The bubble has been very slow as we've played six hands without seeing an all-in showdown. This means there are still 29 players remaining and we need one more elimination before the money is reached.
There are just 35 minutes remaining in the current level, which is also the last level of the day.
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There were two players all in, one of them Stepan Lavrin who won the pot after his 
flopped big when 
came out. The other all in player had 
and the player who had them covered had 
. The board ran out 
, giving Lavrin just about a full triple-up. With the one eliminated player we are officially on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | 24,000 |
The tournament is now hand-for-hand as we are on the money bubble with 53 minutes remaining before the day is done. We will be right back with more updates from the floor as the tension is rising inside the Paradise Casino Walkerhill poker room.
Tsun Ming Chan just knocked out another player and that means we're down to the final 30. The player to Chan's right was all in for his final 26,000 and the showdown went as following.
Chan: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Chan knocked his opponent out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 81,700 |
We happened upon a pot of 125,000 and a board of 
. The turn came 
and the betting started with Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, who put 50,000 in front of him. It didn't take long for Takao Kazuta to announce all in and Kampanatsanyakorn called.
Kampanatsanyakorn turned over 
while Kazuta showed . The river came giving Kampanatsanyakorn the pot and putting a huge dent in Kazuta's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
68,000 | -252,700 |
We're down to four tables of eight after Kelvin Beattie just knocked out both David Martirosyan and Masator Yokosawa on the same hand.
Martirosyan had just doubled up to Yokosawa but on the very next hand both players ended up all in again, but this time Beattie was involved as well.
Yokosawa was all in under the gun to 2,500 and Martirosyan raised from his left to 8,000 and Beattie three-bet from his left to 18,000. The action folded back to Martirosyan who moved all in for 50,000 and Beattie snap-called.
Beattie: 
Martirosyan: 
Yokosawa: 
The board ran out 
and Beattie raked in a very important pot as we're getting closer and closer to the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
We came to the table with a board of 
. Andy Chan was showing 
in front of him and Makoto Yoshimichi had 
. They were counting out Yoshimichi's chips and Chan ended up shipping 164,000 over to Yoshimichi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
363,000 | 304,000 |
|
69,000 | -191,000 |
Minh Hau Nguyen just ended up all in again and he was trailing once more for his tournament life. This time Nguyen was in for 46,500 and the showdown went as following.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The board ran out 
and Nguyen locked up another double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 47,000 |
Takahisa Watanabe just moved all in under the gun for 68,500 and Quan Zhou, formerly the tournament chip leader, made the call. Two players tanked for quite a while before folding and the showdown went as following.
Watanabe:
Zhou:
The board ran out 
and the four spades on the board kept the Japanese player alive. Zhou was left with 60,000 while one of the players that folded said he folded ace-jack with the jack of spades.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 75,400 |
|
60,000 | -148,000 |
Haggart moved all in for his final 29,800 on a 
flop and Takao Kazuta called instantly. Haggart turned over for the straight and Kazuta tabled 
. The board ran out and 
to give Haggart the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,700 | -49,300 |
|
92,000 | -38,000 |
