Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 52,000 from the hijack seat, and then Joao Vieira reraised to 118,000 from the cutoff position. Action folded back to Rettenmaier and he gave it up, allowing Vieira to take the pot.
On the very next hand, Rettenmaier opened again to 52,000. This time, it was Greg Merson who reraised. Merson did so from the cutoff seat and made it 105,000 to go. After play folded back to Rettenmaier, he took a little bit of time, then moved all in.
Merson looked as though he was going to snap-call, even almost dropping chips into the middle, but then he stopped himself abruptly and asked the dealer for a count. Merson admitted that he thought Rettenmaier had opened with a stack of around 500,000, but his shove was actually worth 623,000.
After a little bit of thought, Merson called with the 
. Rettenmaier tabled the 
and it was off to the races.
The flop gave Merson the lead when the 
fell. The turn was the 
, and now Rettenmaier needed to find an eight on the river. The 
was close to an eight, but not what Rettenmaier was looking for. He was eliminated in ninth place and earned $130,720 for his finish. Merson climbed over 2 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,030,000
665,000
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665,000 |
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Busted | |
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, and Denisov had the black ones with the 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and the two chopped up the pot.
, and Schemion led with a bet of 100,000, leaving himself with 314,000 behind. After some time in the tank, Rettenmaier raised all in. Schemion snap-called and showed the 
, and Schemion was pushed the pot to move over 1 million in chips. Rettenmaier slipped back to 768,000.
. Merson checked, and Schindler bet 75,000. Merson made the call.
was added to the board. Merson checked, Schindler bet 200,000, and Merson wasted little time in calling.
, but he was out-kicked by Schindler's 
, and Vieira began to tank. He was thinking for about a minute or so, maybe a little more, before Schindler asked if he had acted yet. Then, Vieira reached for chips and fired out a bet of 147,000. Schindler folded, and Vieira won the pot.
