Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 15,000 ante
From under the gun, Chris Oliver raised to 340,000 with the 
. Sam Stein picked up the 
and three-bet to 860,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Oliver and he made the call.
The flop came down 
and Oliver checked. Stein fired 1.23 million and won the pot.
This hand is interesting because Oliver normally gets pretty crazy with three-, four- and five-bets preflop. He's even six-bet a few times this tournament and it surprised a lot of viewers knowing his style that this pot didn't get a lot bigger prelop.
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and Chris Oliver called with 
in the big.
, Sowers checked, Oliver bet 410,000 and Sowers calls.
on the turn and the river was the 
. Sowers led for 930,000 and Oliver quickly folded.
and Bolivar Palacios reraised all in for around 1.6 million with the 
and Hall stayed in front, actually adding a pair of fours. The turn brought the 
which gave Palacios a gutshot straight draw for some more outs. The river completed the board with the 
and Palacios was eliminated. He took home $450,000 for his finish while Hall moved back into second place in chips.
from the button and Galen Hall three-bet to 930,000 with 
out of the small blind. Mike Sowers woke up with 
on the button and Sam Stein called with 
. Palacios gave a little act and then mucked his hand, dropping to about 1.6 million in chips.