Hand #73: Brandon Steven won the hand after unknown action.
Hand #74: Phil Ivey raised to 425,000 from the cutoff and Tom Hall three-bet from the small blind to, what looked like, 1,200,000. Ivey folded right away and Hall raked in this pot.
Hand #75: Rick Salomon raised to 450,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #76: Christoph Vogelsang raised to 425,000 from and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #52: Action folded to Daniel Colman on the button, and he raised to 400,000 to kick off the festivities. Scott Seiver reraised to 1.35 million out of the small blind, and then Paul Newey folded from the big blind after a brief moment of thought. Colman also gave it up, and Seiver won the pot.
Hand #53: From the hijack seat, Phil Galfond moved all in for 1.365 million. In the small blind was Newey, and he took his time when the action got to him, looking at both the all-in Galfond and Tobias Reinkemeier in the big blind. He eventually folded, and Reinkemeier made the call.
Reinkemeier had the , and Galfond had the .
On the flop, Galfond took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the to give Galfond two pair and leave Reinkemeier needing a queen to win the hand. The river was the , and Galfond doubled up on the last hand before the break.
Hand #54: The action folded to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind, and he raised to 600,000. Antonio Esfandiari reraised to 1.305 million out of the big blind, and Reinkemeier tanked for a considerable amount of time before four-betting to 2.25 million.
Esfandiari mulled the decision over, then folded. All in all, seven minutes elapsed during the first hand from break.
Hand #77: Tom Hall was trying to raise on the first hand after the break but he did not put enough chips in. Hall limped and Rick Salomon called from the small blind. Gabe Kaplan checked and the flop came down . Salomon checked, Kaplan bet 300,000 and Hall folded. Salomon check-raised to 800,000 and Kaplan called.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Kaplan folded when Salomon bet 1,220,000.
Hand #78: Christoph Vogelsang raised to 525,000 under the gun and the action folded to Gabe Kaplan who moved all in for exactly 3,000,000 from the small blind. Vogelsang tanked for quite a bit before he eventually let go of his hand.
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Hand #55: Daniel Colman raised to 550,000 from early position. Everyone folded, and he won the pot.
Hand #57: Scott Seiver raised to 480,000 from early position, and action folded to Antonio Esfandiari on the button. He reraised and made it 1.15 million. The blinds folded to put play back on Seiver. He called, and the flop came down . Seiver checked, and Esfandiari bet 1.21 million. After some time in the tank — about two minutes — Seiver raised all in and Esfandiari folded.
Hand #58: Action began with Paul Newey raising to 500,000 from early position. Daniel Colman called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Colman checked, and Newey checked.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Colman fired 2.5 million into a pot of 1.4 million, and Newey folded.
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, and Galfond had the 
.
flop, Galfond took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the 
to give Galfond two pair and leave Reinkemeier needing a queen to win the hand. The river was the 
, and Galfond doubled up on the last hand before the break.
. Salomon checked, Kaplan bet 300,000 and Hall folded. Salomon check-raised to 800,000 and Kaplan called.
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and Kaplan folded when Salomon bet 1,220,000.
. Seiver checked, and Esfandiari bet 1.21 million. After some time in the tank — about two minutes — Seiver raised all in and Esfandiari folded.
. Colman checked, and Newey checked.
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Colman fired 2.5 million into a pot of 1.4 million, and Newey folded.