In the first ten minutes since the players returned from dinner, six have gone busto. The tournament staff have broken another table as a result. We are down to ten tables.
David 'Chino' Rheem opened to 1,500 from under the gun and found a caller before the small blind moved all in for 9,300. Rheem then moved all in, forcing a fold from the player in the middle.
Rheem:
Opponent:
The board fell and Rheem took a hit, down to 55,000 in chips.
Sunshine Samson opened to 1,500 from the cutoff and a player on the button made it 4,600 total. David Saab slowly peeked at his cards before moving all in for 11,525 total. Samson passed, but the button player made the call.
Saab:
Opponent:
The board brought a little sweat for both players when it ran out . Saab doubled to over 25,000 in chips.
"No ace! No ace!" shouted George Lim. He and an opponent were all in, with the board already showing by the time we got to the table. Lim was ahead with ; his opponent was on and needed a king or an ace to take down the pot.
The river blanked , and when the stacks were counted down, Lim had his opponent barely covered. As a result, his opponent grabbed his things and left the tournament floor. Lim is now on 41000.
Benjamin Lim is showing signs of frustration. [Removed:197] led out on a flop of . His only opponent was Lim. Lim called the flop bet, creating a pot of 7,500 chips heading to the turn. Nasr bet 4,200, sending Lim into the tank for two minutes. Nasr finally asked for a clock; Lim was given one minute to act on his hand. He flipped his cards into the muck after thirty seconds.
Steve Sung was starting to trend towards being a short stack in danger of elimination. But he's a little healthier after knocking out an even shorter-stacked opponent. The two players got the chips in preflop, with Sung tabling against his opponent's . The flop left Sung's opponent looking for runners. He didn't get them.
Kwang Soo Lee opened to 1,500 and found a caller before Steven Yea raised it to 5,500. Dominek Leitner then moved all in for 35,000, which put Lee into the tank.
He folded after several minutes, as did the player caught in the middle. Yea then said something in Korean to Lee before standing up and turning his over, signifing a call.
Leitner sheepishly tabled his . Leitner caught some help on the flop, but was unable to improve when the board eventually ran out . Yea rockets to 86,500 in chips as Leitner hits the rail.