Hon Cheong Lee was reduced to just 2,000 after losing with against the of Michael Tchong before winning the next hand after being all in for 1,000 only.
Then, Szymon Wysocki raised to 14,000 for the second hand in a row and was called by Lee for his last 11,000, Tchong and Ami Barer in the big blind. The three remaining active players checked the flop and a bet of 25,000 by Barer on the turn isolated successfully.
Hon Cheong Lee:
Ami Barer:
The on the river failed to improve Lee and he was eliminated. At almost the same time, Martin Finger and Justin Victor also headed to the payout desk. Finger lost king-queen suited against pocket tens and ran out of chips soon after when his six-seven suited could not crack pocket nines.
Victor shoved out of the small blind for his last few chips with the and Mike Del Vecchio called with to deal the final blow to Victor on a board of .
A player opened to 13,000 second to act and Daniel Laidlaw shoved for about 67,000 in the cutoff. Chen Lin jammed in the small blind and the opener mucked.
Daniel Laidlaw:
Chen Lin:
The board ran out and Lin had Laidlaw barely covered.
Joshua Abady had barely been in his seat for five minutes before he got all in for his last 92,500 with against the of Martin Finger.
The flop came handing Finger the lead, but the swung things back around in Abady's favour and the on the river was a formality. Abady doubles to just over 200,000.
Players are now going on a 75-minute dinner break. When they return at approximately 8.50 p.m. local time the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Taylor Black and Rinaldo Piastrino bowed out before the dinner break. The former walked over to Craig Mason and said "they got me. I shoved for seven big blinds and he called with six seven off, I had ace queen."
David Stonehouse was also on the brink of elimination when he was all in for his last 84,000. Sherif Derias looked him up with the and Stonehouse only had . However, the board came to the rescue to let the Brit double.
Other pre dinner casualties include Jan Pettersson, Yin Liu, Mason and Rob Raymond. Pettersson lost a flip with pocket jacks versus ace-king after having previously misread his hand in the massive clash with Mike Del Vecchio.
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