Alternate number 62 has just been seated and that was Alexios Zervos, while Sebastian Malec was still waiting outside. The total number according to the screens got bumped up to 432, but this already includes alternates that bought in and haven't gotten a seat yet.
The registration will close at the start of level seven and staff is doing their utmost to get everyone seated. Until then, the final number for today will remain a mystery.
A massive pot was brewing in the main tournament room and a player in the hijack had squeezed to 11,100 already. Mason Hyatt then shoved from the cutoff and Honglin Jiang in the big blind called all in for 31,650. The hijack managed to find a fold and said in table chat he had pocket queens.
Honglin Jiang:
Mason Hyatt:
"Oh my god," Jiang said when he spotted the flop of , improving him to a full house. Both the turn and river were blanks and Jiang scored a big double while Hyatt remains well over starting stack.
Dmitrii Shchepkin, who just missed out on the money in the High Roller, was just involved in a raising war against Christopher Yong. The latter had squeezed to 7,500 in the big blind and Shchepkin then moved all in for 27,225. Yong folded and the pot was awarded to Shchepkin.
Over in the Lounge, the always-aggressive Yuriy Boyko got into a small raising war with a player from Portugal in the big blind. Boyko made it 1,000 to go from the hijack and his opponent reraised to 3,100. Boyko clicked it up to 6,700 and that did the trick to force a fold.
There was a limp for 500 and a call, the small blind completed and Stephen Hendry in the big blind checked his option.
Four ways to a flop of and everybody checked. The turn card was the and a check from the small blind prompted a bet of 2,100 from the snooker legend. Everyone else let it go and Hendry picked up the pot.
Matthew Guilbert bet big on a flop of and Nicholas J A Galt moved all in for not much more. Guilbert didn’t look delighted with himself but didn’t compound the error by folding so Galt was the player at risk.
Galt had hit with and Guilbert had overs .
The turn was the and the river the to send Galt to the rail.
On the heads-up turn of , Karim Souaid led for 2,500 out of the big blind and Guillem Cusco Bach raised to 8,000. Souaid quickly called and checked again the river. Both players were the far biggest stacks at the table and Bach then bet 18,500 from the hijack. Souaid gave it some thought and checked the stack, but elected to fold with around 57,000 behind.
, improving him to a full house. Both the 
turn and 
river were blanks and Jiang scored a big double while Hyatt remains well over starting stack.
and everybody checked. The turn card was the 
and a check from the small blind prompted a bet of 2,100 from the snooker legend. Everyone else let it go and Hendry picked up the pot.
and Nicholas J A Galt moved all in for not much more. Guilbert didn’t look delighted with himself but didn’t compound the error by folding so Galt was the player at risk.
and Guilbert had overs 
.
and the river the 
, Karim Souaid led for 2,500 out of the big blind and Guillem Cusco Bach raised to 8,000. Souaid quickly called and checked again the 
river. Both players were the far biggest stacks at the table and Bach then bet 18,500 from the hijack. Souaid gave it some thought and checked the stack, but elected to fold with around 57,000 behind.
