Although the action was missed, Colin Grant was recently eliminated by Boyan Shi, who currently holds the biggest chip stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,600,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
|
Busted |
The final 19 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Level: 27
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
In a preflop confrontation Andrew D'Amato was all in and at risk against Wei Han Zhang.
Andrew D'Amato: A♦8♥ 
Wei Han Zhang: 6♥6♦
Zhang pulled way ahead with a set on the 6♣J♣Q♥ flop. The 6♠ turn improved Zhang to quads leaving D'Amato drawing dead and the latter player made his exit from the tournament area after the 10♠ river while Zhang began to stage an impressive comeback after losing most of his stack in the last level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
Busted |
In a preflop confrontation, Nicholas Mackenzie and Alex Plourde were both all in and called by Sergey Hovakimyan who covered both players.
Nicholas Mackenzie: A♦7♦
Alex Plourde: 7♣7♥
Sergey Hovakimyan: K♥K♣
Hovakimyan's pocket kings had the best of it preflop and he remained ahead on the 5♥5♦6♠6♣10♠ runout to eliminate both opponents and take down a colossal pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,525,000
2,925,000
|
2,925,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
In a preflop blind on blind confrontation, Paolo Balopoulos was all in and at risk against Joshua James.
Paolo Balopoulos: 10♥10♦
Joshua James: Q♣J♠
It was a preflop flip that Balopoulos caught the best of on the K♣5♣2♠ flop but the Q♦ turn gave James second pair leaving Balopoulos drawing to just two outs. No ten came on the 4♥ river and Balopoulos made his exit from the tournament area while James took down a nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,150,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 28
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Quang Hoang Ngo was all in from the cutoff and up against Joshua James in middle position who had Ngo covered.
Quang Hoang Ngo: Q♣9♣
Joshua James: A♦9♠
James had his opponent dominated with a bigger nine but the A♣6♣7♦ flop gave Ngo some outs in the form of a flush draw. The flush did not come in on the J♠ turn or J♥ river and James scored another knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,100,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
Busted |
Grant Douglas, who had recently become very short-stacked, moved all in from the small blind and was called by Wing Seto in the big blind.
Grant Douglas: 9♥8♣
Wing Seto: 7♥5♣
The board ran out 3♦10♦5♠A♣10♠ giving Seto two pair to send Douglas to the rail and take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
Busted |
