Hands #39-44: Liberta and Koppel Tangle
Hand #39: Joe Curcio raised from middle position to 175,000 and Joseph Liberta three-bet to 575,000 from the cutoff. That was a bit too much for Curcio who folded.
Hand #40: Gustavo Darosamuniz received a walk.
Hand #41: Francis Anderson raised to 175,000 from the cutoff and Matt Russell called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and both players checked. Russell led out on the 
turn and that took the pot down after Anderson folded.
Hand #42: Darosamuniz won the pot with a single preflop raise. No players called.
Hand #43: Liberta raised from early position to 160,000 and he was three-bet to 490,000 by Jared Koppel from the hijack. The others folded.
The 
flop was dealt and Liberta check-called a continuation bet of 375,000. They continued to check it down on the 
turn and 
river.
Liberta announced ''ace-king'' but that wasn't enough when Koppel opened up 
.
Hand 44: Curcio raised to 160,000 on the button and got no action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
|
2,800,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |