Out of a field of 102 entries, only around 60 players remain and they have gone on a scheduled 15-minute break. They will play another three levels when the action resumes and that's also when the late registration for this event will close.
In the last hand of the level, a three-way all-in emerged and Aaron Katz managed to score a double knockout.
On a board of , Katz had flopped the nuts with the to dispatch Danny Hannawa and Sam Stein with the latter holding the for a missed open-ender on the turn.
On a turn of , the chips of Parviz Razavian went into the middle with the and he was up against Dominykas Karmazinas with the . Razavian needed a ten to chop and queen to double but bricked the on the river to hit the rail.
He shook hands with all opponents before leaving the tournament area close to the end of the registration period.
Krasimir Yankov was moved tables not long ago and was spotted in heads-up action against Scott Seiver, who had checked the river in the small blind. Yankov bet 42,000 out of the big blind and Seiver used a time bank extension before folding.
The same table also features Daniel Zack, who had re-entered recently for his second bullet.
Action was picked up on the turn as the board read . From the button Sean Winter called a bet of 70,000 from George Wolff.
The river came the . Wolff checked, Winter bet 160,000 which got Wolff to fold his hand and lose some more of his stack that has been reduced in the last couple of levels.
Three ways to the turn, Erik Seidel checked in the big blind and Jared Bleznick bet the pot from under the gun for 243,000. Kabeelan Rajamurthy on the button went into the tank and used two time bank extensions before moving all-in, which forced out Seidel.
Bleznick instantly called for the following showdown to emerge.
Jared Bleznick:
Kabeelan Rajamurthy:
The on the river was a blank and Bleznick doubled for 424,000.
With action on the river, the board read . From the small blind, Anthony Marsico bet 45,000. Veselin Karakitukov was under the gun and raised to 225,000.
Marsico exhausted his 30 seconds before he folded and the Bulgarian took down some more chips.
Daniel Zack raised it up to 21,000 before the flop and Aaron Mermelstein from one seat over on the button reraised the pot for Zack to call. On the flop, Zack moved all-in and Mermelstein snap-called.
Daniel Zack:
Aaron Mermelstein:
The turn improved Zack to a straight but Mermelstein spiked the river for a flush to score the knockout.
Within quick succession, three players were eliminated and among them were Bradley Kil and Thomas Saad. The latter sent his chips over to Josh Arieh while Kil was knocked out by his previous nemesis Scott Seiver when they got it in as follows on the flop.
Bradley Kil:
Scott Seiver:
The turn left Kil with one out and the miracle never came on the river.
James Cavanaugh was at risk as he was slightly covered by Dash Dudley. The flop came to give Cavanaugh a set of queens and Dudley straight draws. The turn was the to boat up Cavanaugh and wrap up the pot. The river came the and Dudley was left very short-stacked.