| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | |
|
295,000 | |
|
195,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
98,000 | |
|
58,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
337,500
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
327,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
|
228,500
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
68,500
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
49,500
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
45,500
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
A 15-minute break for the players. After the break the level will be 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante.
David Hudson (
) and Rodger Reynolds (
got their chips in the middle before the flop. The board ran out 
and Reynolds was drawing dead by the time the turn was out. His rivered ace was not good enough to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Sergio Benso raised to 9,000 and WSOP Main Event runner up Felix Stephensen proceeded to move all in for 57,000. From his immediate left it was Jason Wheeler who made the call, and the action folded back around to Benso.
Benso went into the tank for quite some time before eventually moving all in for about 190,000 chips.
Wheeler sighed, tanked and folded.
Wheeler said to have folded ace-queen, and the showdown went as following.
Stephensen: 
Benso: 
The board ran out 
, and Wheeler sighed with a smile as this pot could've been his if he had committed the chips for it. Stephensen hits the rail, and Benso jumps up the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
146,500
|
146,500 |
|
Busted |
Rumen Nanev moved all in before the flop for just 39,000 and he was called by WSOP APAC Main Event winner Scott Davies.
Davies: 
Nanev: 
The board ran out 
and Nanev hit the rail, as Davies bumped his stack up to 240,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Busted |
Erik van den Berg raised it up from middle position and Cor Janssen in the small blind called. Janssen checked on 
and Van den Berg made a 10,000 continuation bet. Janssen check-raised to 30,000 and Van den Berg called.
The 
hit the turn and Janssen moved all in. Van den Berg called and showed 
. Janssen showed 
and didn't hit his one-outer on the river; .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
198,000
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
30,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
We arrived on the scene when the board read 
and Steve O'Dwyer had checked to Sorel Mizzi who bet 133,000.
O'Dwyer sighed, shook his head and slid forward the call.
Mizzi showed for three of a kind, and O'Dwyer sighed once more as he mucked his cards. Mizzi is among the chip leaders while O'Dwyer is back to square one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
317,000
|
317,000 |
|
155,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Hipolito Carapeta De Araujo got his chips in before the flop holding . Fredrik Andersson was the one he was going to battle with, but Andersson had the far better hand with . The board ran out 
and Hipolito Carapeta De Araujo hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
Busted |
Salvator Bonavena shoved his last 35,500 in from the button and Rumen Nanev in the big blind made the call. Nanev showed 
, a slight edge over Bonavena's 
. The board ran out 
however, and Bonavena doubled.
Nanev had just 16,000 left and moved in when action folded to him in the small blind the next hand. Raoul Refos in the big blind was committed and called. Nanev showed 
, dominating Refos' 
. The flop was really good for Refos though with 
. The on the turn and on the river were blanks however, and Nanev doubled
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
46,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
|
36,000
-94,000
|
-94,000 |
