Hand #81: Chris Lindh raised to 400,000 from the hijack seat and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #82: Carlos Mortensen raised to 400,000 from the button, and he won as well.
Hand #83: Ryan Riess raised to 400,000 from middle position and won.
Hand #84: Sergio Castelluccio raised to 400,000 from the hijack seat and Lindh called from the big blind. The flop came and Lindh checked. Castelluccio bet 425,000 and Lindh quickly folded.
Hand #85: Playing from the hijack seat, Alex Livingston raised to 400,000 and all folded.
Hand #119: Sylvain Loosli raised to 425,000 from under the gun, Jay Farber called in the cutoff, Mark Newhouse called in the hijack, and the dealer fanned . Loosli checked, Farber bet 775,000, and both Newhouse and Loosli folded.
Hand #120: JC Tran raised to 425,000 in the cutoff, Fabian Ortiz called in the small blind, and the flop fell . Ortiz checked, Tran continued for 465,000, and Ortiz called. The turn brought the , Ortiz checked again, and Tran fired out 1.075 million. Ortiz called once again.
With over four million chips in the middle, the completed the board. Ortiz checked a third time, Tran moved all in for effectively 4.575 million, and Ortiz folded.
Hand #123: The action folded to David Benefield in the small blind and he raised all in. Max Coleman was in the big blind, and he made the call to be at risk.
Benefield:
Coleman:
With Coleman at risk and needing to spike, the flop gave him backdoor outs to a straight, but when the landed on the turn, it would be Benefield spiking a wheel to leave Coleman drawing dead.
The river landed the meaningless and Coleman was headed to the rail in 21st place for a $285,408 payday as Benefield eclipsed the 10 million-chip mark.
Hand #78: Bruno Kawauti had the button. Carlos Mortensen raised to 475,000. Everyone folded, and Motensen won the pot.
Hand #79: Chris Lindh had the button. Bruno Kawauti opened with a raise to 425,000, then action folded over to Ryan Riess in the small blind. He three-bet to 980,000. Play paused with Sergio Castelluccio in the big blind, but he ended up folding.
Kawauti then tanked for a bit before reaching for chips. He eventually made a reraise to 1.925 million, and Riess quickly folded.
Hand #80: Ryan Riess had the button. Chris Lindh raised to 500,000 from the cutoff seat, Riess called, and everyone else folded. The flop came down , and Lindh was up first. He fired 580,000, and Riess made the call in position.
The turn was the , and Lindh kept on the gas. This time he wagered 950,000. Riess made the call.
The completed the board on the river, and Lindh checked. Riess moved all in, and Lindh folded.
Hand #120: Matthew Reed opened to 400,000 from under the gun and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #121: Maxx Coleman raised to 400,000 from early position and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #122: From the button Amir Lehavot raised to 425,000 and Matthew Reed three-bet to 1,150,000 from the small blind. Lehavot released and Reed collected the pot.
Hand #114: Mark Newhouse raised to 400,000 from early position. JC Tran called from the next seat over, Sylvain Loosli called from the small blind, and Anton Morgenstern called from the big blind. The each checked to the river of a board where Loosli bet 750,000. Morgenstern folded, Newhouse raised to 2 million, and Tran folded. Loosli mulled it over before reraising to 4.8 million, prompting a fold from Newhouse.
Hand #115: JC Tran opened to 425,000 from early position and received no action.
Hand #116: Anton Morgenstern raised to 400,000 on the button and Mark Newhouse three-bet to 1 million from the big blind. Morgenstern folded, giving the pot to Newhouse.
Hand #117: Jay Farber raised to 430,000 on the button and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #118: Fabian Ortiz raised to 425,000 from under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #115: James Alexander raised to 450,000 from middle position and David Benefield called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and Alexander folded to a bet from Benefield on the turn.
Hand #116: Amir Lehavot opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and didn't get any action.
Hand #117: Matthew Reed raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #118: Maxx Coleman moved all in for around 3.5 million from the button, and James Alexander and Jan Nakladal let their hands go.
Hand #119: James Alexander raised to 475,000 from the button, Rep Porter shoved for 4,545,000 from the big blind, and Alexander decided to call.
Porter:
Alexander:
Alexander made another big call with ace-deuce, and this time it almost paid off. The flop came down , giving Alexander top pair. The on the turn left Porter with two outs to stay alive, and he was able to get there with the on the river. Porter doubled to 9.5 million, and Alexander's stack took another dive.
Hand #110: Jay Farber raised to 425,000 on the button, Mark Newhouse called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Newhouse checked, Farber continued for 375,000, and Newhouse immediately check-raised to 875,000. Farber called. The turn brought the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Newhouse led out for 1.5 million, and Farber put a hand on his head.
Farber begrudgingly called, showing for a straight, and Newhouse mucked.
Hand #111: Sylvain Loosli raised to 425,000 from second position, Anton Morgenstern three-bet to 950,000 in the hijack seat, and the action folded back to Loosli, who folded as well.
Hand #112: Loosli raised to 425,000 from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #113: JC Tran raised to 425,000 in the hijack seat, Fabian Ortiz called in the small blind, and Loosli called in the big blind. The dealer fanned , both blinds checked, Tran fired out 640,000, and both players called. The turn was the , both blinds checked once again, Tran fired out another 1.255 million, Ortiz tank-folded, and Loosli folded as well.
Hand #76: Sergio Castelluccio raised to 400,000 from the hijack seat, then Alexander Livingston reraised to 855,000 from the button. Castelluccio studied Livingston's remaining chips, then pushed all in, and Livingston quickly mucked. Castelluccio then showed one card — the — as he dragged the pot.
Hand #77: Carlos Mortensen raised to 425,000 from the hijack seat, Marc McLaughlin called from the button, and Chris Lindh called from the big blind as well. The flop came and all three checked. The turn was the . It checked to Mortensen who fired 500,000 and McLaughlin called.
The action on Lindh, he moved all in, and Mortensen folded without much hesitation. McLaughlin considered as Lindh's shove was counted to show he was pushing for 4,155,000 total. After another minute or so, McLaughlin flicked his cards to the dealer.