Benjamin Pollak opened to 360,000 in the cutoff. Travis Lutes shoved for 1,560,000 in the small blind. Big blind Valentin Messina re-raised to 2,900,000. That made Pollak fold face-up.
Lutes:
Messina:
The flop missed Lutes but left him with a couple of outs to chop. The turn was a brick, as was the river.
With about 1,000,000 in the pot and the board reading , Justas Vaiciulionis bet 375,000 from the hijack after Richard Gryko checked from the big blind. Gryko then check-raised to 1,175,000, and Vaiciulionis called. The river was the , and Gryko bet 3,140,000. Vaiciulionis mucked his hand.
Joshua Marvin and Benjamin Pollak arrived at Table 724 when their former table broke, and Pollak joined fellow Frenchmen Valentin Messina and Alexandre Reard. In fact, he sat down right next to Reard.
After that, the next few hands didn't provide much action. Messina claimed two hands post-flop, then Scott Stewart raised to 380,000 from the small blind. Reard called in the big blind, and the flop came . Stewart continued for 330,000, and Reard called before doing so again for 675,000 on the turn. The river was checked by both, and Stewart showed , Reard chopped it with .
The next hand, Stewart raised from the button, and Pollak defended the big blind. The Frenchman checked the flop and called a bet of 280,000 from Stewart. Neither the turn nor the river provided any action, and Pollak's won him the pot with a flopped flush.
Marcel Luske opened from the cutoff, and he was called by Pedro Oliveira in the big blind.
The flop came down , and Oliveira took the lead, betting 475,000. Luske called. On the turn, Oliveira fired again, this time betting 875,000. Luske called once more. The river was the , and Oliveira fired a third time, this time putting out a bet of 1,375,000. Luske quickly folded.
That gave the big pot to Olivera, while Luske slipped under six million chips.
Florian Lohnert raised to 360,000 from middle position, Ben Lamb three-bet to 875,000 from the cutoff, Lohnert four-bet to 1,800,000, and Lamb thought it over for about one minute before he folded.
Richard Gryko raised to 360,000 in middle position, and Michael Krasienko moved all in for 2,960,000 in the next position. The remaining players folded, and Gryko called to put Krasienko at risk.
Gryko:
Krasienko:
Krasienko was behind,, but he took the lead on the flop. Krasienko was still good on the turn and the river, and he doubled up.
Christian Pham raised to 425,000 from early position, and Randy Pisane defended his big blind.
The flop came , and Pisane checked. Pham bet 450,000, and Pisane called. The turn was the , and both players checked to the on the river. Both players checked again, and Pisane tabled for trip jacks. Pham mucked.
Antoine Saout raised to 325,000 from under the gun, and Dan Ott called from the next seat over. Neil Patel re-raised all in for 2,920,000 from middle position, Saout folded, and so did Ott after a few moments.
The action was folded around to Florian Lohnert in the small blind, and he shoved all in for around 3,800,000. Zu Zhou was in the big blind and had just 1,700,000 remaining. He thought for a moment and then moved a stack of chips into the pot.
Zhou was ahead with , but Lohnert had two overcards with . The board ran out , and Lohnert made two pair to eliminate Zhou.
There are just 36 players and four tables remaining with Level 30 nearing the end.
Randy Pisane opened the action with a raise to 380,000 from the cutoff. Next to act, Pedro Oliveira three-bet to 1,100,000. Action folded to Jake Bazeley, who tanked for a big from the big blind before he released his cards, and the action was back to Pisane. He thought for roughly two minutes before the clock was called on him.
As the table waited for a floor person to arrive, Pisane finally made a move, re-raising to 3,080,000. Oliveira quickly folded his cards.
A verbal spat then erupted between Pisane and some of the other members of the table, discussing whether or not calling the clock in this specific instance was warranted. Pisane didn't think it was fair that the clock was called on him after such a short amount of time.
"You made a raise to 1.1 million," he said after the hand. "I will take as long as I want. It's a big decision."
Either way, Pisane took in the pot and added to his stack.