Taylor von Kriegenbergh raised to 66,000 from the cutoff with 
and received a call from Joe Hachem, who held 
, in the big blind. When the flop came down 
, von Kriegenbergh c-bet and Hachem quickly folded. Tiny pot to von Kriegenbergh
The past few hands have been characterized by walks and/or simple raise and take its. We expected the action will pick up sooner than later.
Santiago Nadal put in a standard raise only to be reraised to 205,000 from Victor Ramdin in the small blind. When the big blind folded, Nadal moved all in for 898,000 and Ramdin made the call.
Ramdin: 
Nadal: 
It was a classic race for Nadal's tournament life and things were looking good when the flop came down 
. That all changed when the 
spiked on the turn, sending gasps of disbelief through the crowd. The 
on the river changed nothing and Nadal was eliminated from The Big Event in eighth place. Ramdin is up to 2.6 million.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Players are now on their first fifteen- minute break of the day.
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened with a raise from the cutoff seat with 
, and Jeremy Ausmus defended his big blind with 
.
Von Kriegenbergh out-flopped the big stack as the dealer spread out 
, but Ausmus did now have four clubs. Both players checked. The turn came the 
, and now Ausmus took the lead with a bet of 67,000. Von Kriegenbergh quickly called, and he snapped another 133,000 when the landed on the river. When he made the last call, Ausmus turned up his to show that he'd run down the pot.
Action folded to Victor Ramdin in the cutoff and he raised to 58,000. Govert Metaal was next to act on the button and he moved all in for 210,000 more. Ramdin gave it some thought and decided to make the call.
Ramdi: 
Metaal: 
The 
flop was kind to Metaal but Ramdin picked up a straight draw. The 
turn changed nothing and neither did the 
river. Just like that, the short stack at the start of the day was up to about 550,000.
In early position, Victor Ramdin opened to 52,000, and Joe Hachem defended his big blind with a call. Both players let the cameras peek at their cards, and it was Ramdin's 
with a small lead over Hachem's .
The two men both flopped pairs as the dealer spread out . Hachem checked, then called a bet of what looked like 92,000 from Ramdin. That led them to the turn, a good card for Hachem. With two pair, he fired out a cool 200,000, and Ramdin flatted with his top pair now trailing. The on the river drew checks from both players, and Hachem's two pair gives him the pot to move dangerously close to 2 million.
Govert Metaal moved all in for 150,000 with 
and received a call from Bryan Leskowitz who held . The 
flop gave Metaal a pair of aces and the lead. The turn and flop changed nothing and Metaal doubled to 300,000.
In the first hand of the final table, action folded to Victor Ramdin in the cutoff and he put in a standard raise with . Santiago Nadal looked down at in the big blind and he three-bet. Ramdin quickly folded and the first pot went to Nadal.
