Peter Busch moved all in from the button, apparently on a steal and Robert Firestone snap-called in the big blind.
Firestone
Busch
Busch flopped good though, the first three coming down . Firestone needed an ace, a queen or running straight or flush cards to improve. The turn, however was the and the river the , sending him to the rail in 17th place.
With Firestone's elimination, the action has been paused while the remaining 16 players re-draw for seats on two tables.
Fabrice Soulier is intensely sweating his fellow Frenchmen David Benyamine and Antony Lellouche at Table 4 while Ylon Schwartz, in town for the High Rollers Event, just stopped by to check out the action.
In yet another preflop all-in confrontation, Eric Liu took his up against Michael Tureniec's . The flop was boffo for Tureniec, coming down , making him two pair and leaving Liu drawing to two outs. It was all over on the turn when the fell making Tureniec kings full. The meaningless river card was the and Tureniec doubled up to 336,000.
Brian Green from Costa Rica has had Humberto Brenes sweating him all day long. Sadly, the always friendly and outgoing Brenes will no longer be hanging out after Green busted out in 19th place.
Huseyin Yilmaz was super short and shoved. He doubled up when he scored trips with . He moved all in on the next hand but lost that battle. He shoved for 75,000. Frode Gjesdal called along with Max Pescatori. The flop was . Gjesdal moved all in and Pescatori folded. Gjesdal tabled for a gutshot straight flush draw. Yilmaz showed . The turn was the and the river was the . Gjesdal won the pot and Yilmaz was eliminated in 21st place.
French actress Alexia Portal was all in with 7-7 and lost a race against A-Q. She headed to the rail under a loud applause from the spectators and the remaining players.