Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From under the gun Daniel Cascado raised to 41,000. Two seats over Ryan Franklin moved all in for his last 102,000 chips. Action folded back around to Cascado who made the quick call.
Cascado: 
Franklin: 
On the 
Franklin got up from his seat and started heading for the payout desk. The 
turn left him drawing dead, but the dealer put out the 
anyways.
The players are now on a short break as they move to the main stage in the Amazon room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted |
, and Dicarlo lead out for 52,000. Cascado thought for a few moments before raising it up to 121,000, and it was back to Dicarlo. He tanked for about a minute before cutting out raising chips, and he made it 222,000 to go. Cascado called, and there was already half a million chips in play going to the turn.
, and Dicarlo didn't slow down, firing out 180,000. Cascado went into the tank for about a minute before announcing all in! These two were the biggest stacks in the tournament, with Cascado having Dicarlo covered, so it would be a ginormous pot if Dicarlo called off. He tanked for about 90 seconds before kicking his hand in, and Cascado took the giant pot to up his stack to 1.96 million.
against Zimnan Ziyard's 
nearly sealing the deal for Cascado with a pair of jacks, leaving Gamini drawing to runner runner outs. The turn 
wasn't one of those outs and the river was the 
securing the elimination. Cascado moved into the chip lead after this hand.
, and the river the 
.
and said, "Misclick." He then threw his hand into the muck. Apparently he only meant to put in two green T25,000 chips, and not three. Because of his bet sizing, he ended up folding his hand. and Cascado scooped the pot.
. The turn was the 
, and Harrison's queens held up to take a huge pot, worth more then a double up with Thomas's extra chips in the middle.
. Gregory Josifovski bet 52,000 into his lone opponent Zimnan Ziyard, who made the call. The river brought the 