David "JeanClaude1970" Peters has just joined the field. The American poker refugee, registered on partypoker in Canada, likely needs no introduction with huge successes both in online and live poker with over $20 million in combined cashes.
Around the same time, "M0k0to" was eliminated from the tournament keeping the field at 21 remaining players.
Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer is one of online poker's most successful all-time pros with almost $9 million in online cashes according to PocketFives.com where he is currently ranked 50th in the world.
The Australian just became the third player to pass the 2 million mark in chips.
With the pot already at 807,884, "phenom11218" bet 530,913 or more than half of what his opponent "CanadianPharaoh" had behind on the [5s4sqc6sqh' board. "Phenom11218" shipped a huge pot after his opponent folded.
In a five-way limped pot, "Heinz_76 led out for 32,000 from the small blind after the appeared on the flop. "Al3x53" raised to more than 86,000 and "Heinz_76" called.
"Al3x53" jammed all in for 115,189 after the appeared on the turn and got a fold from his opponent to bring his stack near the 400,000 mark.
Just before the break, "al3x53" was able to increase his chip stack before it went back down again.
He opened up for 20,000 and got called from "CanadianPharaoh" from the small blind and "phenom11218" from the big blind.
"Alex3x53" fired out a continuation bet of 23,450 on the flop. "CanadianPharaoh" folded, while "phenom11218" opted to call.
"Alex3x53" bet again, this time for 39,865, after the appeared on the turn and got a call from his opponent. His opponent led out for 96,815 after the completed the board on the river and "alex3x53" called and mucked his hand after his opponent turned over a flush holding .