Hand #32: Matthew Reed opened for 250,000 from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #33: Maxx Coleman raised to 250,000 from early position and everyone else folded.
Hand #34: Max Coleman raised to 250,000 from under the gun and James Alexander (early position) and Matthew Reed (small blind) called. On the flop, Reed checked and Coleman fired 380,000. Both opponents folded, and Coleman picked up his second straight pot.
Hand #26: Steve Gee raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Fabian Ortiz defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Ortiz checked, Gee continued for 325,000, and Ortiz check-raised all in for effectively 3.63 million. Gee tanked for a bit, then finally mucked his hand.
Hand #27: Anton Morgenstern raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Sylvain Loosli defended his big blind, and the flop came . Loosli checked, Morgenstern fired out 325,000, Loosli called, and the turn brought the . Loosli checked, Morgenstern bet 650,000, and Loosli again called. A fourth spade - the - completed the board, Loosli checked a third and final time, and Morgenstern checked behind, showing . He was no good, as Loosli was trying to set a trap with for an ace-high flush.
Hand #28: Loosli raised to 290,000 out of the small blind, Steve Gee three-bet to 750,000 out of the big blind, and Loosli folded.
Hand#29: Loosli raised to 250,000 on the button, and both blinds released.
Hand #30: JC Tran raised to 250,000 from early position, Michiel Brummelhuis moved all in for 1.68 million from middle position, and the action folded back to Tran, who folded as well.
Hand #21: Clement Tripodi raised to 240,000 from the button, then Chris Lindh — fresh off busting Jason Mann in 25th place — reraised to 590,000 from the small blind, and both Ryan Riess (big blind) and Tripodi folded.
Hand #22: Carlos Mortensen raised to 250,000 from under the gun, and Lindh was at it again, reraising to 715,000 from the button. Mortensen called, and the flop came . Mortensen checked, Lindh bet 830,000, and Mortensen took just a couple of seconds before calling the bet.
The turn brought the . Mortensen checked right away, and about 10 seconds later Lindh checked as well. The river was the , and both quickly checked again.
Mortensen tabled , but Lindh had and claimed the pot.
Hand #35: Rep Porter opened to 250,000 from late position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #36: From the small blind Maxx Coleman raised to 275,000 and won the big blind and antes.
Hand #37: Jan Nakladal opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Amir Lehavot three-bet from two seats over to 600,000. With the action on David Benefield in the the cutoff, he moved all in for 1,835,000 to force a fold from Nakladal, but a call from Lehavot.
Lehavot:
Benefield:
With Benefield leading, the flop furthered that lead as the and on the turn and river saw Benefield double through 4,220,000 while Lehavot slipped to 3,930,000 in chips.
Hand #31: Anton Morgenstern raised to 250,000 on the button and won the blinds and ante.
Hand #32: Mark Newhouse raised to 300,000 from the small blind, JC Tran defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Newhouse continued for 350,000 and Tran folded.
Hand #33: Steve Gee raised to 250,000 in middle position and Michiel Brummelhuis called from the big blind. The flop fell and Brummelhuis checked-called 325,000 to see the turn. Both checked and did the same when the river completed the board. Brummelhuis showed for a pair of tens, Gee mucked, and Brummelhuis won the pot.
Hand #34: Mark Newhouse raised to 250,000 in the cutoff and Michiel Brummelhuis three-bet to 600,000 in the small blind. Newhouse folded, giving the pot to Brummelhuis.
Hand #35: JC Tran raised to 250,000 in the cutoff and Michiel Brummelhuis three-bet to 625,000 on the button. The blinds folded, as did Tran, giving Brummelhuis the pot.
Hand #23: Ryan Riess started this hand with the button. Chris Lindh raised from the cutoff seat to 275,000. Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind, and the flop came down . After Mortensen checked, Lindh checked behind.
The was added to the board on fourth street, and Mortensen checked again. Lindh didn't check this time, but instead bet 330,000. Mortensen called.
The river was the , and Mortensen checked. Lindh bet 615,000, and Mortensen went into the tank. The 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion eventually called, and Lindh quickly tabled the for quad aces. Mortensen could only muck, and Lindh won the pot.
This was the fourth consecutive hand Lindh has won, and he now has nearly 20 million in chips.
Hand #24: After that last rush of hands, Chris Lindh finally dropped a hand, with Marc McLaughlin being the beneficiary.
First to act, McLaughlin raised to 240,000 from under the gun and got one caller in Lindh from the cutoff seat. The flop came and both checked. The turn was the . McLaughlin checked again, Lindh took the opening to bet 405,000, and McLaughlin waited about a half-minute before raising to 1,050,000. Lindh considered a bit, then called the raise.
The river was the . McLaughlin waited a full minute this time, then bet 1,875,000, and after a half-minute Lindh called.
McLaughlin then turned over for a full house, and Lindh mucked.
Hand #36: Anton Morgenstern raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Mark Newhouse called in the hijack seat, and the rest of the players folded. The flop came , Morgenstern checked, Newhouse fired out 325,000, Morgenstern called, and the turn brought the . Both players checked. The on the river brought both straight and flush possibilities - even a royal flush was in play - and Morgenstern checked to Newhouse who bet 760,000.
Morgenstern tanked for nearly three minutes, then pushed out a stack of lavender T100,000 chips, raising to 1.6 million. Newhouse folded rather quickly
Hand #37: Jay Farber raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Morgenstern defended his big blind, and the flop came . Morgenstern checked, Farber fired out 325,000, and Morgenstern check-raised to 600,000. Farber called. The turn was the , Morgenstern led out for 975,000, and Farber folded.
Hand #38: Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 250,000 from middle position, Farber defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Farber check-folded to a bet of 325,000 from Brummelhuis.
Hand #39: Morgenstern raised to 250,000 on the button, and both blinds released.
Hand #38: Amir Lehavot opened to 250,000 from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #39: James Alexander opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Yevgeniy Timoshenko three-bet the button to 625,000.
With the action on Rep Porter in the big blind, he moved all in for 2,575,000 to force a fold from Alexander as Timoshenko went into the tank for over two minutes before eventually releasing his hand.
Hand #40: Maxx Coleman opened to 250,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the cutoff before Jan Nakladal three-bet to 725,000 from the button. Both Coleman and Timoshenko folded quickly and Nakladal was pushed the pot.
Hand #41: Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened to 250,000 from the hi-jack and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #42: Amir Lehavot opened the button to 250,000 and David Benefield called from the big blind to see a flop.
Benefield check-called 250,000 as the on the turn went check-check. The river of the saw Benefield lead for 375,000 and Lehavot folded.
Hand #43: From under the gun, James Alexander opened to 275,000 and Maxx Coleman defended his big blind. The flop was checked through as the on the turn saw Alexander's bet of 325,000 prompt a fold from Coleman.
Hand #44: Amir Lehavot opened to 250,000 and both Matthew Reed and David Benefield called from the cutoff and button before all three players checked the flop.
The turn of the saw Reed bet out 350,000 to prompt folds from both players.
Hand #25: Carlos Mortensen had the button. Clement Tripodi raised to 240,000 from early position, then action folded to Mortensen. He paused for a brief moment to put on his sunglasses, then called.
The flop came down . Tripodi led for 250,000, and Mortensen raised to 560,000 after very little time. Tripodi clarified the amount, then called to see the added to the board. Tripodi checked, and Mortensen bet 1.18 million. Tripodi tanked, as seems to be very commonplace at this secondary feature table. After a couple minutes, Tripodi folded, and Mortensen won the pot.