Kirk Banks opened for 12,000 and Michael Finstein made the call from the big blind. On the flop 
, Finstein check-called Banks's continuation bet for 13,000.
On the 
turn, Finstein bet 10,000 and Banks called. The river brought a 
and after Finstein checked, Banks fired 60,000. Finstein thought about it for a moment and ended up calling, showing 
. Banks tabled 
, revealing he didn't hit his straight.
Lee Guzovsky moved his short stack into the middle from under the gun and Gary Lew called from the big blind to put him at risk.
Lee Guzovsky: 
Gary Lew: 
Lew had a huge lead with his kings and Guzovsky needed a lot of help to survive. Neither player connected with the 
board and Lew took the pot to send Guzovsky to the cage.
Stephen Song opened to 13,000 and it was only called by Gene Harrill on the button.
Both players checked all the way throughout a 
board. Song tabled 
and Harrill sent his hand into the muck. Song has now a stack above 500,000 chips.
Niveau: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the day.
Ian Steinman opened to 10,000 and Damien Le Goff, one seat over, made the call.
The flop came 
and Le Goff called Steinman's continuation bet for 8,000. On the 
turn, Steinman bet 17,000 and Le Goff chose to fold his hand.
Ian Steinman is now the first player of the tournament with a stack over a million.
The following players earned $5,462 for their efforts in this event:
On a blind versus blind situation, the board was showing 
when Eric Baldwin bet 6,000 from the small blind, and Ryan Laplante called from the big blind
The turn brought a 
and Balwin tossed a stack of 5,000 chips out, putting Laplante's tournament at risk. The latter snap-called, with 42,000 chips left and turned over 
for the straight. Balwin, holding 
, was behind and the river didn't change anything.
Laplante has now a stack worth 100,000.
There were about 130,000 chips already in the middle and the completed board read 
when we got to the table. Jakob Miegel was in middle position and checked to his lone opponent, Geoffery Lavinson, who was on his immediate left. Lavinson bet 50,000, and after a bit of time in the tank, Miegel check-jammed for about 85,000 total. Lavinson folded and Miegel took the pot.
JC Tran opened in the middle position for 12,000 and only Jakob Miegel in the hijack called.
The flop went 
and both players checked. On the turn, JC Tran bet 12,000, but Miegel folded after some thinking. Tran showed 
for a flopped set of tens, and grabbed the small pot.
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