In a battle of the blinds, Alex Chong check-raised the A♣J♠5♠ flop from 30,000 to 85,000 and Mike Takayama called.
The 10♠ turn saw Chong lead for 125,000 and Takayama call before Chong also bet the A♥ river for 250,000. Takayama called and was shown an ace, which he had beat with 7♠6♠ for a flush.
Vincent Rubianes had previously open-shoved a short stack and got through with it. The next three-bet shove for 325,000 in the cutoff was called by Alex Chong in the hijack.
Vincent Rubianes: A♠K♣
Alex Chong: K♦10♦
The Q♠9♥7♠ flop gave Chong a gutshot, which he missed on the 9♠ turn only to hit on the J♣ river.
Jacque Ramsden led the J♦5♥3♠ flop for 120,000 into 240,000 and then called the shove by Marc Rivera for 440,000 from an early position.
Marc Rivera: A♣J♠
Jacque Ramsden: 6♥4♦
The open-ended straight draw of Ramsden added a pair to go with on the 4♥ turn and then got there with the 2♥ river.
The action folded around to Hyeonho Shin in the small blind and he pushed all-in for what appeared to be around 475,000.
Thomas Ward made the call with the covering stack and they flipped em over.
Hyeonho Shin: A♦7♣
Thomas Ward: K♦J♦
Nothing changed on the 10♦5♠4♥ flop but Ward gained a lot of outs on the Q♥ turn.The 9♠ river was among them as he knocked out Shin in 35th place.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 23 has concluded and the field is down to the last 35 hopefuls, all of which will aim to bag up chips for the night. One more 60-minute level is scheduled for tonight before Day 2 is finished.
No longer in contention is Srinivas Polishetty as he headed to the payout desk right before the end of the level.
"Bully, bully, bully," John Magadan exclaimed in excitement after the rush of emotions had all but cooled down. As one of the shorter stacks in the field, Magadan had gotten it in with the A♠6♦ and Steve Yea looked him up holding the 8♣8♦.
The board ran out 8♠5♠4♠6♠2♣ and Magadan turned the nut flush to double.
Following a flop of 6♣5♥3♣, South Korea's Heebeom Kim was all-in and at risk for 475,000 against Ira Blumenthal but found himself in rough shape once the cards were flipped over.
Heebeom Kim: K♣Q♣
Ira Blumenthal: A♣8♣
Kim needed to pair up and avoid clubs but that plan ended right with the 5♣ turn, which made the 9♥ river a formality.
Huy Nguyen opened to 50,000 and received no fewer than three callers including Vasa Kaushal, Gyuhyuk Lee and Vincent Rubianes with the latter coming along out of the big blind. The J♣7♠4♠ flop was checked toNguyen and his bet tookit down.
Edwin Dela Cruz has been spotted on his way to the payout desk and his near average-stack had indeed vanished from table five.
Another player at risk of elimination was Jacque Ramsden but he doubled through Slade Fisher. The 7♠7♥ of Ramsden rivered a straight on the Q♥9♦5♠6♦8♥ board to avoid the same fate as Dela Cruz with Fisher's cards already in the muck.
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