Christian Pham raised to 550,000 from early position, Marcel Luske called on the button, and Randy Pisane called from the big blind.
The flop came down , and action checked to Luske, who bet 1,300,000. Pisane cut out the chips to make a big raise but eventually decided to just call. Pham folded quickly. The turn was the , and both players checked to see the river. Pisane bet 1,700,000, and Luske folded rather quickly, allowing Pisane to take down the pot.
Alexandre Reard opened to 450,000 in the cutoff, and Valentin Messina defended big blind.
Messina check-called a bet of 400,000 on the flop. Both players checked the turn, and Messina bet 850,000 on the river. Reard sounded less than pleased but eventually called.
Messina showed for flopped trips and swept up the pot, leaving his opponent short.
Dann Turner shoved for 2,275,000 on the button, and Robin Hegele had him at risk from the small blind. It was a coin flip.
Turner:
Hegele:
The flop was , favoring Hegele. The turn changed nothing, and Turner was still looking for one of the two remaining nines in the deck to stay alive. The river was the , and Turner's day was done.
Turner earned a payout of $214,913 for his 34th-place finish in the Main Event.
Jonas Mackoff moved all in from the button, and Scott Blumstein was interested from the big blind.
"Around 2.7 million," Mackoff said, and Blumstein looked at the dealer. Half a minute passed, and Blumstein called to set up the showdown.
Jonas Mackoff:
Scott Blumstein:
On the flop, Mackoff found bottom pair, and Blumstein asked for hearts. Instead, the turn gave Mackoff trip deuces, and he locked up the double. That made the river a formality, and Mackoff doubled for 2,670,000.
Over on Feature Table 2, play was paused for a moment due to a marked card in the deck.
Randy Pisane was in the small blind, and after he received his two cards, he informed the dealer that one of his cards was slightly bent in the corner. He looked at it, and he said he strongly felt as though someone marked it on purpose.
The floor was called over, and the dealer explained the situation, but the players wanted Tournament Director Jack Effel to make a ruling.
Effel came over, and after listening to the situation, ruled that the hand was dead and would be dealt over with a new deck. "The good news is that there has been no action," said a smiling Effel.
To show why he felt someone marked the card on purpose, Pisane tabled the .
The players tossed their cards into the middle, and the dealer whipped the second deck out of the shuffler.
Immediately after Andrew Ostapchenko's elimination, Chris Wallace raised all in for 2,340,000 from early position. Florian Lohnert re-shoved from the hijack for about 7,500,000 and isolated the action.
Wallace:
Lohnert:
The board ran out — no help to Wallace, ending his Main Event in 32nd place.
Ben Lamb raised to 435,000 from under the gun, and Dan Ott called from the button.
The flop came down , and Lamb continued for 350,000. Ott called, the turn was the , and both players checked. The river completed the board, and Lamb bet, resulting in a quick fold from Ott.
Valentin Messina opened to 525,000 in the cutoff, and Joshua Marvin made it 1,625,000 to go in the small blind. Messina cut out what looked like 3,125,000 for a four-bet, and Marvin immediately announced an all in. Messina called just as fast to put Marvin at risk for what appeared to be around 10 million.
Messina:
Marvin:
The flop gave Marvin some outs to a chop, and he picked up even more on the turn. The river was a brick, however, and Marvin hit the rail in 31st place.
David Guay opened with a raise to 500,000 from early position. Pedro Oliveira called from the small blind.
The flop came down , and Oliveira checked over to Guay, who bet 775,000. Oliveira called. On the turn, Oliveira checked again. This time, Guay bet 2,000,000.
Oliveira tanked for a while. "How much are you playing behind?" he asked. Guay had right around nine million.
Eventually, Oliveira decided on a raise to 6,100,000. Guay moved all in quickly, and Oliveira snap-called, standing up from his chair and slamming down his for the turned nuts. The pot had ballooned to more than 24 million.
Guay then stood up and also revealed for the nuts. Neither player had a re-draw so the on the turn was meaningless, and the two men chopped up the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
, and action checked to Luske, who bet 1,300,000. Pisane cut out the chips to make a big raise but eventually decided to just call. Pham folded quickly. The turn was the 
, and both players checked to see the 
river. Pisane bet 1,700,000, and Luske folded rather quickly, allowing Pisane to take down the pot.
flop. Both players checked the 
turn, and Messina bet 850,000 on the 
river. Reard sounded less than pleased but eventually called. 
for flopped trips and swept up the pot, leaving his opponent short.
, favoring Hegele. The 
turn changed nothing, and Turner was still looking for one of the two remaining nines in the deck to stay alive. The river was the 
flop, Mackoff found bottom pair, and Blumstein asked for hearts. Instead, the 
turn gave Mackoff trip deuces, and he locked up the double. That made the 
river a formality, and Mackoff doubled for 2,670,000.
, and Lamb continued for 350,000. Ott called, the turn was the 
, and both players checked. The 
river was a brick, however, and Marvin hit the rail in 31st place.
