A player in middle position raised to 27,000, Sofia Lovgren called from the cutoff, and Randy Pisane three-bet from the button to 80,000. The small blind four-bet shoved for just under 400,000, the original raiser folded, Lovgren folded, and Pisane called to put the small blind at risk.
Pisane:
Small blind:
Pisane had a huge lead with the better pocket pair, and he was still best after the board ran out , so he took the pot to send his opponent to the cage and add to his rapidly growing stack.
Shortly after being moved to the Brasilia room, Liv Boeree just eliminated a player when her held on a board.
Meanwhile, Martin Finger cited a strong showing at the end of last level, including a double and a big 600,000-chip pot where his held against . That's how he's now the proud owner of 1.7M chips.
Matt Bond bet 85,000 from the big blind on a board, and Pim Kuipers made it 185,000 in the cutoff. Bond called, and both players checked the river. Bond turned over and dragged the pot.
The players are back in their seats. There's just 120 minutes of play separating them from a well-earned dinner break. The blinds are still at 6,000/12,000 and the ante is still 2,000.
The following players have been eliminated between 478th and 540th place earning $24,867. Notables joining them include John Krpan, Bernard Lee, Nick Petrangelo, Perry Friedman, and Jesse Martin.
Players are going on a 20-minute break, after which there will be two more hours before the dinner break. Mickey Craft is back on top and will be heading to the feature table after the break.
We found Wouter Van Der Peijl with 230,000 in front of him in middle position, engaged in a preflop raising war with Andrey Pateychuk, who was in late position. Pateychuk had made it 416,000, and Van Der Peijl finally backed down after some thought and mucked.