Alfie Adam opened and Kalidou Sow raised. Adam called and they went to a flop of 
.
Adam moved all in and Sow called. Adam had 
but Sow had flopped it with 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
and Adam was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Sacha Israel raised to 8,000 and short stack Sacha Israel moved all in for 13,000 from the button. Jonathan Wong called in the big blind, as did Israel. Both players checked the 
flop and Wong then bet the 
turn for 8,000, which Israel called. On the 
river, Wong bet 14,000 and Israel just called.
As it was an all in showdown, all cards had to be tabled and Saleh showed ace-jack for two pair. Wong had 
and Israel only flatted with 
for the inferior flush!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
123,400
|
123,400 |
|
140,000
50,900
|
50,900 |
|
Busted |
Two tables broke in The Lounge, but the second one didn't come in time to see Kevin Allen drop some chips. He raised to 10,500 from the small blind and Sean Daly shoved for 61,000 in the big blind. Allen called with 
and Daly had the .
The board came 
and Daly doubled.
Below are some further assorted chip counts from the bar and Lounge area, along with Guillem Cusco Bach in the main room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
500,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
355,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
330,000
182,200
|
182,200 |
|
290,000
109,100
|
109,100 |
|
190,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
185,000
109,100
|
109,100 |
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
At least half a dozen players busted soon after the bubble had burst and a waiting line is piling up next to the entrance of the main tournament area. Among those to head to the cashier are Benjamin Philipps, Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos and Vamshi Vandanapu.
The latter three-bet shoved for 60,000 out of the small blind with 
and Fabien Motte from under the gun looked him up with 
. The board came 
and Vandanapu was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
124,800
|
124,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
There was a limp from under the gun and Ibrahim Ilksoy next to him called. Marc Hunter only had 1,000 behind and that went in the pot. There were three more calls including small blind Jose Ruben Rubio Garnito.
The flop was 
.
Ilksoy bet 12,000 which got everyone else out except Garnito.
They checked the 
turn and the river.
Hunter turned over 
for the flopped set.
Ilksoy showed and had turned a better set.
Garnito though had for a straight to confirm Hunters exit on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Francesco Cortese was the initial raiser from under the gun for 9,000 and Robert Heidorn stayed in the hand to see a middle-sized pot emerge to the 
turn. Both invested 31,000 chips and Cortese then checked the river. Heidorn cut out a bet of 64,500 with around 100,000 behind and Cortese took his time before eventually calling.
Heidorn tapped the table before turning over and Cortese showed 
for second pair. "Nice call," Heidorn admitted and lost a big chunk of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
194,200
|
194,200 |
|
95,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The most famous/infamous poker player in the game right now played a huge hand late last night that had railbirds leaning over to get a closer view. “How does he do it?” one of them said. The PokerStars Blog watched the hand.
There is 25-minute break now. Hand-for-hand continues when they come back and two players busted still to reduce the field to 184. When everyone resumes, the action will recommence on the pure money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
In a battle button versus small blind, Honglin Jiang and Sally Stephens got into a big pot that saw Stephens fire the flop and the 
turn. On the river, Stephens checked and Jiang bet for what looked like 40,000. Stephens check-raised all in for 93,400 and Jiang called.
Sally Stephens:
Honglin Jiang:
The river card proved to be deadly for Jiang and he had to forfeit a decent chunk of his stack while Stephens doubled to more than twice the average
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
238,400
|
238,400 |
|
130,000
91,900
|
91,900 |
