Hand #81: Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun to 650,000. Action folded to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind, and he called.
The flop came down , and both players checked through to the turn. Reinkemeier bet 800,000, and Negreanu called.
The river was the , and Reinkemeier bet 2.25 million after a long thought process. Negreanu called, but didn't like what he saw when Reinkemeier rolled over the for a full house. Negreanu mucked.
Hand #103: Brandon Steven limped from under the gun and Christoph Vogelsang did the same from the button. Cary Katz checked his big blind and the three saw fall. The trio of players checked and the fell on the turn. Katz checked, Steven fired 500,000 Vogelsang folded, and Katz called.
The river was the and Katz checked again. Steven moved 750,000 forward and Katz let it go.
Hand #104: Action folded to Katz in the small blind and he raised to 700,000. Steven folded his small blind and Katz won the pot.
Hand #105: Steven completed his small blind and Rick Salomon checked the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The fell on the turn and Steven check-called 300,000. The on the river prompted two checks and Steven showed for a winning spade flush.
Hand #106: Steven raised to 600,000 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #78: Daniel Negreanu limped in on the button, Daniel Colman completed from the small blind, and Scott Seiver checked in the big blind. The flop came . Both players in the blinds checked, Negreanu bet 400,000, and Seiver called.
Both players checked on the turn (), and the completed the board. Seiver led out for 800,000, Negreanu called, and Seiver won the pot with .
Hand #79: Colman limped in on the button, Seiver completed from the small blind, and Paul Newey checked in the big blind. The dealer fanned , Seiver checked, and Newey led out for 800,000. No one called the Brit's bet.
Hand #80: Negreanu raised to 650,000 in the hijack, Tobias Reinkemeier defended his big blind, and the flop was . Reinkemeier checked, Negreanu continued for 800,000, and Reinkemeier called.
The turn was a repeat five - the - and both players checked. The fell on the river, Reinkemeier checked, and Negreanu bet 1.1 million. The German tanked for the better part of two minutes before folding.
Hand #97: Rick Salomon raised to 625,000 on the button and Christoph Vogelsang three-bet from the small blind. Salomon flashed an ace and folded.
Hand #98: Brandon Steven raised to 600,000 under the gun and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #99: Cary Katz raised to 660,000 from the small blind and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #100: Rick Salomon received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #101: From the cutoff Cary Katz raised to 615,000 and Christoph Vogelsang called from the big blind. The flop came down and both played checked. The turn was the and again the action was checked. On the river the popped up and Vogelsang lead out for 350,000. Katz called right away and Vogelsang showed to rake in this pot.
Hand #74: Daniel Negreanu raised to 650,000 from the hijack seat to kick off this hand. Paul Newey reraised all in from the small blind for 5.675 million, and Negreanu folded after a little over a minute in the tank.
Hand #75: Negreanu raised from under the gun, and everyone folded.
Hand #76: Scott Seiver raised to 675,000 from the hijack seat. Antonio Esfandiari reraised from the button to 1.605 million, and everyone folded.
Hand #77: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 650,000 from the cutoff seat, and Esfandiari called on the button to see the flop come out . Reinkemeier bet 650,000, and Esfandiari called.
On the turn, the dealer added the to the board. Reinkemeier took his time before betting 1.2 million. Esfandiari called, and the pot grew to 5.75 million in chips.
The completed the board on the river, and Reinkemeier checked. Esfandiari reached for chips and slid forward 2.025 million. Reinkemeier tanked, and tanked he did for a couple minutes before folding.
Hand #96: Tom Hall opened to 750,000 from the cutoff and Rick Salomon called from the small blind. The two took a flop of and Salomon checked. Hall continued for 1 million and Hall stuck around.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the drop down on the river. Salomon checked for a third time, Hall fired 2 million and Salomon quickly flung out a call.
Hall instantly flung his hand into the muck and Salomon showed for a rivered pair of queens. He's now up to 24.1 million while Hall has fallen to 15.28 million.
Hand #93: Brandon Steven opened to 535,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #94: Rick Salomon limped under the gun and Gabe Kaplan raised all in for 2.935 million from the next seat over. Action folded back to Salomon who stood up from the table and called.
Salomon:
Kaplan:
The flop came down , giving Salomon a full house of tens full of sixes.
"Put a ten out there!" said Kaplan. "One more ten!"
The deck failed to oblige Kaplan's request, as the board finished off with the and the . Kaplan was eliminated in 12th place and Soloman's stack has soared to 21.7 million.
Hand #95: Steven completed his small blind, Soloman shipped, and Steven folded.
Hand #89: Brandon Steven raised to 450,000 from the small blind and Rick Salomon called from the big. The flop came down and both players checked. On the turn the popped up and Steven won the hand with a 450,000-chip bet.
Hand #90: Brandon Steven raised to 500,000 from the button and Rick Salomon three-bet all in for a ton of chips to put both Gabe Kaplan and Steven under pressure. Both players folded and Steven showed his . Salomon showed as he raked in the pot.
Hand #91: Rick Salomon raised to 500,000 from the button and Christoph Vogelsang called from the big blind. The hand was checked down on and Vogelsang showed to take the pot down.
Hand #92: From the cutoff Rick Salomon raised to 525,000 and Christoph Vogelsang three-bet from the small blind to 1,450,000. Salomon called right away and the flop brought , on which both players checked. The turn was the and Vogelsang checked again. Salomon bet 1,520,000 and his German opponent tanked for quite a while before making the call.
On the river the popped up and Vogelsang checked again. Salomon bet 3,100,000 and Vogelsang tanked for a long time before folding. Salomon showed for a completed bluff and the look of agony on Vogelsang's face was very clear. Steven applauded Salomon's move as he's one of the chip leaders of the tournament.
Hand #72: Paul Newey raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 1.04 million in the cutoff, and Newey folded.
Hand #73: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Daniel Colman called on the button, and the two took a flop of . Reinkemeier led out for 550,000, Colman called, and the turn was the . Both players checked.
The completed the board, Reinkemeier checked again, and Colman bet 1.5 million. Reinkemeier folded.