We missed the action, but are being told Dan O'Brien and Jordan Young got into a preflop raising war, which ended with O'Brien shoving his last 40,000 into the middle. Young called.
O'Brien:
Young:
The flop left Young with queens and sevens and O'Brien didn't improve - sending him to the rail.
Jason Young found himself all in for just the 400-chip ante from the small blind. Jeffrey Gross limped the button only to have James Akenhead bump it to 7,900 to force Gross to fold.
Young:
Akenhead:
The board was spread to see Young fall in 28th place while leaving their table three-handed.
Gilbert Diaz found himself all in preflop against Scott Baumstein.
Diaz:
Baumstein:
The board ran out to see Diaz dusted in 27th place as Baumstein moves to 325,000 while simultaneously going heads up with Nicholas Mitchell who has 275,000 in chips.
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading , Jordan "Jymaster11" Young fired out a bet of 6,900 only to have Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier bump it to 17,200 from the button.
Young opting to slide out a three-bet to 32,600 and Staudenmaier made the call as the river landed the .
Young announced a bet of 200,000 as Staudenmaier went into the tank to deliberate. "I didn't snap so I obviously don't have a boat" announced Staudenmaier before contemplating a decision for a little longer.
Eventually Staudenmaier would make the call for slightly less then what Young had bet, and when Young tabled his , Staudenmaier mucked while bowing out to the rail in 26th place as Young climbs to 490,000 in chips.
Mark Radoja has just been blessed by the poker gods after finding a two-outer river to stay alive.
Holding for his last 136,200, Radoja was unfortunately up against Marc Inizan and his .
Up until the river with the board reading , Radoja would need to spike one of those last ladies, and as ... lady luck would have it ... the landed on the river to see him soar to 285,000 while sending Inizan down to 56,000 in chips.
A quick update on all the tables sees six of them at heads-up play.
Three are battling it out in threes, while just one table - Gareth Teatum, Nicolas Fierrogottner, Justin Bonomo and Thorsten Schafer - are yet to lose a player.