Christopher Greaves raised to 125,000 from late position and found calls from Vitaly Lunkin on the button and Mark Newhouse in the big blind. The flop came down and action checked to Lunkin's button. He fired 200,000, Newhouse called, and Greaves folded.
Both players checked the on the turn, allowing the to finish the board. Newhouse cut out a bet of 300,000 and Lunkin thought for about a minute before releasing his cards. He flashed the before throwing his hand away. Newhouse took the pot and now has about 6.465 million in chips.
The returning 79 players began Day 6 with one hour remaining in Level 25, and now that those 60 minutes have passed, it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day. It may have only been an hour, but there was plenty of action in that time.
Maria Ho, the last woman standing in the field, was the next to go after she got her short stack all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Zachary Hirst. Ho, who was also the last woman standing in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, took home $85,812 for her 77th-place finish.
Not long after, a hand took place between Daniel Wilson and William Cole that saw the former win and show one card. Then, the other card was accidentally exposed to Cole by the dealer.
Toss in the eliminations of Vadzim Markushevski and Henrik Hecklen in 76th and 75th place respectively, and that means five players fell in the first hour of play. Action will resume shortly, but while you wait, check out this interview with online poker legend Scott Palmer, who is making a deep run in the Main Event:
Benjamin Gold was all in for 615,000 with the and dominated by the for Matthew Haugen. Gold had shoved from the cutoff seat and Haugen re-shoved from the small blind.
The board came , and Gold made a straight to double up.
Ryan Fair raised to 100,000 in early position and was called by Daniel Wilson in the cutoff. Paul Senter made it 305,000 from the blinds, and Fair rubbed his head before announcing all in. Wilson folded, and Senter called off about 1 million more.
Senter:
Fair:
Senter had a small equity edge, but it turned into a huge one on the flop. The turn gave Fair a straight draw and a sweat, but the river was a brick.
Michael Kamran raised to 85,000 from middle position only to have Leif Force three-bet to 205,000 from the next seat over. Kamran called and the two were off to the flop.
The dealer produced on the felt and Kamran quickly checked. Force fired 180,000 and Kamran called. The came down on fourth street and Kamran checked for a second time. Force moved 525,000 into the middle of the table and Kamran thought for about a minute before tossing out a call.
The completed the board on the river and Kamran checked. Force wasted no time moving all in for 1.465 million effective. Kamran went deep into the tank, contemplating a call for his tournament life. Kamran thought for well over five minutes, bleeding the hand into the break. Ultimately, he opted to fold his hand and Force was pushed the sizable pot. He now has about 6.25 million in chips.
From under the gun, Matthew Haugen raised to 80,000. Mark Newhouse reraised to 200,000 fem the hijack seat, and then Haugen went all in for 755,000. Newhouse snap-called with the , but Haugen was ahead with the .
The flop came down to give both players a set. Haugen was still in front, and he stayed there after the turn and river.
"I folded a nine!" spouted out Vitaly Lunkin from across the table, to which both he and Newhouse laughed.
Dan Smith raised to 90,000 from the hijack and Gal Erlichman called from the cutoff after which Maximilian Senft called on the button.
The flop came down and Smith bet 200,000, which was only called by Erlichman.
On the turn the hit and Smith paused for a bit before betting 400,000. Erlichman cut out the call, played around with his chips but ultimately he folded.
"I had a big one," Smith smiled, as he raked in the big.
"I had a small one," Erlichman responded with a similar smile, but only one of them was truly happy with the result of this hand.
Robert Campbell opened to 80,000 and was called by Tony Ruberto, Eddy Sabat and Luis Assuncao from the hijack, cutoff and button.
Campbell continued with a 150,000-chip bet on the flop with only Assuncao calling as the landed on the turn. Campbell bet out 350,000 and the Brazilian called once again before the was checked on the river.
Campbell tabled his and Assuncao mucked while slipping to 2.2 million as Campbell climbed to nearly 4.4 million in chips.