With a pot of around 175,000 to the [KcJ4cTh] turn, Maria Cardoso checked out of the big blind. Patrice Ah-Nien on the button pushed all-in and Cardoso used two time banks before she called.
Maria Cardoso: Q♦Q♠ 
Patrice Ah-Nien: K♦J♣
The top two pair of Ah-Nien were out in front and Cardoso had some straight outs, which she hit on the A♠ river.
On a flop of A♠7♣5♠, Robert Schwartz and Jaryd Jardien invested 82,000 each to the 3♠ turn on which Schwartz checked. Jardien bet 80,000 and Schwartz called. Both opted to check the 9♦ on the river and the A♣K♦ of Schwartz won the pot.
With nearly a dozen players jumping in at the last minute, the overall field size was bumped to 256 entries to generate a prize pool of $215,040 and the money bubble will burst today, though in the late evening hours.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Out of a field of 244 entries, only 58 players remain and they have been sent on an 85-minute dinner break until 7 p.m. local time. Once the action recommences with blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000 to give everyone jumping in at the last minute 25 big blinds worth.
Dan Zvonaru pushed all-in from under the gun for 95,000 and Magnus Geldenhuys followed suit in the next seat on a shorter-handed table. Panayiotis Giannakopoulos was in the big blind and snapped off both.
Dan Zvonaru: Q♥10♣
Magnus Geldenhuys: 9♥9♠
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos: K♣Q♣
"So I only need a ten," Zvonaru said. He didn't find one with the board running out Q♠5♣3♠A♠4♣ to send both stacks over to Giannakopoulos.
On a heads-up turn of A♥6♣7♥8♠, Todd Hellyar got his chips in and was looked up by Xianbin Li. When the cards were turned over, Hellyar sighed an "but of course you have".
Todd Hellyar: A♠A♦
Xianbin Li: 9♦5♣
The top set went down in flames on the J♦ river to knock out the Day 1a chip leader once more.
Sami Matar had his wish granted to get a shorter stack into the middle after previous attempts found no caller. This time, however, Tome Dinh was definitely not folding.
Sami Matar: 8♥6♥
Tome Dinh: K♠K♥
The 10♥9♠2♠ flop gave Matar a gutshot but one out vanished with the 10♠ turn, the 4♥ river was then a blank to send Matar to the registration desk.
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