all in and Gross folded.
Hand #17: Eric Shanks opened for 50,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt called. Richard Milne in the big blind made it 174,000 and took it down.
Hand #18: Mike Kachan opened for 55,000 and Skoldstedt called. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of . Kachan bet 101,000 but folded when Skoldstedt moved all in.
Hand #19: Skoldstedt opened for 50,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Gross opened for 51,000 and won the antes and blinds.
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Hand #11: In the last hand of the previous level, Jeff Gross raised to 40,000. Neo Hoang and Eric Shanks in the big blind called. On the flop, Gross continued for 45,000 and Shanks check-called. Both checked the turn and Shanks led 82,000 after the completed the board on the river.
Hand #12: Mike Kachan raised to 50,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #13: Hoang raised to 60,000 and Richard Milne three-bet to 173,000. Hoang folded and then asked his table neighbor, "Kings again?" Milne replied with "You will see in half an hour," referring to the delay of the live stream.
Hand #14: Andrew Egan raised to 48,000 and all opponents folded.
Hand #15: Jeff Blenkarn raised to 52,000 and Gross, Kachan and Viktor Skoldstedt all called. Skoldstedt took down the pot with a bet of 80,000 on the flop.
Hand #6: Andrew Egan opened for 40,000, Viktor Skoldstedt raised him and when Egan moved all in, Skoldstedt folded.
Hand #7: Eric Shanks opened for 41,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #8: Shanks opened for 41,000 and again won the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Shanks opened for 41,000, Mike Kachan three-bet to 77,000 and the blinds folded. Shanks moved all in and Kachan folded.
Hand #10: Skoldstedt opened fire 45,000 and Raymond Henson called in the big blind. The flop was . Henson led for 56,000 and Skoldstedt raised to 120.000. Henson called and the dealer rolled over the turn card . Henson checked. Skoldstedt moved all in and Henson let it go.