Haralabos Voulgaris bet 8,500 after an opponent checked to him on a board of 
. The player called, and the river came 
. Voulgaris' opponent checked, and Voulgaris checked behind, immediately throwing his cards to the dealer. His opponent showed 
for top pair.
Brian Appelbaum opened to 4,700 and was flatted by the player next to act before the button moved all in for 45,100. The small blind Sterling Savill flatted before the action returned to Appelbaum who moved all in for roughly 160,000.
Following a fold from the initial caller, Savill went into the tank before folding and stating he had 
Appelbaum: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Appelbaum's aces held true to see him climb to 265,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Brian Appelbaum opened with a raise to 4,600. Melanie Weisner called from the small blind, and the flop came down 
. Weisner checked, Appelbaum fired 4,500, and Weisner called.
The turn was the 
, and Weisner checked again. Appelbaum bet 7,500, and Weisner called. Then, both players checked the 
river card.
Appelbaum showed the 
, and Weisner mucked her hand.
Brett Richey opened from middle position to 4,000 and he received one call from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and the player in the big blind check-called a bet of 3,600 from Richey.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the 
on the river. On the river, the big blind player check-called another 5,600 bet from Richey. Richey showed and that was good enough to take down the pot when the big blind mucked.
We arrived at the table to see the flop showing 
and around 20,000 in the pot.
David Allan had checked his option from middle position, before Guillaume Rivet bet out 8,500. Allan then raised it up to 21,000, and watch as Rivet tanked over his decision.
A minute went by, before Rivet mucked his hand, awarding Allen the pot.
Over on the main feature table, Phil Mader raised from early position. Action then folded to Phil Ivey in the big blind, and he made the call to see the 
flop. This is where the action got heavy.
After Ivey checked, Mader fired 6,000. Ivey check-raised to 20,000, Mader came back over the top with a reraise to 51,000. Ivey moved all in to put Mader to the test, and Mader called off the remainder of his stack. Mader was all in for 138,800 in chips, while Ivey had him covered.
The hands were shown and it was Ivey's in the lead for a flopped two pair — top two pair. Mader had an overpair with 
and needed some help if he was going to stay alive.
The turn was the , and now Ivey needed to fade a queen, jack or five on the river to win the pot and knock out Mader. The river card was the 
, delivering a set of jacks to Mader and winning him the hand. Ivey sent over the chips and dropped back to 186,000 or so. Mader doubled to nearly 300,000.
Juha Helppi raised to 4,000 from early position. He received calls from the button, the small blind, and the big blind.
The flop came down 
and the blinds checked to Helppi who fired 7,000. The button and the small blind folded, but the big blind called.
The turn was the and the big blind led at the pot with a bet of 17,000. Helppi called.
It was the 
on the river and the big blind led again, this time for 25,000. Helppi thought about it for a little bit, then folded his hand, dropping him to his lowest point of the day so far.
We walked up to a three handed pot involved Ludovic Lacay on the button and both of the blinds. The flop came down 
, and the small blind led for 7,000. The big blind folded, but Lacay tagged along to see the 
hit the turn. The small blind led again, this time for 12,100, and Lacay once again only took a few moments to toss in the call. THe river brought the , and this time, his opponent checked. Lacay knuckled behind as well, and the small blind hesitated to show, before announcing "eight high!". He showed 
, and Lacay rolled over for flopped middle pair.
After winning that one, Lacay has propelled up to 320,000.
We came upon a big hand between Sami Rustom and David Benyamine that had reached fifth street with the board showing 
. Rustom had set out a large river bet and Benyamine was tanking, then finally called for his last 55,000 or so.
Once showdown time had arrived, the player to Rustom's left pointed to his hand and said "seven-eight?" and indeed Rustom turned over for the turned straight. Benyamine stood to leave and the player turned to him. "You have a set?" he asked, and Benyamine nodded that he did.
Australian Cricket Star Shane Warne is no longer a part of the Main Event. We didn't catch the entire hand but we know that on a board of 
with a huge pot in the middle of the table, Warne's opponent put him to an all in decision for roughly 40,000 more chips.
Warne called it off and showed 
for a pair of jacks with the pair of sevens on board, but his opponent did him one better and showed for a pair of jacks with the sevens on board and an ace kicker. Warned mucked his hand and left the Brasilia room not looking too happy about being busted.
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