Pot-Limit Omaha
Rainer Kempe raised to 1,900,000 on the button, called by Raghav Bansal on the big blind. They saw a 
flop, then a 
turn. Bansal now led out for 3,000,000 and Kempe called. The river 
saw no action, Kempe showing down a winning 
for a flopped set.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Raghav Bansal raised to 1,900,000 under the gun and Dan Matsuzuki called on the button. In the big blind, Aris Moschonas was down to not even four big blinds and three-bet shoved all in for 3,130,000. Bansal gave him protection and potted to 11,700,000, which got Matsuzuki out of the way.
Ari Moschonas: 
Raghav Bansal: 
Moschonas' aces were in the lead and he had Bansal's spade flush draw covered as well. The flop 
added a gutshot to Bansal's jacks and the 
on the turn opened up the deuces to win as well. Bansal drew a blank on the 
river, though, and Moschonas doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
|
17,800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
16,300,000
-2,300,000
|
-2,300,000 |
|
||
|
11,000,000 | |
|
8,600,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |
|
950,000 | |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Adam Lamphere raised the pot, 2,800,000, Rainer Kempe three-bet to 4,850,000 and was, as expected, called, Lamphere having just over two million behind.
Lamphere: 
Kempe: 
The deck hit Kempe hard with a 
flop followed by a 
turn, leaving his opponent, chip leader for two straight days, drawing to two outs. The river 
was not one of them and Lamphere has departed long before anyone might have expected him to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,200,000
5,300,000
|
5,300,000 |
|
Busted |
No-Limit Hold'em
Raghav Bansal raised to 1,900,000 from under the gun and everyone folded. The next hand, Rainer Kempe raised to 1,700,000 on the button. Bansal three-bet shoved to 12,600,000 from the big blind and Kempe folded. Kempe raised again next hand, now to 1,600,000 from the cutoff and won it this time.
Ashish Ahuja was first to act in the hand immediately thereafter and shoved all in for 11,000,000 from under the gun. Dan Matsuzuki raise to 1,600,000 under the gun and won the hand.
Bansal made it 1,900,000 the next hand and won his third out of five hands before the game switched back to Pot-Limit Omaha.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,100,000
5,700,000
|
5,700,000 |
|
|
18,600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
12,900,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
|
11,000,000 | |
|
|
4,900,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
|
3,100,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
|
950,000
-1,650,000
|
-1,650,000 |
No-Limit Hold'em
Stephen Ma, the red warning light blinking on his stack, moved all in preflop for 725,000. Over to Dan Matsuzuki, who repopped it to 1,700,000. This discouraged the rest of the table, and the hands were on their backs:
Ma: - a monster considering his one big blind shove.
Matsuzuki: 
- a monster in any situation.
The flop of brought a life-saving jack for Ma, the turned 
a flush-draw sweat for Matsuzuki, and the river a double for the super-short stack after his loss to Ahuja.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,200,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,600,000
1,875,000
|
1,875,000 |
Level: 38
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
No-Limit Hold'em
With No-Limit Hold'em back on the menu, Stephen Ma shoved all in for 5,625,000 from the cutoff. Ashish Ahuja called all in for 4,900,000 from the small blind and was at risk in the hand.
Ashish Ahuja: 
Stephen Ma:
Ahuja had a small lead to start out with but fell way behind after the 
flop was dealt. Five outs remained to save his tournament life but his rail exploded when one of them, the 
, landed on the turn.
The river was the 
and Ahuja, who was pacing around frantically before, sat back down in his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,800,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
15,400,000 | |
|
|
14,200,000 | |
|
|
11,000,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |
|
|
6,900,000 | |
|
|
5,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
725,000
-5,775,000
|
-5,775,000 |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Raghav Bansal raised to 1,500,000, with interest from Lamphere who called from the small blind after two raise-and-take-it small pots. The flop: 
. Lamphere led out for 3,600,000 (a pot-sized bet). Bansal leaned back in his chair, rechecked his hand, contemplated his middle-of-the-pack stack and then moved all in for 5,900,000 total. Lamphere snapped him off with 
; Bansal tabled 
. The wasn't a heart or an ace, and neither was the 
river, and Bansal scored a double up good for current second in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,400,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
6,900,000
-8,000,000
|
-8,000,000 |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Dan Matsuzuki raised to 1,200,000 in middle position and Daniel Moravec was the only caller in the big blind, peeling from a very shallow stack of just four big blinds. The dealer spread out and Moravec checked. Matsuzuki bet enough to put Moravec all in for his last remaining crumbs and the latter called it off for 1,330,000 total.
Daniel Moravec: 
Dan Matsuzuki: 
Moravec was looking for a lot of help if he was to survive and picked up a flush draw on the 
turn to go with his non-club gutshot. The river, however, was neither of those outs and he became the first to depart from today's final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,900,000
3,400,000
|
3,400,000 |
|
|
14,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
7,400,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
6,500,000 | |
|
|
5,500,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
4,500,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
Busted | |
Pot-Limit Omaha
After his double-up, Rainer Kempe potted it to 1,800,000 in the small blind and Aris Moschonas folded the big blind. Adam Lamphere raised the next hand to 1,500,000 in middle position, Dan Matsuzuki called from the cutoff, and the others folded. The flop was and Lamphere continued for 1,000,000, which Matsuzuki called.
The on the turn saw Lamphere fire another shell for 4,500,000. Matsuzuki went in the tank, then winged his cards in the muck after a minute of thought.
