From under the gun, Pius Heinz raised to 425,000. From the cutoff seat, Anton Makievskyi reraised to 1.1 million. Play folded back around to Heinz and he squeezed out some more ketchup to the tune of 2.15 million. Makievskyi thought about it for a little bit, but decided he's rather have mustard on his hot dog instead and folded.
Anton Makievskyi opened to 450,000 from the hijack seat, Samuel Holden three-bet to 1.3 million from the small blind, and the action folded back to our chip leader Makievskyi who also mucked.
Martin Staszko opened for 425,000 from under the gun and Konstantinos Mamaliadis called on the button. The flop came and Staszko bet 575,000. Mamaliadis called. The turn was the . This time Staszko checked, Mamaliadis bet 980,000, and Staszko called.
The river brought the . Staszko checked one more time, and Mamaliadis bet 1.08 million. Staszko called again and tabled his hand. "Two pair," was the announcement, referring to Staszko's hand, and Mamaliadis mucked.
Staszko moves up over 8 million, while Mamaliadis now has about 14.2 million.
Khoa Nguyen raised to 430,000 from middle position and picked up four callers. It was five-way action to the flop, which everybody checked. When the appeared on the turn, action checked to Phil Collins in late position and he slide out a bet of 1.2 million.
One by one his opponents released their hands, and Collins took down the pot without further resistance.
Andrey Pateychuk min-raised to 400,000 from middle position, Pius Heinz three-bet to 1.1 million on the button, and the action folded back to Pateychuk who four-bet to 2.04 million. Heinz wasn't backing down however, he five-bet to 3.13 million, and Pateychuk snap-mucked his hand.
Eoghan O'Dea raised to 450,000 from middle position and got one caller in John Hewitt from the button. The flop came and O'Dea led with a bet of 550,000. Hewitt called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the and a big bet of 1.5 million from O'Dea. Hewitt thought a beat, then let his hand go.
O'Dea has more than 24 million it appears, while Hewitt is at around 16 million.
They've reached the first break of the day. We noted at the top how the eliminations came at a rate of seven per level yesterday, and that the pace might well slow down a bit today as they approach the final nine.
No slowing down yet.
The first hour of play today saw four eliminations -- Lars Bonding (22nd), Chris Moore (21st), Gionni Demers (20th), and Aleksandr Mozhnyakov (19th) -- after which the remaining 18 players reassembled around the final two tables. Following a brief period which saw players sticking to small-to-medium pots, the knockouts began anew, with three more coming before the break.
Within a few hands of the move, Kenny Shih got knocked out in 18th in a hand with John Hewitt, then Sam Barnhart was eliminated shortly thereafter in 17th after running pocket nines into Puis Heinz' pair of kings. Then Ryan Lenaghan pushed his below average stack all in with but couldn't outrun Samuel Holden's , and he hit the rail in 16th. Meanwhile, Anton Makievskyi continues to lead the way, having crossed the 30 million-chip mark, although Eoghan O'Dea is close on his heels.
The tension has risen a significant notch. Six of those who remain will see their two-week long runs end today, while the other nine will be continuing to live out their WSOP Main Event dreams until November. Cards go back in the air in 15 minutes.
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and Staszko bet 575,000. Mamaliadis called. The turn was the 
. This time Staszko checked, Mamaliadis bet 980,000, and Staszko called.
. Staszko checked one more time, and Mamaliadis bet 1.08 million. Staszko called again and tabled his hand. "Two pair," was the announcement, referring to Staszko's hand, and Mamaliadis mucked.
flop, which everybody checked. When the 
and O'Dea led with a bet of 550,000. Hewitt called. Both then checked the 
turn.
and a big bet of 1.5 million from O'Dea. Hewitt thought a beat, then let his hand go.
