If the money bubble breaks, play will end for the night, but if that doesn't happen, play will stop at the end of the current level. Due to hand-for-hand play slowing things down a little bit, the tournament officials have announced that 15 minutes will be tacked onto the end of the level in the case that the bubble hasn't broken yet.
On the bubble with 23 players left, Tom Alner moved all in for 80,500 after Raiden Kan opened to 9,000. Kan was in middle position, and Alner was in the cutoff seat.
After a minute or two of tanking, Kan slammed the chips in to make the call and put Alner at risk. He held the , but that was dominated by Alner's .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Alner doubled up.
Michael Kanaan had opened with a raise, Patrick Lui reraised, then Kanaan moved all in. Lui made the call and put himself at risk with the as he was the shorter stack between the two players. Kanaan held the and was behind, but very live in the hand.
The flop was huge for Kanaan when the fell to give him a full house. As if he couldn't improve anymore from there, Kanaan went on to make quads on the turn when the landed and officially leave Lui drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
Lui was eliminated in 24th place, and the tournament is now on the official bubble with just 23 competitors remaining. The top 22 spots will be paid out, and the next player eliminated will unfortunately go home empty handed.
Action folded to Michael Kanaan in the small blind, and he raised to 9,000 to attack Patrick Lui's big blind. Lui reraised to 30,000 with a total stack of roughly 100,000. Kanaan folded, and Lui showed the .
From the hijack seat, James McCarty raised to 8,500, and Aaron Lim called on the button. Everyone else folded, and the flop came down . McCarty bet 17,500, and Lim made the call.
The turn was the to pair the board. McCarty checked with a little under 70,000 behind, and Lim bet 25,500. McCarty folded, and Lim won the pot.
From the cutoff seat, Andrew Gaw raised to 10,000. Mike Watson called out of the small blind, and Tri Huynh called from the big blind.
On the flop, all three players checked. The was then placed out on the turn, and all three checked again. After the finished off the board on the river, Watson bet 16,000, Huynh folded, and Gaw called.
On the turn, the board read between Edmund Lee and Andrew Gaw. The two got all the money in with Gaw holding a foll house with . Lee held and was eliminated after the landed on the river.
Action folded to Michael Kanaan in the hijack seat, and he raised to 8,000. Patrick Lui reraised from the cutoff seat to 16,500, and then play folded back around to Kanaan. He reraised and made it 25,500 to go. Lui called.
The flop came down , and Kanaan checked. Lui slid forward a bet of 20,000, but Kanaan upped things to 57,000 with a check-raise. Lui folded, and Kanaan won the pot.