Aces for Andrews
While Ben Andrews came in with a stack of 120,000 or so at the start of the level, the Brit had endured a torrid time of it at the tables and had dropped down to 40,400. However, it appears that Andrew's may have turned the tides of fortune, though the halt of his slump came at the expense of Germany's Max Menzel.
It was Justin Chu who instigated the action with an open to 4,500 from middle position, with Menzel making the call from one seat over in the cutoff. Action folded around to Andrews, who jammed on the button and action was back on Chu, who tanked for close to 30-seconds before deciding to let it go.
Menzel however, seemed on the fence and flip-flopped between folding and calling, eventually deciding on the latter and both players flipped over their hands.
Max Menzel: 
Ben Andrews: 
Andrews had found the pocket rockets at the perfect time and Menzel could only shake his head sadly as the 
runout saw the pot shipped the Brit's way.
James Chen has become one of the early casualties, unable to get anything going with his short-stack, with the field down to 90 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
-30,900
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-30,900 |
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86,000
-29,700
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-29,700 |
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Busted | |
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flop saw checks from both players, with Erquiaga taking a stab for 25,000 on the 
turn, which Chiu called.
river was the spark that ignited the action, pairing the board and completing a possible heart flush, and Erquiaga jammed. Chiu eventually made the call with 
, and was stunned to discover that Erquiaga had been getting frisky preflop with 
and backed into the boat, which was good for a huge pot. Erquiaga climbs to 244,500 while Chiu hit the rail.
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turn, which is where the fireworks went off. Chen fired a second barrel, this time for 27,000, Wu re-raised to 55,000, Chen shoved and was quickly called.
turn saw Gerard jam for an effective 52,200 as this was all that Peng had behind, and the latter eventually decided to let it go.
runout giving the Irishman a flush and a double to 113,000, while Shin dropped down to 145,000.
flop, with Wong improving to second pair on the 
river, with Lee making a straight to send Wong to the rail and stack Wee up to 240,000.
