Isaac Haxton and Felix Stephensen are both extremely short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | -75,000 |
|
16,000 | -40,000 |
Mustapha Kanit was down to 60,000 and he got it in with 
against the 
of [Removed:146]. The board ran out 
and Kanit made his exit in 57th place.
Down to 56 players now, one off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Bartlomiej Machon got his stack of 283,000 in pre with aces against the queens of Mustapha Kanit. The aces held for a double. At another table, Maroun Jazzar with a miniscule stack of under 50,000 doubled through Paul Hoefer with 
against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000 | 295,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -75,000 |
With 57 players remaining and 55 in the money, hand for hand play as been instated.
From the cutoff, Yang Zhang raised to 25,000 with about 200,000 or so behind. Grzegorz Wyraz in the small blind pushed all in and Isaac Haxton, one of the shortest stacks in the tournament, folded. Zhang instantly called.
Grzegorz Wyraz:
Yang Zhang: 
The board ran out 
and Zhang was already drawing dead on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | 190,000 |
|
Busted |
Play has slowed to a crawl with the bubble within spitting distance. Here are some updated counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000 | 35,000 |
|
695,000 | 103,000 |
|
660,000 | -110,000 |
|
321,000 | -29,000 |
|
246,000 | -74,000 |
|
240,000 | -20,000 |
|
120,000 | -21,000 |
|
112,000 | -78,000 |
|
90,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
56,000 | -64,000 |
Niall Farrell opened for 23,000 under the gun and William Kassouf called. Kassouf's neighbor Steven Thompson Vila squeezed to 100,000 and action got back to Farrell. He pushed all in and Kassouf quickly folded. Vila called.
Steven Thompson Vila: 
Niall Farrell: 
The board came 
and Vila more than doubled his 345,000 stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
735,000 | 565,000 |
|
691,000 | -409,000 |
|
420,000 | -120,000 |
At the previous level, Sameer Khurana shoved all in for 107,000 and action folded to Alexander Ivarsson in the big blind. After thinking briefly, he called.
Ivarsson:
Khurana: 
"What were you thinking about, you had ace-king?" Khurana asked.
The board ran out 
, and Ivarsson took it with the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
