Hand #71: Jay Farber raised to 330,000 from under the gun, Michiel Brummelhuis called on the button, Fabian Ortiz called in the small blind, and Sylvain Loosli defended his big blind. The flop fell , both blinds checked, Faber fired out 650,000, Brummelhuis raised to 1.4 million, and the action folded back to Farber. He folded.
Hand #72: Loosli raised to 370,000 out of the small blind, Anton Morgenstern called in the big blind, and the flop came . Loosli checked, Morgenstern bet 525,000, and Loosli folded.
Hand #73: JC Tran raised to 330,000 in second position, Morgenstern called out of the small blind, and the dealer fanned . Morgenstern checked, Tran tossed out 425,000, and Morgenstern folded.
Hand #74: Brummelhuis raised to 325,000 from early position, Loosli three-bet to 675,000 from the cutoff, and the action was back on Brummelhuis. The Dutchman folded.
Hand #75: Ortiz raised to 350,000 form the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #76: Loosli raised to 325,000 from second position, Tran called in the small blind, and the dealer spread . Tran checked, Loosli continued for 375,000, and Tran called. The turn brought a third heart - the - and Tran led out for 660,000. Loosli folded.
Hand #49: Marc McLaughlin had the button. Carlos Mortensen raised to 325,000 from the hijack seat. Chris Lindh called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Lindh checked, and Mortensen bet 300,000. Lindh slowly made the call.
The turn was the , and Lindh led for 590,000. Mortensen paused, looked back at his hand, then mucked, and Lindh won the pot.
Hand #50: Brazilian Bruno Kawauti had the button to start this hand. Sergio Castelluccio raised to 320,000 from under the gun, and Chris Lindh made the call from the small blind.
While Castelluccio adjusted his sweatshirt to have his hoodie on, the dealer spread the flop. Both players checked.
The turn was the , and both checked again. Then, the paired the board on the river. Lindh led with a bet of 490,000, and Castelluccio folded.
Hand #51: Chris Lindh had the button. Carlos Mortensen raised to 450,000 from under the gun. PLay folded to Lindh, and he also folded before running off to the bathroom. Everyone else folded, and Mortensen won the pot.
Hand #52: Ryan Riess had the button, and Chris Lindh was still off in the bathroom. Marc McLaughlin raised to 320,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #53: Sergio Castelluccio had the button. Chris Lindh was still absent after running to the bathroom, and Marc McLaughlin started things off with a raise from under the gun to 320,000. Everyone folded, and McLaughlin won the pot for the second hand in a row.
Hand #45: Carlos Mortensen enjoyed a walk in the big blind, the first today at the secondary table.
Hand #46: Sergio Castelluccio raised the minimum to 320,000 from the button, Mortensen called from the small blind, then Alexander Livingston pushed all in from the big blind for 4,890,000. Castelluccio thought about a half-minute before folding, then Mortensen quickly folded as well.
Hand #47: Marc McLaughlin was in the big blind and got a walk.
Hand #48: Chris Lindh raised to 360,000 from under the gun, then Ryan Riess considered for a short while before pushing all in with his last 2,395,000. It folded back to Lindh who looked to his left at Riess and the chips sitting before him, then called.
Riess showed and Lindh , and Riess's supporters began chanting "Riess the Beast!" as the dealer spread the flop.
Riess had paired his queen, but needed to fade a nine or Lindh filling a straight. The turn was the and river the , and Riess survived to the roaring satisfaction of his rail.
Hand #69: Matthew Reed raised to 325,000 from middle position, and James Alexander (button) and Jan Nakladal (big blind) called to see a flop of . Reed and Nakladal checked to Alexander, who bet 405,000, and the other two folded.
Hand #70: David Benefield raised to 320,000 from middle position and James Alexander called from the cutoff. Alexander stared down Benefield as the flop rolled out . Both checked, and same action occurred on the turn. The arrived on the river and Benefield fired 265,000. Alexander called, and Benefield showed to win the pot.
Hand #71: James Alexander raised to 340,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #72: Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised all in for 2,165,000 from the hijack, and Jan Nakladal paused for 30 seconds before announcing a call from the cutoff seat. The other players folded, and Timoshenko was at risk and in bad shape.
Timoshenko:
Nakladal:
The flop was disastrous for Timoshenko, but he picked up some chop outs on the turn. Unfortunately for him, the on the river gave Nakladal a full house, and Timoshenko graciously made his way out of the Amazon Room.
Hand #66: JC Tran opened to 325,000 in early position, Fabian Ortiz called in the cutoff, Sylvain Loosli called on the button, and Jay Farber called from the big blind. The flop fell and Farber checked to Tran who bet 540,000. Ortiz called, Loosli raised to 1.65 million, and Farber gave up his hand. Tran folded, Ortiz ducked out of the way as well, and Loosli took down the pot.
Hand #67: Sylvian Loosli raised to 325,000 in the cutoff, Anton Morgenstern three-bet to 850,000 on the button, and Loosli four-bet to 1.8 million when action folded back to him. Morgenstern took a few moments before five-betting to 3.8 million, but instantly folded when Loosli six-bet shoved for 14.63 million.
Hand #68: Mark Newhouse limped from the small blind, JC Tran checked his option, and the flop fell . Newhouse check-folded to a bet from Tran.
Hand #69: JC Tran limped from the small blind, Michiel Brummelhuis checked his option, and the flop came down . Tran checked, Brummelhuis bet 160,000, and Tran gave it up.
Hand #70: JC Tran raised to 325,000 on the button and took down the pot.
Hand #41: Alexander Livingston had the button. From under the gun, Chris Lindh opened to 340,000. Carlos Mortensen called from the cutoff seat, then in the big blind, Bruno Kawauti called, and the dealer spread a flop. Kawauti and Lindh checked, then Mortensen fired 450,000. Both of his opponents folded, and Mortensen won the pot.
Hand #42: The button was on Marc McLaughlin. Action folded to him, and he raised to 325,000. Chris Lindh called out of the big blind, and the flop came out . Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Lindh checked. McLaughlin checked behind. The river was the , and Lindh checked. McLaughlin checked behind again.
Lindh showed the for a pair of aces, and McLaughlin mucked his hand.
Hand #43: Bruno Kawauti had the button. From second to act, Carlos Mortensen raised to 450,000. Everyone folded, and Mortensen scooped the pot.
Hand #44: The button was on Chris Lindh. Alexander Livingston raised to 320,000 from second position, then play moved over to Lindh. He reached for a bit more chips and reraised to 530,000. The blinds folded before Livingston, the original raiser, was back up. He called.
The flop came down , and Livingston checked. Lindh took 30 seconds, then bet 680,000. After about 45 seconds, Livingston check-raised all in, and Lindh snap-folded.
Hand #61: Sylvain Loosli raised to 325,000 from the hijack seat, JC Tran defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Tran checked, Loosli continued for 375,000, and Tran folded.
Hand #62: Jay Farber raised to 330,000 in the cutoff, Mark Newhouse three-bet to 730,000 on the button, both blinds released, and Farber four-bet to 2.03 million. Newhouse snap-mucked.
Hand #63: Anton Morgenstern raised to 325,000 in middle position, Fabian Ortiz three-bet to 910,000 in the big blind, and Morgenstern folded.
Hand #64: Newhouse raised to 325,000 in the hijack seat, taking down the blinds and antes.
Hand #65: Ortiz limped in on the button, Loosli completed from the small blind, and Morgenstern checked in the big blind. The flop came , both blinds checked, and Ortiz fired out 250,000. Only Loosli called. The turn was the , Loosli checked again, and Ortiz knuckled behind. The completed the board, Loosli checked a third time, and Ortiz fired out 600,000. Loosli snap-called with , which bested Ortiz's .
Hand #63: Maxx Coleman opened to 325,000 from middle position only to haveRep Porter move all in for 2,835,000 from the small blind. Coleman folded and Porter won the hand.
Hand #64: The action folded to Amir Lehavot in the small blind and he moved all in and won the big blind and antes.
Hand #65: David Benefield received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #66: David Benefield limped the small blind and Maxx Coleman checked his option to see a flop fall.
Benefield checked and Coleman bet out 175,000 to prompt a fold from Benefield.
Hand #67: From under the gun Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened to 350,000 and Jan Nakladal called next to act to see a flop fall.
Timoshenko checked and Nakladal bet out 475,000 with Timoshenko calling as the landed on the turn and both players checked. The river fell the and Timoshenko checked again as Nakladal bet out 700,000.
Timoshenko turned to his left to stare at Nakladal, but Nakladal responded by burying his head to his chest so Timoshenko couldn't gauge a reaction.
Roughly three minutes passed and Timoshenko shook his head from left-to-right and folded his hand.
As Nakladal was being the pushed the pot, David Benefield asked to see one card and Nakladal flipped over the .
Hand #39: Chris Lindh raised to 360,000 from the hijack, and Alexander Livingston called from the big blind. The flop brought three low cards — — and Livingston checked right away. Lindh set out a bet of 405,000, then Livingston raised to 1,045,000. Lindh sat for about 20 seconds, then said he was reraising all in and Livingston instantly folded.
Hand #40: Lindh again opened the betting, raising to 360,000 from middle position. Carlos Mortensen called from the button, and Marc McLaughlin came along as well from the big blind. The flop came , and McLaughlin led out with a bet of 675,000. Lindh called the bet while Mortensen folded.
Both checked the turn, then fifth street brought the . McLaughlin bet 1.4 million, Lindh called, then McLaughlin tabled for trip eights and Lindh mucked.