Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks min-raised to 24,000 in early position and Phil "takechip" D'Auteuil called from middle position. The blinds called as well, leading to an flop.
It wac checked to Hicks and he fired 42,300, but D'Auteuil raised to 89,000. The blinds folded back to Hicks who shoved for 436,167. D'Auteuil called with , but trailed Hicks' for a set. The turn and river secured the double for Hicks.
Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen used a timely river card to send his latest victim to the rail. Norway's "golferen50" min-raised to 24,000 from middle position and Hunichen moved all in from the big blind for more than 306,000, having his opponent covered. golferen50 called with and was poised to double up against Hunichen's , but the board gave Hunichen a pair of eights and a pot worth more than 470,000.
Any hopes of a Team PokerStars pro winning the WCOOP Main Event were dashed with the elimination of Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen in 52nd place. Just before the break, Petersen ran his into the of high-stakes cash regular "WhySoSrsSon" and failed to improve, sending the Team PokerStars Online member to the rail.
WhySoSrsSon is now among the chip leaders with more than 1.6 million.
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk opened to 24,000 in middle position. Next to act in the hijack, "shuriken555" re-raised to 58,000. Action folded back to Pateychuk who after a few moments four-bet to 144,600. Into the tank went "shuriken555", who emerged with a five-bet to 231,200.
Pateychuk had enough, six-bet shoving for his entire stack of 793,732. An immediate call from "shuriken555" revealed . Pateychuk was crushed with and found no help from the board when it came down .
Canada's "tonkaaaa" is the latest player to hit the 1 million mark after eliminating two players near the end of Level 27. First, he won a flip with against the pocket sevens of "diggidave" to increase his stack to 995,000. Moments later, tonkaaaa found big slick again and outflipped the pocket three of Luke "lb6121" Schwartz to send the brash U.K. pro to the rail in 56th place.
On the button, Jared "Harrington10" Bleznick shoved for 184,664 with , but ran into "kwil20's" in the small blind. The board came down , ending Bleznick's Main Event run.
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, but trailed Hicks' 
for a set. The 
turn and 
river secured the double for Hicks.
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, but the 
board gave Hunichen a pair of eights and a pot worth more than 470,000.
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