18 minutes into post-bubble play we've just seen the first money finisher eliminated from the tournament. Mischa Peters got all in preflop, holding against Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who tabled pocket aces.
The board ran out and ElkY took down the pot with an ace-high flush.
For his 40th-place finish, Peters took home $3,238 in prize money.
Sheldon Mayer has just been eliminated from the tournament in 39th place, after a couple of back-to-back hands knocked him down and then out.
The first hand saw Mayer move all in from under the gun holding . Liz Lieu made the call for the rest of her chips (17,000), tabling pocket tens. The board panned out and Lieu doubled up to 34,000, leaving Mayer with just 18,000 in chips.
On the very next hand, Mayer moved all in over the top of a 10,000 preflop raise made by Taesin Si for an extra 7,500. Si made the call and turned over ; Sheldon showed . Mayer would need a ten to survive, but none came as the board filled out .
Sheldon took home $3,238 for his 39th-place finish.
Team PokerStars Pro Hevad "Rain" Khan has just been eliminated from the tournament in 33rd place. Here's how the hand went down:
Joe Hachem limped in on the button and Khan moved all in from the small blind. Mika Hallstrom then insta-called from the big blind prompting Hachem to get out of the way. At the showdown, the players revealed:
Khan:
Hallstrom:
Khan, unable to run down Hallstrom's kings, was eliminated in 33rd place, good for $3,238 in prize money.
Dinh Le has just eliminated Taesin Si from the tournament after calling Si's all-in bet on a flop of holding ; Si had made a move with pocket eights. The turn and river were no help to Si, who took home $4,048 in prize money for his 32nd-place finish.