From the hijack seat, James McCarty raised to 8,500, and Aaron Lim called on the button. Everyone else folded, and the flop came down . McCarty bet 17,500, and Lim made the call.
The turn was the to pair the board. McCarty checked with a little under 70,000 behind, and Lim bet 25,500. McCarty folded, and Lim won the pot.
Action folded to Michael Kanaan in the small blind, and he raised to 9,000 to attack Patrick Lui's big blind. Lui reraised to 30,000 with a total stack of roughly 100,000. Kanaan folded, and Lui showed the .
Michael Kanaan had opened with a raise, Patrick Lui reraised, then Kanaan moved all in. Lui made the call and put himself at risk with the as he was the shorter stack between the two players. Kanaan held the and was behind, but very live in the hand.
The flop was huge for Kanaan when the fell to give him a full house. As if he couldn't improve anymore from there, Kanaan went on to make quads on the turn when the landed and officially leave Lui drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
Lui was eliminated in 24th place, and the tournament is now on the official bubble with just 23 competitors remaining. The top 22 spots will be paid out, and the next player eliminated will unfortunately go home empty handed.
On the bubble with 23 players left, Tom Alner moved all in for 80,500 after Raiden Kan opened to 9,000. Kan was in middle position, and Alner was in the cutoff seat.
After a minute or two of tanking, Kan slammed the chips in to make the call and put Alner at risk. He held the , but that was dominated by Alner's .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Alner doubled up.
If the money bubble breaks, play will end for the night, but if that doesn't happen, play will stop at the end of the current level. Due to hand-for-hand play slowing things down a little bit, the tournament officials have announced that 15 minutes will be tacked onto the end of the level in the case that the bubble hasn't broken yet.
Linh Tran was down to just 22,500 when he moved all in from the small blind. Aaron Lim called almost immediately and took a shot at bursting the bubble. When the hands at the other tables were completed we witnessed the following showdown.
Linh Tran:
Aaron Lim:
The board ran out and Tran survived this crucial all in. Everyone was rooting for a spade to appear, but the bubble did not burst.
There were just five minutes remaining in the level, but tournament director Danny McDonagh just announced there would be added time. Hand of hand play has been going on for the last 40 minutes and that has chewed up quite some time off the tournament clock. An additional 15 minutes will be played before the day is done, regardless if the bubble bursts.
From the cutoff seat, James McCarty raised all in for 48,500. Aaron Lim requested a count from the small blind, thought for a minute, then called. Everyone else got out of the way, and it was McCarty's at risk against the for Lim.
The board ran out , and despite a heart sweat on the turn, McCarty doubled through.
. McCarty bet 17,500, and Lim made the call.
to pair the board. McCarty checked with a little under 70,000 behind, and Lim bet 25,500. McCarty folded, and Lim won the pot.
as he was the shorter stack between the two players. Kanaan held the 
and was behind, but very live in the hand.
fell to give him a full house. As if he couldn't improve anymore from there, Kanaan went on to make quads on the turn when the 
landed and officially leave Lui drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
, but that was dominated by Alner's 
, and Alner doubled up.
for Lim.
