The action folded to Paul Phua in the cutoff who jammed all in for around 1,400,000. Cary Katz was on the button with a slightly smaller stack and announced all in as well. The blinds folded and the two hands were tabled.
Paul Phua:
Cary Katz:
The flop of left Katz in the lead but Phua picked up a flush draw. The on the turn gave Phua a flush and Katz was left drawing dead to the on the river.
Dominik Nitsche has made his way back into the field for his sixth bullet thus far. Late registration will still remain open for another level and through the next break.
"He's still got a shot to crack a million," Negreanu joked after Nitsche's latest elimination.
Daniel Pidun raised it up from under the gun and Kahle Burns called from the big blind. The flop fell and Burns checked to Pidun who tossed in a bet. Burns check-raised to 525,000 and Pidun called.
The turn brought the and Burns led out for another 540,000. Pidun still called and the paired the board on the river. Burns checked this time and Pidun checked it back. Pidun showed and Burns was unable to beat it.
Dominik Nitsche and Johannes Becker were heads-up with Becker at risk from the small blind for 1,225,000 and Nitsche with the bigger stack in the cutoff.
Johannes Becker:
Dominik Nitsche:
The board ran out for Becker to turn a set to double up.
Shortly after, Nitsche lost the rest of his stack to Jean-Noel Thorel.
Daniel Negreanu had raised from under the gun and was called by Anatoly Filatov in the hijack and Manig Loeser in the big blind to create a pot of 900,000 in the middle.
The flop came , Loeser checked, Negreanu continued with a bet of 300,000. Filatov raised to 700,000, Loeser responded with a three-bet-shove by putting 4 pink 500,000-value chips in.
Negreanu looked at Loeser's stack and confirmed he had less. Negreanu then called. Filatov asked for a count. The dealer and the floor confirmed Negreanu had 6,235,000 behind. Filatov took some time and then decided to call too with a bigger stack than Negreanu but shorter than Loeser.
Daniel Negreanu:
Anatoly Filatov:
Manig Loeser:
Loeser and Negreanu had both flopped two pair while Filatov had a set of sevens.
The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river.
Negreanu was eliminated to be sent to the cashier to reenter. Filatov's stack was counted and the dealer determined Filatov had 7,275,000 behind. After paying Filatov, Loeser had just over 800,000 left.
The action folded to Johannes Becker on the button who shoved all in for 1,100,000. Ryan Riess looked down at his cards in the big blind and made the call to put Becker at risk.
Ryan Riess:
Johannes Becker:
Becker was in a dominating position and the flop of left things that way. The on the turn provided some chop outs but it was the on the river that gave Riess the outright win.
"It's a Tony G double up! A miracle Tony G double up!" you could hear shouted across the room. James Chen raised it up in the cutoff and Ole Schemion shipped all in from the small blind. Tony G stuck in the last of his 3,180,000 in the big blind and Chen folded.
Tony G:
Ole Schemion:
The board ran out and Tony G's ace-king high was good enough to hold on for a double up. But that wasn't the end of the tirade from Tony G.
"A bunny doubled up through a German bot!" Tony G continued. "It's no longer fun when the bunny's got the gun. I'm giving hope to all recreational players," as he turned to give Paul Phua a fist pound.