Dominik Nitsche had been hovering around the ten big blind stack for a while and got his last 335,000 in with 
against the 
of Keith Tilston.
The flop came 
giving Tilston trips.
"That's a good start," said tablemate Jason Koon. The turn was the 
but the river 
gave Nitsche a straight and he doubled up.
"And that's a strong finish," said Koon.
Sam Grafton raised to 105,000 from the cutoff and James Chen defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Chen checked to Grafton who continued for 75,000. Chen check-raised to 225,000 but Grafton called.
The turn was the 
and Chen checked again. Grafton fired out another bet of 250,000 and this time Chen laid his hand down.
"I would have gone for the double check-raise if it wasn't a queen on the turn," Chen pointed out.
Grafton just chuckled to himself. "It's been a while since someone's double check-raised me."
The action folded around to Elio Fox and Nick Schulman in the blinds and they wasted little time before getting all of the chips in the middle preflop. Fox was the player at risk for 700,000 and the two players were flipping.
Nick Schulman: 
Elio Fox: 
The flop came 
and Fox remained in the lead with his overpair. The 
on the turn changed nothing but the on the river was just what the doctor ordered for Schulman as he eliminated Fox from the competition.
Dietrich Fast was all in pre-flop after losing a big one holding 
against the 
of start-of-day chip leader Brandon Adams.
The flop 
gave both players a pair. Fast called for backdoor diamonds, but none came on the 
runout and he was eliminated.
Nível: 16
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day. When they return the blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with 31 players remaining.
Nick Schulman opened to 80,000 in middle position and James Calderaro defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Calderaro checked to Schulman who tossed in a continuation bet. Calderaro shoved all in for 605,000 and Schulman quickly called.
Nick Schulman: 
James Calderaro:
Calderaro out-flopped Schulman's pocket aces by hitting two pair. The 
changed nothing on the turn but the paired the board on the river. As a result, Schulman made a larger two pair and eliminated Calderaro.
On a 
Christoph Vogelsang and Alex Foxen checked to Jason Koon who bet 95,000. Vogelsang check-called before Foxen check-raised to 315,000. Koon called and Vogelsang folded.
The turn was the 
and Foxen moved all in. Koon had around 550,000 behind and folded.
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