Raymond Padgett raised all in from middle position for 1.63 million and Bobby Byram called from the big blind.
Byram:
Padgett:
The flop fell , pairing Byram's queen. Padgett still led with his kings, but the hit the turn to give Byram aces and queens. The river was no help to Padgett, ending his tournament in 21st place.
Joshua Hillock open-shoved from the cutoff and found a call in Matthew Haugen from the big blind. Hillock was at risk and holding the worse hand.
Hillock:
Haugen:
The flop was great for Hillock, as he had hit a three-outer on for top pair. Haugen was unable to retake the lead through the turn and river of and , doubling up Hillock.
Jason Leifer raised to 240,000 from under the gun, Paul Mattioda three-bet shoved from the cutoff for about 1.46 million and Mat Frankland called from the small blind. Leifer gave it some thought before he folded.
Mattioda:
Frankland:
The board ran out , no help to Mattioda, giving Frankland the pot.
A preflop raising war ended with Kevin Danko all in for 3,980,000 and Bobby Byram having him barely covered with 4,125,000.
Danko:
Byram:
This was the second time in the last two levels that Byram found himself on the better side of poker's sickest cooler. The dealer fanned out a board of and Danko was led to the payout desk.
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, pairing Byram's queen. Padgett still led with his kings, but the 
hit the turn to give Byram aces and queens. The 
river was no help to Padgett, ending his tournament in 21st place.
for top pair. Haugen was unable to retake the lead through the turn and river of 
and 
, doubling up Hillock.
, no help to Mattioda, giving Frankland the pot.
