The remaining 41 players are being sent on their final 15-minute break of the night before completing two more levels.
Play resumes in Level 19 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 and an average stack of 551,000 (37 bb).
The remaining 41 players are being sent on their final 15-minute break of the night before completing two more levels.
Play resumes in Level 19 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 and an average stack of 551,000 (37 bb).
Arian Stolt raised to 24,000 in the hijack and Drew O'Connell called on the button. Russ Dunlevy then three-bet to 76,000 in the small blind, and Stolt folded. O'Connell, though, moved all in for 300,000, and Dunlevy quickly called.
Drew O'Connell: K♥K♠
Russ Dunlevy: A♥A♦
O'Connell ran his kings right into Dunlevy's aces, and the J♦3♦7♥5♦5♣ board offered no help as he was sent to the rail.
"I would've gone broke on the flop if not for you," Stolt said to Dunlevy.
"I mean, a monkey could win chips with these cards," Dunlevy replied.
Table eight was informed that they will be the next live stream table after the final break of the night.
In the late stages of the current level, Concetta Rinaldi bet the A♠Q♦J♣3♠4♠ river for 90,000 and John McDonald in the big blind check-called.
Rinaldi showed the A♥J♦ and McDonald mucked, then shook his head.
Sean Ruane opened to 27,000 from middle position and Colin Moll flatted in the hijack.
On the A♠Q♣3♠ flop, Ruane led for 25,000 and Moll instantly called.
Ruane slowed down with a check on the A♣ turn. Moll bet 50,000, and Ruane called.
The river brought the 8♦ as Ruane check-called a final bet of 75,000 from Moll.
Colin Moll: A♦6♦
Sean Ruane: A♥10♣
Both players had trip aces, but Ruane's kicker played as his stack grows to over a million.
Alex Queen jammed for his final 104,000 from the hijack and Maxwell Young looked him up from the small blind.
Alex Queen: A♣10♠
Maxwell Young: 7♠7♦
It was a coinflip scenario as the J♠3♣2♦ flop offered no help to Queen.
The Q♠ turn added a gutshot to his outs, but he could not find any on the 6♣ river, and his run was cut short
Kevin Grabel raised to 27,000 in the cutoff, Tanupat Punjarojanakul three-bet to 100,000 in the big blind, and Grabel called.
The flop came 6♥7♠7♥ and Punjarojanakul bet 60,000. Grabel called, and the 2♥ fell on the turn.
Punjarojanakul slowed down and checked to Grabel, who bet 100,000. Punjarojanakul called and checked again on the J♦ river, and Grabel moved all in for 390,000.
Punjarojanakul waited for the dealer to finish counting down Grabel's stack before he sent his cards into the muck.
George St. Lawrence jammed for 171,000 under the gun before it folded to Omar Taveras in the small blind. He would burn through three time extensions before he rejammed, and the hands were tabled.
George St. Lawrence: A♣10♠
Omar Taveras: A♥Q♦
St. Lawrence's kicker was in bad shape against Taveras and he needed to improve. The J♦3♥2♠ flop changed nothing before the K♦ turn swapped each other's outs with two broadway gutters.
The Q♥ came on the river, completing St. Lawrence's straight as a stunned Taveras had doubling chips sent to St. Lawrence.
James Tedrow raised to 25,000 under the gun, Anthony Zinno moved all in for 103,000 in early position, and Tedrow called.
Anthony Zinno: A♣10♦
James Tedrow: Q♠Q♥
Zinno was looking for an ace to survive against Tedrow's queens, but he couldn't connect with the 6♠3♦6♣8♠Q♦ board while Tedrow improved to a full house to send Zinno to the rail.
Andrew Chang moved all in for 180,000 from the small blind and Adam Kim put him at risk on the button.
Andrew Chang: A♠9♠
Adam Kim: A♣Q♣
Chang found himself dominated going to the flop, which came 8♥7♦K♦. The 5♠ fell on the turn, while the 5♦ river kept Kim in the lead with his queen-kicker to send Chang to the rail.
Sharman Olshan departed in 48th place and another two players followed right away to bring the field down to the final five tables all of a suddenn.
Daniel Lazrus was the first to run out of chips thereafter when he got a shorter stack in the middle preflop against John McDonald.
Daniel Lazrus: A♦4♣
John McDonald: Q♣J♠
The 10♣10♠3♠7♠J♥ board improved McDonald on the river.
Wesley Shi picked the same ace-rag to get his chips into the middle against Ricky Guan.
Wesley Shi: A♦4♠
Ricky Guan: J♦J♣
The pocket pair held on the K♥10♠4♦2♦6♦ runout to send Shi to the nearby payout desk, too.
Last but not least, Carlos Chadha Villamarin flipped for his last 232,000 against Russ Dunlevy.
Carlos Chadha Villamarin: 9♥9♣
Russ Dunlevy: AxJx
The J♥10♦2♦7♥8♦ board gave Chadha the straight on the river.