With about 500,000 already in the pot, Rick Salomon and Niklas Heinecker looked down at a board of . Salomon was first to act and he dropped out a bet of 300,000. Heinecker thought for about 30 seconds before moving out a call.
The dropped down on the river and Salomon bet 600,000. He hung his head and enjoyed his massage while Heinecker went deep into the tank. A few moments passed before Heinecker opted to kick his cards into the muck. Salomon looked up from his massage as the chips were being pushed his way. A small smile emerged from his face.
"Ricky!" chimed Noah Schwartz from across the table. "I like that hat! You look like Smokey the Bear. You gonna put out some forest fires? Let's play, Smokey!"
Salomon erupted into laughter while he stacked his new chips. He's up to about 3.8 million in chips while Heinecker's stack has dropped to 1.56 million.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 40,000 in the hijack, Brian Rast called on the button, and Jean-Robert Bellande called out of the small blind. The flop fell , Bellande checked, and Shakerchi continued for 75,000.
Rast raised to 200,000, Bellande folded, and Shakerchi shipped his cards into the muck as well.
The next hand, Rast opened to 38,000 in the cutoff and David "Doc" Sands defended his big blind. The dealer spread , Sands check-called a bet of 51,000, and both players checked on the turn () and river ().
Sands turned over for ace-high, and was awarded the pot.
Antonio Esfandiari raised from the button and Erik Seidel opted to three-bet from the small blind to 102,000. Scott Seiver was next to act in the big blind and he four-bet to 280,000.
Esfandiari gave up his cards and Seidel tanked for a bit before putting together a five-bet worth 850,000.
Seiver gave it some thought but eventually he decided to let his hand go giving up this pot to Seidel. Shortly after this hand was done Seiver Tweeted the following.
The flop showed when Phil Galfond bet 37,000 from the hijack and Phil Ivey called from the button.
The turn was the and Galfond tanked for a bit before carefully picking up 77,000 chips and throwing them into the pot. Ivey tanked for a bit and called.
The river was the and Galfond sat motionless for 30 seconds before grabbing and tossing in 112,000. Ivey put together the call and released the chips after about 10 seconds.
Galfond turned over and with a rivered pair of aces he took down this pot.
We arrived at the table in time to see Tom Hall bet enough to put Philipp Gruissem all in for his tournament life of about 2.05 million on a flop of . With about 1.2 million already in the middle, Gruissem had checked to Hall before facing this all in bet.
After about a minute, Gruissem uncapped his cards and made a move toward the muck. He never released, though, returning his cards to the front of his stack and recapping them.
"You're too confident," said Gruissem to Hall. "It looks fake."
He sat thinking for about four more minutes before finally opting to release his hand. Hall flashed the for at least trip sixes as he picked up this massive pot. Hall now has the chip lead with roughly 5.71 million in chips.
Bill Klein checked to Noah Schwartz on a completed board of , and Schwartz fired out 287,000 into a pot of what looked like 370,000.
Klein tank-called, and Schwartz ripped over for an ace-high flush. Klein started to show his hand, flashing the , then quickly mucked once he realized Schwartz had a flush.
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. Salomon was first to act and he dropped out a bet of 300,000. Heinecker thought for about 30 seconds before moving out a call.
dropped down on the river and Salomon bet 600,000. He hung his head and enjoyed his massage while Heinecker went deep into the tank. A few moments passed before Heinecker opted to kick his cards into the muck. Salomon looked up from his massage as the chips were being pushed his way. A small smile emerged from his face.
, Bellande checked, and Shakerchi continued for 75,000.
, Sands check-called a bet of 51,000, and both players checked on the turn (
) and river (
for ace-high, and was awarded the pot.
and Galfond tanked for a bit before carefully picking up 77,000 chips and throwing them into the pot. Ivey tanked for a bit and called.
and Galfond sat motionless for 30 seconds before grabbing and tossing in 112,000. Ivey put together the call and released the chips after about 10 seconds.
and with a rivered pair of aces he took down this pot.
. With about 1.2 million already in the middle, Gruissem had checked to Hall before facing this all in bet.
for at least trip sixes as he picked up this massive pot. Hall now has the chip lead with roughly 5.71 million in chips.
, and Schwartz fired out 287,000 into a pot of what looked like 370,000.
for an ace-high flush. Klein started to show his hand, flashing the 
, then quickly mucked once he realized Schwartz had a flush.
