Joining the action on the flop, Michael Sklenicka checked out of the big blind and Max Silver bet 325,000, which the Czech called. After the turn, Sklenicka checked again and Silver made it 900,000 to go. Sklenicka called, immediately checking the on the river.
Silver fired a third barrel worth 2,100,000 and Sklenicka verified the bet size before tossing in a single chip for the call. Silver immediately mucked and forfeited a decent portion of his stack. "I thought you had it," Daniel Turner said.
"Thanks," Silver replied and Turner asked for his name. "I am Max," Silver replied, still smiling after just having lost almost half of his stack.
Marcel Luske has been chipping up nicely since moving to the secondary feature table and donning a pair of sunglasses borrowed from Brian Piccioli. In one hand, he made a straight to win a small pot against David Guay, then immediately after picked up aces on the button and took down the blinds and antes.
"Must be the glasses," Piccioli joked with Luske.
Just a few hands later, Cosmin Joldis moved all in from early position for roughly 1,800,000. Luske was next to act and he moved all in over the top with a covering stack around 4 million. Action folded around so the two went heads up to a showdown.
Luske:
Joldis:
The flop had a bit of a sweat in it when it came , giving Joldis an inside straight draw. Luske faded the turn when it came and he faded the river as well as the fell.
That earned Luske the pot as Joldis was eliminated from the tournament in 50th place, collecting $145,733 for his efforts.
Affable Englishman John Hesp has become the talk of the Main Event. The recreational player from Bridlington, U.K., has never played at the WSOP and never even played a large tournament. He has only $2,207 in tournament winnings with all his final table appearances (and his only recorded win) at Napoleon’s Casino & Restaurant in Hull, U.K.
The 64-year-old retired business owner spoke with PokerNews at the afternoon break about his run through the field. He’s been featured on the ESPN2 and PokerGO broadcasts, and has now been moved to the feature tables. What has it been like adjusting to the bright lights and cameras?
“I’ve no problem with the broadcast tables, the problem I’ve got is the shortness of the breaks,” he says. “There’s no time to do anything really.”
Hesp’s amazing run is now garnering plenty of attention with media interviews a regular part of his break schedule. He’s had a great run of cards over the few hours, and now sits on just over 9 million chips after some big hands and shrewd play.
“I’ve been really riding hot,” Hesp says. “I started pretty weak. I went down and now I’ve come back again.”
Richard Gryko opened to 255,000 on the button and got three-bet to 660,000 by Michael Krasienko in the small blind. The flop came and Krasienko bet 725,000. Gryko called, seeing the pair the board. Gryko called a second barrel of 1,350,000. The board tripped up when the arrived on the river. Krasienko announced he was all in, and the dealer had barely thrown him the corresponding black button before Gryko's cards were in the muck.
Valentin Messina raised to 275,000 under the gun, Dario Sammartino called in middle position, Jonathan Dwek called in the cutoff, and Justas Vaiciulionis called in the big blind. The flop came and Vaiciulionis and Messina checked. Sammartino bet 390,000 and Dwek called.
Vaiciulionis then check-raised to 1,350,000. Messina folded, Sammartino got out of the way, and action was on Dwek. He moved all in and Vaiciulionis would have to commit the rest of his stack to call. He opted to fold and Dwek took down the pot.
Jonas Mackoff raised to 260,000 on the button and Damian Salas in the big blind asked for his stack, then three-bet to 805,000. Mackoff moved all in and Salas quickly released his cards.
Alexandre Reard moved all in and claimed the blinds and antes.
Scott Stewart raised to 245,000 and Daniel Turner defended his big blind. On the flop, both players checked. Turner bet the turn for 250,000 and Stewart called before the fell on the river. Turner bet 720,000 and Stewart raised to 1,900,000.
Turner gave it brief consideration, also asking how much more he had to call, and then did so. Stewart showed and Turner claimed the pot with for trip nines.
Benjamin Pollak raised to 265,000 from early position and Florian Lohnert three-bet to 775,000 from the hijack. [Removed:508] was in the big blind and shoved all in for 2,590,000. Pollak quickly released his hand and, after a bit of thinking, Lohnert mucked his cards as well.
Hand 1: Chris Wallace was under the gun and raised to 275,000. Valentin Messina was on the button and three-bet to 730,000 getting a fold from Wallace.
Hand 2: Ryan Leng was in early position and raised to 250,000. Messina was in the cutoff and three-bet to 675,000, Leng folded.
Hand 3: Dario Sammartino was on the button and opened to 260,000. Chris Wallace was in the small blind and three-bet to 700,000. Sammartino thought a bit but then released his hand.
Joshua Horton opened the cutoff for 310,000 and small blind Robin Hegele three-bet to 985,000. The big blind folded but Horton four-bet to 2 million. Hegele called out of position.
The flop came and Hegele checked. Horton bet 3 million and Hegele studied his options before announcing all in for what appeared to be just under 7.8 million.
Horton reluctantly folded after some three minutes in the tank.
flop, Michael Sklenicka checked out of the big blind and Max Silver bet 325,000, which the Czech called. After the 
turn, Sklenicka checked again and Silver made it 900,000 to go. Sklenicka called, immediately checking the 
on the river.
, giving Joldis an inside straight draw. Luske faded the turn when it came 
and he faded the river as well as the 
fell. 
and Krasienko bet 725,000. Gryko called, seeing the 
pair the board. Gryko called a second barrel of 1,350,000. The board tripped up when the 
arrived on the river. Krasienko announced he was all in, and the dealer had barely thrown him the corresponding black button before Gryko's cards were in the muck.
flop, both players checked. Turner bet the 
turn for 250,000 and Stewart called before the 
and Turner claimed the pot with 
for trip nines.
and Hegele checked. Horton bet 3 million and Hegele studied his options before announcing all in for what appeared to be just under 7.8 million.
