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It's gotten much tighter over the last ten minutes or so. There's been very little action on either of the outer tables. The biggest seen was when Phil Ivey fired a 175,000 turn bet on a board reading 
. His opponent in the hand was Dan Cates but the latter folded after thinking for about two minutes.
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With around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Philipp Gruissem checked and Lo Shing Fung bet 130,000. Gruissem made the call and then checked once again when the 
double paired the board. Fung lowered his bet to 103,000, and it enticed Gruissem to call, which left him just 82,000 back. Fung tabled the 
for a full house, and it was good as Gruissem mucked.
In the very next hand, John Juanda opened for 27,000 and Gruissem moved all in from the button for 80,000 total. The blinds folded and Juanda called.
Gruissem: 
Juanda: 
"Sorry Phil," Juanda warned. Fortunately for Gruissem, there was no need to apologize as the board ran out a safe 
to give the German the double.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
353,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
Phil Ivey and Isaac Hakton have a bet on the number of players who make it to the break which is in less than 10 minutes. There are currently 21 left which Haxton has and Ivey has 20. “Everything else is a push.” Haxton explained.
Phil Ivey opened with a large bet of 125,000 from early position and sat to his left with not much more was Philipp Gruissem who saw the funny side after looking at his cards and moved all in.
It folded round to Ivey who put in the extra and they turned over their cards.
Ivey had against the 
of Gruissem. The flop was 
. “Free roll.” said Gruissem, and when the turn 
hit, “Come on.” The river duly delivered the 
flush for Gruissem who doubled up and may have cost Ivey his bet with Haxton.
“Unbelievable.” said Ivey. “That’s what that hand was all about.” he remarked about his bet.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
376,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
287,000
-188,000
|
-188,000 |
|
||
With 21 players remaining, the tournament is on halt for 15 minutes.
| Seat | Player | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Feature Table | ||
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 1,434,000 |
| 2 | Talal Shakerchi | 300,000 |
| 3 | Sorel Mizzi | 261,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 1,085,000 |
| 5 | Ping San Chan | 1,460,000 |
| 6 | Fabian Quoss | 694,000 |
| 7 | Chun Lei Zhou | 648,000 |
| Outer Feature Table | ||
| 1 | Antonio Esfandiari | 906,000 |
| 2 | Paul Phua | 366,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Colman | 1,086,000 |
| 4 | Richard Yong | 830,000 |
| 5 | Olivier Busquet | 425,000 |
| 6 | Mike McDonald | 193,000 |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | 433,000 |
| Table 2 | ||
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | 507,000 |
| 2 | Dan Cates | 1,340,000 |
| 3 | John Juanda | 324,000 |
| 4 | Igor Kurganov | 462,000 |
| 5 | Phil Ivey | 610,000 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 388,000 |
| 7 | Lo Shing Fung | 1,672,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,672,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
1,460,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
1,434,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
1,340,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
1,086,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
1,085,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
||
|
906,000
-203,000
|
-203,000 |
|
||
|
830,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
694,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
|
648,000
-197,000
|
-197,000 |
|
|
610,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
|
|
||
|
507,000
-378,000
|
-378,000 |
|
462,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
433,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
|
||
|
425,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
|
388,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
366,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
324,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
|
||
|
300,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
261,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
193,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
|
||
Nível: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Isaac Haxton opened for 42,000 and from the button Antonio Esfandiari raised to 93,000. Paul Phua in the small blind then moved in over the top for a total of 417,000.
Haxton went deep in the tank. The decision was for his tournament life and he took a couple of minutes before he released his hand. When he did Esfandiari sighed and said to Haxton, “I was hoping you wold save me.”
Esfandiari made the call and showed 
racing against the 
.
The cards fell 
and Phua doubled. Haxton confiormed that he had folded the better pair but obviouxly would have lost anyway.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
878,000
512,000
|
512,000 |
|
|
489,000
-417,000
|
-417,000 |
|
|
||
We filmed the outer tables as the tournament is down to just 21 players:
Chun Lei Zhou opened for 35,000 from the hijack and then called when Ole Schemion three-bet to 80,000 from the cutoff. The 
flop saw Zhou check-call a bet of 66,000, and then he check-called a bet of 137,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, action went check-check and Zhou tabled the 
for a pair of sevens. Unfortunately for him, it was so good as Schemion had queens with the 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
366,000
|
366,000 |
|
|
294,000
-354,000
|
-354,000 |
