At the previous level, Salman Behbehani got things started with an under-the-gun raise to 13,000, and Bryn Kenney made it 35,000 to go two spots later. Action folded to Sam Greenwood. The Canadian chip leader wanted to play for more and made it 90,000 to go. Kenney thought awhile after Behbehani folded, then came out five-betting to 162,000. Greenwood thought for a few minutes and folded.
On a board of , big blind Fabrizio Gonzalez and Mark Radoja got it all in. Gonzalez was drawing slim with his as Radoja tabled . The on the river wasn't one of the cards Gonzalez was looking for and he was heading for the exit.
Down to just 20 big blinds, Richard Seymour found under the gun and went with it. He moved in and found a caller in Luc Greenwood who held . After the board was all complete, Greenwood had a broadway straight beating Seymour's top two pair. Down and out for the American Football player, Luc Greenwood getting closer to his brother who still holds the top stack in the tournament.
Andjelko Andrejevic was all in for 134,500 effective in the cutoff with a board of between he and Luc Greenwood, who was on the button. Greenwood decided to call it off.
Greenwood:
Andrejevic:
Greenwood had a pile of outs, and one of them came on the river: .
Andrejevic was left with 59,000 or so, which he called off the next time he was in the big blind when Stephen Chidwick jammed in the small. Chidwick had and Andrejevic had a slight lead with . A board of put a straight on board, but Chidwick had made the nuts.
Daniel Dvoress managed to get his remaining 123,000 chips in the middle and was called by John Krpan.
Dvoress:
Krpan:
Krpan was well ahead and needed to fade one of three sevens in the deck. To his disappointment, the flop came , giving Dvoress trip sevens. Krpan threw his media card on the ground and began getting up from his seat, but another player at the table informed him he had more chips than Dvoress.
The turn was the and the river was the , securing the double up for Dvoress.
As the dealer was returning his remaining stack to him, Krpan said, "That's how you get rewarded for catching someone with their hand in the cookie jar."
With 159 entries in this $25,750 High Roller, just the top 23 players will be splitting the huge prize pool of $3,975,000 with a big $905,760 prize and a shiny trophy sitting up top for the winner.
Oleksii Khoroshenin began the day with 264,000 chips, good for a top five stack. He is now out after a series of unfortunate events left him with 125,000 chips.
Khoroshenin got his remaining stack in the middle and was called by Bryn Kenney.
Kenney:
Khoroshenin:
In a classic flip situation, the board ran out , with the ace on the river giving Kenney the pot and sending Khoroshenin to the rail almost halfway through the day.
and a double up looked promising against Daniel Negreanu's 
. 
, giving Negreanu the lead with a full house, deuces full of sixes. Krpan was visibly frustrated and got up out of his seat. 
on the turn and the 
on the river was not enough and Krpan hit the rail.
, big blind Fabrizio Gonzalez and Mark Radoja got it all in. Gonzalez was drawing slim with his 
as Radoja tabled 
. The 
under the gun and went with it. He moved in and found a caller in Luc Greenwood who held 
. After the board was all complete, Greenwood had a broadway straight beating Seymour's top two pair. Down and out for the American Football player, Luc Greenwood getting closer to his brother who still holds the top stack in the tournament.
.
put a straight on board, but Chidwick had made the nuts.
, securing the double up for Dvoress.
