Bubble Time!
With only twenty-nine players remaining, we are now on the bubble and going hand-for-hand!
With only twenty-nine players remaining, we are now on the bubble and going hand-for-hand!
Yves Sy entered the pot in early position with a raise to 8,000 only to have Juan Herrera move all in for 62,000.
With the action on Ivan Tan in the small blind, Sy mucked his cards before Tan had acted. That act would be a call to put Herrera at risk.
Herrera:
Tan:
In one of the most classic race situations, Herrera was more than pleased to see the board spread to ensure him the double to 160,000 as Tan slipped to 120,000 in chips.
Alexander Beeckx opened to 9,000 from middle position, only to have Thomas Spegar move all in for 27,700 from the button.
With the action on Fabiano Michael in the small blind, he moved all in for over 114,000 to force a fold from Beeckx and put Spegar at risk on the bubble.
Spegar:
Michael:
The flop of saw Spegar still trailing, and when the and landed on the turn and river, Spegar was forced to exit the tournament as the bubble boy - but not before gracefully shaking the hand of his opponents on the table.
Jukka Juvonen opened to 9,500 from early position and found callers in Czardy Rivera and Nathaneel Seet from the button and big blind respectively.
The flop of was greeted with two checks before Rivera fired out 17,500.
With the action back on Seet, he moved all in for an additional 84,700 to force a fold from Juvonen before Rivera went deep into the tank to contemplate his decision.
That decision would result in a fold as he slipped to 90,000 while Seet raked in the pot to move to 140,000 in chips.
After being down to just a handful of big blind, Ross Parkhill has managed to push his way back up to 73,000 - roughly half the average stack.
Most recently after an Alexander Beeckx open to 9,500, Parkhill moved all in for 58,300 to force folds from the table - including Beeckx - to see him pick up yet another crucial pot.
On a flop of Max Bloom fired out 13,500 only to have Nathaneel Seet bump it to 30,500. Bloom made the call before both players checked the on the turn.
When the river landed the , Bloom tapped the table once again before Seet fired out 40,000.
Bloom made the call, only to muck at the sight of Seet's as he slipped to 220,000 while Seet climbs to 220,000 as well.
Roer Spets saw the last of his chips enter the pot preflop with Caroline De Weerdt making the call.
Spets:
De Weerdt:
The flop gave Spets a flush draw to go along with his live ace, and when the landed on the turn, he added outs to a gutshot.
Fortunately for Spets he would see the spike on the river to keep him alive in the tournament with 56,000 as De Weerdt slips to 75,000 in chips.
Kenneth Aberg is the latest player to find himself all in holding against Gordon Black's .
The board ran out to see Aberg double to 60,000 as Black slips to 165,000 in chips.
Jukka Juvonen fired out 17,000 on a flop with Kim Gap Young making the call as the landed on the turn.
Juvonen fired out 22,000 and Young smooth-called from the button as the landed on the river.
Juvonen continued once again; this time for 40,000, as Young deliberated for several moments before making the call.
Juvonen tabled his , but it would be Young's that would see him collect the pot and move to 410,000 as Juvonen slips to 140,000 in chips.
Andrew Hinrichsen moved all in for his last 52,700 and Richard En called from the cutoff.
Hinrichsen:
En:
The board was spread to see Hinrichsen remain alive with over 110,000 in chips.