Brek Schutten completed in the small blind with K♣J♠ and Michael Rocco checked back in the big blind with a mystery hand.
Schutten checked on the 10♦9♥10♥ flop and Rocco checked back. Schutten checked again on the 2♠ turn and Rocco checked back.
Schutten then bet 1,000,000 after making the nuts on the Q♣ river and Rocco paid it off.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh jammed for 4,125,000 from the button. Brek Schutten folded 6♠6♣ from the small blind before Michael Rocco snap-called from the big blind.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: Q♥10♥
Michael Rocco: A♣Q♣
Von Kriegenbergh was dominated and couldn't leapfrog Rocco's better holding following the K♣7♠7♥3♠7♣ runout.
Brek Schutten opened to 600,000 from under the gun. Brandon Wilson three-bet to 2,700,000 from the small blind and called off the 1,800,000 he had behind when Schutten four-bet jammed as the bigger stack.
Brandon Wilson: K♠Q♦
Brek Schutten: K♦K♣
The 10♠9♦2♣ flop provided no help for Wilson, but the A♣ turn gave him outs to Broadway. Instead, the 6♥ was a brick and the Day 1 and 2 chip leader exited in fifth-place.
Brek Schutten opened to 600,000 from the cutoff, and Brandon Wilson defended his big blind.
Wilson check-called bets of 450,000 and 1,000,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read 9♥3♥6♠10♦Q♠
Wilson checked for a third time and Schutten fired out a third barrel of 2,300,000, leaving 775,000 behind. After using some time banks, Wilson called.
Wilson had J♣9♣ for a pair of nines, but Schutten had 3♠3♣ and recouped some lost chips with his set.
Brek Schutten opened to 1,000,000 in the small blind with A♥K♥ and Michael Rocco defended in the big blind with A♣10♣.
Schutten continued for 550,000 on the flop of 3♣6♣J♠ and Rocco called. Schutten then checked on the 5♣ turn and Rocco checked back.
Schutten checked once more on the 9♥ river and Rocco tried to get value with his flush by betting 2,200,000. Schutten was suspicious and called with his ace-high, only to muck when he saw the bad news.
On the first hand back from break, Masashi Oya jammed for 1,800,000 from the hijack before Taylor von Kriegenbergh reshoved from the cutoff, which folded out the rest of the table.
Masashi Oya: K♣J♣
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: 9♥9♠
Oya failed to connect on the Q♦3♥3♦5♦4♥ board and bowed out in sixth place.
Niveau: 25
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
The six remaining players have been sent on a ten-minute break.
Michael Rocco woke up with K♣Q♣ and made it 500,000 from under the gun. Tyler Stafman just called from the hijack with J♣J♦.
On the 7♦5♥2♠ flop, Rocco checked, prompting Stafman to bet 400,000. Rocco released his hand.
Brandon Wilson raised to 500,000 under the gun with 10♥10♦ before Michael Rocco three-bet to 1,700,000 with A♠K♣ from the small blind. Wilson called.
The Q♦J♥3♣ flop checked through to the A♣ turn, giving Rocco the lead. However, he check-folded to Wilson's bet of 1,500,000.
"What did I just witness," said PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks as the hand ended.
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