Ben Lamb opened to 525,000 from under the gun, and Andrey Pateychuk called out of the big blind. The flop fell , Pateychuk checked, and Lamb continued for 500,000. Pateychuk mucked, and Lamb raked in the pot.
On the first hand back from the break on the secondary feature table, Phil Collins opened with a raise to 525,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Martin Staszko in the cutoff who reraised to 1.28 million. It folded back around to Collins, who sat motionlessly for a few moments, then pushed his cards away.
Samuel Holden opened to 480,000 from under the gun, Anton Makievskyi three-bet to 1.1 million on the button, and Holden called. The flop was , and both players checked. The turn was the , Holden checked again, and Makievskyi fired 1.4 million. Holden folded, and Makievskyi won the pot.
Khoa Nguyen opened for 525,000 from the button, and Phil Collins defended his big blind. Both checked the flop. The turn was the . Collins checked, and Nguyen bet 625,000. Collins then raised to 1.45 million, and Nguyen called.
The river was the . Collins sat quietly for a moment, then pushed out chips to bet 2.5 million. Nguyen went into the tank, thinking for a couple of minutes, and then finally emerged having convinced himself to call.
Collins showed for a king-high flush, and Nguyen mucked. A big shift of chips there, as Collins now has over 19 million while Nguyen tumbles down to around 2 million.
Action began with Scott Schwalich raising to 550,000 from under the gun. Only Martin Staszko called from a couple of seats over.
The flop came . Schwalich continued with a bet of 700,000, and Staszko again called. The turn was the and this time Schwalich checked. Staszko took the opening to fire a bet of 1.06 million, and Schwalich called.
The river was the . Schwalich checked again, and when Staszko bet 2.46 million, Schwalich stepped aside.
Staszko looks to have around 13 million now, while Schwalich sits at about 9 million.
Andrey Pateychuk opened to 480,000 from the cutoff, Pius Heinz defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was the , Heinz checked again, and Pateychuk fired 655,000. Heinz check-raised to 1.68 million, and Pateychuk called.
The river was the , and Heinz tanked before leading for 2.725 million. Pateychuk called rather quickly, and Heinz tabled for aces and nines. Pateychuk paused for nearly 20 seconds, then finally mucked his cards. Heinz raked in the pot, and is now just under 20 million chips.
From the cutoff seat, Ben Lamb raised to 525,000. Matt Giannetti made the call from the big blind and the flop came down . Both players checked to see the pair the board on the turn. Both players checked again.
The river was the and Giannetti fired an even one million. Lamb folded and Giannetti won the pot.
Anton Makievskyi opened to 550,000 from under the gun, and Pius Heinz called on the button. The flop came down , Makievskyi checked, and Heinz tossed out 625,000. Makievskyi mucked, and Heinz is now over 20 million chips.
John Hewitt raised to 500,000 from early position, and it folded all of the way around to Konstantinos Mamaliadis in the big blind who called. The flop came . Mamaliadis checked, Hewitt bet 675,000, then Mamaliadis check-raised to 1.375 million. Hewitt paused, then called the raise.
The turn brought the and a check from Mamaliadis. Hewitt waited a short while, then pushed out a bet of 1 million. Mamaliadis called.
The river was the . Mamaliadis checked one more time, and Hewitt quickly slid out a column of lavender chips, a bet of 2.3 million. Mamaliadis sat in thought for at least a couple of minutes, chewing his gum slowly as he contemplated the situation. Finally he folded.
Hewitt is closing in on 19 million now, while Mamaliadis has about 7.7 million.
From under the gun, Andrey Pateychuk raised all in for 4.3 million. Action folded to Pius Heinz in the cutoff seat and he made the call. Everyone else folded.
Pateychuk:
Heinz:
The board ran out and Pateychuk was chucked out as he couldn't hit an ace or a queen to stay alive. He was eliminated in 15th place for nearly $480,000. Heinz moved to over 25 million in chips.
With the elimination of Pateychuk, only 14 players remain and the ESPN production team has halted play until 4:30 PM PT.