Lars Bonding opened from middle to 360,000 and Christopher Moore called from the cutoff seat. Kenny Shih called from the big blind as well and the flop came down . Shih was up first and checked. Bonding fired 470,000 and action moved to Moore. He flatted and Shih folded.
The turn card was the . Bonding checked and Moore fired 700,000. Bonding made the call and the pot grew to 3.68 million in chips.
The river card was the and Bonding was first. He checked. Moore took some time and then fired an even two million. Bonding began to tank. He tanked for several long minutes before finally making the call. When he did, Moore tabled the for two pair and Bonding mucked his hand.
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov opened to 340,000, Scott Schwalich three-bet to 800,000 on his immediate left, and the action folded back to Mozhnyakov who moved all in for effectively 4.385 million. Schwalich called as fast as possible, and the hands were opened.
Mozhnyakov:
Schwalich:
Schwalich was well ahead, and remained ahead as the board ran . He doubled to 9 million chips, while Mozhnyakov slipped to 8.5 million.
Action folded to Scott Schwalich in the hijack seat on the secondary feature table. He raised to 350,000. In the cutoff seat, Pius Heinz reraised to 775,000 and won the pot.
A short-stacked J.P. Kelly open-shoved all in for 1.15 million from early position, and Ryan Lenaghan called from middle position. Andrey Pateychuk then reraised to 2.75 million, forcing out both the blinds and Lenaghan.
Kelly:
Pateychuk:
Bad timing for Kelly, who watched as the board came , spelling the end of his Main Event run in 26th place. Pateychuk moves up to 13.8 million after that hand, while Lenaghan remains at about 15.9 million.
Sam Holden just took down the blinds and antes twice in a row. First, he raised to 320,000 form the button and won. Second, he raised to 320,000 from the cutoff and won.
Ben Lamb is going to work on the outer table, having won the last three hands in a row there.
In the first, Lamb raised from the cutoff to 350,000, and Eoghan O'Dea called from the big blind. The flop came , and a c-bet from Lamb following O'Dea's check was enough to take down the pot.
Lamb open-raised to 350,000 on each of the next two hands as well (from the hijack, then one seat over), and earned himself the blinds and antes both times. The 2011 WSOP Player of the Year points leader is at 10.4 million now.
From middle position, Samuel Holden raised to 320,000. Ahtoh Makiievskyi made the call on the button and everyone else released their hands.
The flop came down and Holden fired a continuation bet of 380,000. After a minute, Makiievskyi put in a raise to 900,000. Holden gave it up and Makiievskyi moved to over ten million in chips. Holden dropped back to about three million.
From the cutoff seat, Christopher Moore raised to 330,000. Khoa Nguyen reraised to 875,000 from the button and action folded back to Moore. He made the call and the flop came down {(d}. Moore checked the flop and Nguyen fired 1.3 million. Moore tanked for a little bit and then folded his hand.