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.
Galen Hall raised to 320,000 with the and Bolivar Palacios reraised all in for around 1.6 million with the . Hall made the call.
The flop came down 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.
Anton Ionel opened to 380,000 with from the button and Galen Hall three-bet to 930,000 with out of the small blind. Mike Sowers woke up with in the big blind and four-bet to 2 million. Both Ionel and Hall got out of the way and Sowers took down the pot.
From under the gun plus one, Bolivar Palacios raised to 320,000 with the . That's certainly a weird raise seeing as he's the shortest stack at the table. He also raised a lot bigger than anyone else has been doing. From the small blind, Galen Hall reraised to 545,000 with the . Palacios gave a little act and then mucked his hand, dropping to about 1.6 million in chips.