Joe Ghio opened to 1,2000,000 and Juan Maceiras Lapido three-bet to 4,000,000 from the cutoff with A♥J♣. Joshua Payne, had 7♠7♦, and four-bet to 9,000,000 on the button to bring a fold from Ghio. Maceiras Lapido called.
Maceiras Lapido checked on the flop of 4♣J♥2♦ and Payne checked back. Maceiras Lapido checked again on the 9♥ turn and Payne also checked.
Maceiras Lapido checked once more on the A♠ river and Payne checked once more. Maceiras Lapido took in the pot with his two pair.
Cong Pham returned from dinner break as the short stack and pushed all in for 3,500,000 from under the gun. Jan-Peter Jachtmann just called on his left and the rest of the table folded.
Cong Pham: A♥10♦
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: A♣5♣
The flop came K♣J♠6♥ which missed both players, leaving Pham still in the lead. The 8♠ on the turn changed nothing and the 2♦ on the river also bricked as Pham scored a double up.
Juan Maceiras Lapido raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and was called by Daniel Weisman and Joe Ghio in the blinds.
The flop came 2♣A♠6♦ and action checked to Maceiras Lapido who bet another 1,500,000. Only Weinman called to the 2♠ turn.
Maceiras Lapido then bet another 4,500,000 and Weinman again called. The 4♠ fell on the river and Weinman checked once more. Maceiras Lapido quickly moved all in, sending Weinman deep into the tank as he considered the call for his last 14,100,000.
Weinman spent nearly three minutes agonizing over the call with his Main Event life on the line before deciding to fold.
Juan Maceiras Lapido opened to 1,000,000 from the hijack and Joshua Payne three-bet to 2,700,000 from the cutoff. Maceiras Lapido called.
Maceiras Lapido checked on the flop of 3♠7♥A♠ and Payne continued for 1,500,000. Maceiras Lapido called. Maceiras Lapido checked again on the 4♣ turn and Payne bet 4,500,000. Maceiras Lapido laid it down.
Steven Jones limped the small blind and called a raise to 1,125,000 by Adam Walton, which led them to the A♥Q♣4♠ flop. Jones opted to check-call for 1,050,000 and did so again for 2,200,000 on the J♦ turn.
Jones then bet the Q♦ river for 5,500,000 and had barely announced the bet when Walton already beat him into the pot.
Jones tabled his Q♠3♠ and Walton had that beat with the K♦10♣ for broadway.
Andrey Pateychuk then raised to 1,000,000 and Daniel Holzner defended his big blind, but check-folded the Q♣J♣J♥ flop to a continuation bet.
Jones opened to 1,000,000 soon after and Anirban Das three-bet to 3,250,000 on the button. The call by Jones followed which led them to the A♣8♥5♣ flop. Jones checked, Das bet 1,600,000 and that ended the resistance of Jones right there.
Joe Ghio raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack and Ruslan Prydryk called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣8♥9♠ and Prydryk checked over to Ghio and he bet another 1,000,000. Prydryk came back with a raise to 3,500,000 and Ghio called.
Prydryk led out for 7,500,000 on the K♣ turn and Ghio then moved all in for 11,100,000. Prydryk snap-called with 9♣8♣ for two pair, but Ghio had turned a straight holding J♦10♣.
The Q♠ on the river was safe for Ghio and he doubled up off the previously unbeatable Prydryk.
Jack O'Neill opened to 1,000,000 from under the gun with A♠K♣. Sachin Joshi three-bet to 2,650,000 on his left with Q♥Q♣. Jan-Peter Jachtmann flat-called with 10♠10♥ in the cutoff, and the action folded back to O'Neill, who four-bet to 7,500,000.
Joshi folded, and Jachtmann tanked for a couple of minutes before following suit.
Daniel Holzner raised to 1,000,000 from middle position and Daniel Scroggins jammed for just over 5,000,000 from the big blind. Holzner called quickly and the cards were turned up.
Daniel Scroggins: 8♠8♦
Daniel Holzner: A♣K♠
The board ran out 10♥J♥6♠J♠A♥ and Holzner picked up a heart on the river to beat the eights of Scroggins and send him to the rail in 21st place for $345,000.
