Blieden checked and Macdonnell bet with ace-king with the king of hearts. The river ten brought in a backdoor hearts flush draw but Blieden had nothing but the ace of hearts blocker to that flush. Blieden bet the flop and turn with nothing but an unimproved ace-four on queen-eight-three-queen. Toby Lewisīlieden showed he had nerves of steel clashing with Marc Macdonnell in a pot worth 3.3 million. That made for a tight-knit top three in counts, with just Derek Wolters staying behind. In a four million pot, Blieden retook the lead as his flush with jack-eight of spades out performed Lewis' two pair with ace-five. The flop brought an ace, and Hengsakul was drawing dead by the time the turn hit, out in fifth place for $244,430. Blieden called with ace-seven of the same suit. Three hands later, Peter Hengsakul left the tournament area as he moved in his short stack with nine-eight suited. Lewis called down with pocket fives against Blieden's queen-nine off on a board of eight-three-deuce-ten-king to retake the position of tournament leader. That hand helped Blieden into the lead but he would give it back to Lewis not much later as the two clashed in a big hand. Blieden showed he had nerves of steel clashing with Marc Macdonnell in a pot worth 3.3 million.
