Guy Taylor raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Tom Cannuli three-bet from the button to 91,000.
Cannuli, who won the $3,333 Online High Roller bracelet this year for $322,815, is also a former November Niner, finishing sixth two years ago for $1,426,283.
"That was a very complimentary three-bet," said Taylor who rechecked his cards before folding.
"Thanks for the compliment," Taylor said as Cannuli raked in his chips, but Cannuli stayed silent.
After a raise to 25,000 and a three-bet to 75,000 by the hijack, Marcel Luske cold four-bet to 225,000 from the cutoff, out of a total stack of 546,000. The action folded back around to the three-bettor and he five-bet shoved. Luske called instantly.
Marcel Luske:
Hijack:
The board ran out and Luske doubled his 546,000-stack.
With a substantial pot already brewing and the board reading , Nick Maimone bet 60,000 from the big blind and Marcel Luske shoved from middle position for 213,000, sending Maimone into the tank.
"I have a pair but I don't think I'm ahead," said Maimone. "Kind of a gift, I think. You're not going to bluff me with that many chips. Maybe you have a draw?"
Ultimately, Maimone called and Luske flipped over for a turned set of fives, which was far ahead of Maimone's . The on the river changed nothing and Luske took the pot to double up.
"You turned me. If I bet that flop, I win," said Maimone as Luske stacked his newly-acquired chips.
The cutoff opened for 23,000 and Isaac Haxton called from the button. Matthias De Meulder over-called from the big blind to make it three-handed to the flop of . De Meulder and the initial raiser both checked, Haxton bet 27,000, De Meulder called, and the cutoff folded.
De Meulder checked again on the turn and Haxton now bet 120,000. De Meulder called once again.
As the paired the board on the river, De Meulder checked for the third time. Haxton bet 250,000 and De Meulder pondered for a bit before he called. Haxton showed . De Meulder took it down with .
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy is sitting second in chips heading back from the second break of the day. The East Coast grinder started the day with 971,000 and now sports a healthy 2.4 million to play with.
He is already guaranteed a payout of just a few thousand less than his biggest cash to date, which he earned in last year's Main Event when he placed 278th for $36,708.
PokerNews spoke with Kotlyarevskiy to find out how play's been and to learn his strategy for the rest of the day.
Kotlyarevskiy: I won most of my chips from two big hands. The quads over quads hand and then a very friendly runout when I had ace-queen against aces. Then I've been playing small pots ever since to chip up.
PokerNews: Have you been able to get full value from being the chip leader at your table?
Kotlyarevskiy: My table is pretty solid. I think everybody left is a pretty confident player. Hopefully, I can use my stack. We'll see. I'm sort of waiting for the blinds to get bigger.
PokerNews: How would you rate the play today?
Kotlyarevskiy: Play today is significantly faster. That's about it. There were so many short stacks coming in that it just seems like there were a lot of people sticking it in. I mean, we lost about 400 people already today.
PokerNews: What's you plan for the rest of Day 4?
Kotlyarevskiy: Look, I have 200 big blinds, I don't want to do anything stupid. I'm going to keep it on cruise control for now and see what happens.
and Luske doubled his 546,000-stack.
, Nick Maimone bet 60,000 from the big blind and Marcel Luske shoved from middle position for 213,000, sending Maimone into the tank.
for a turned set of fives, which was far ahead of Maimone's 
. The 
on the river changed nothing and Luske took the pot to double up.
. De Meulder and the initial raiser both checked, Haxton bet 27,000, De Meulder called, and the cutoff folded.
paired the board on the river, De Meulder checked for the third time. Haxton bet 250,000 and De Meulder pondered for a bit before he called. Haxton showed 
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