The Main Event just hit 1,900 entries in total with just over 2 hours left in the registration period. "chrissop14" is still chip leading with ore than 162,000 chips.
Less than 10 minutes ago, "alex5271" was chip leader with 161,303 chips, but they were just coolered out of the game. Once again, it was "chrissop14" from the United Kingdom on the good side of the cooler.
"chrissop14" called from the button for 1,000 after an open from the middle and a call from the cutoff. "alex5271" defended their big blind with a call, then led for 3,161 on the flop. One player in the middle called before "chrissop14" raised it to 12,644.
Only "alex5271" called to the turn, where they shoved fro 45,615, about 33% more than the pot. "chrissop14" snapped it off.
"alex5271":
"chrissop14":
The two-pair of "alex5271" was crushed by the flopped set of treys for "chrissop14", and the former leader elected not to rebuy in this game.
"alex5271" couldn't hold the chip lead for long. In a series of hands they've been cut back to a third their previous size. In the latest cut, "chrissop14" raised from the hijack to 1,250, then called when "alex5271" bumped the button to 2,000. "chrissop14" check-called for 2,000 on , and again for 6,131 on the turn card.
"alex5271" changed it up when brought the four hearts to the board, firing out a bet of 10,776. "alex5271" elected to fold and preserve a stack that is a shadow of what it was just a few hands ago.
There are still nearly 2.5 hours left to get into the game, but the total field size is now over 1,750. The game only needs 2,128 entries to hit the $500,000 guarantee, so at this point, that seems like an excellent bet.