It was a big flip for Christopher Day that would have gotten him back on track, but instead the Brit got rivered by Alexis Fleur. Day was all in and at risk for around 450,000 with the and Fleur had the two over cards with .
The board came and, as Yuriy Boyko said just before the showdown, the "ace king is good."
At the last break, Jay Samani was among the bigger stacks but dwindled all the way down to just 300,000. He recovered a few chips and then got it in with for half a million in chips. Daniel Harwood woke up with an even bigger pair, holding the , and the board came .
"I am happy," Samani said and left the table with a smile before heading to the payout desk.
Naoufel Bennani-Smires opened to 45,000 and Jose Astima moved all in. Bennani Smires asked for a count and called when it was deemed to be for 567,000. Astima had the and Bennani-Smires turned over .
The flip went to the Frenchman, as the board came .
Soon after, Astima had Clement Tripodi at the brisk of elimination only to lose 474,000 with against the of his fellow countryman.
Alexis Fleur raised from the button and called the shove of table neighbor Eric Cech in the small blind with pocket sixes. Cech had the and got there thanks to a board of . Fleur remains above one million while Cech has half of that.
From early position, Szabolcs Donka got the remainder of his stack for around 16 big blinds in and the action folded all the way around to Daniel Harwood in the big blind. He had folded previously to a shove, but this time he called with .
Due to the sensational turnout of the event, and the big number of remaining players, tournament staff has run some numbers and a very late finish tomorrow would be likely. As a result, it was decided to play one additional level tonight and then come back tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time.
There will be a 15-minute level at the end of this level.
Adam Harsanyi opened the action and Joshua Green shoved for close to 400,000. Harsanyi called to put Greens tournament life on the line in the final level.
Harsanyi had and Green was in good shape for a double with .
The board ran out .
The final card delivered the heart flush to bust Green who shook hands with the table before he left.
On another table just after Ricardo Cuerda Cuartero was eliminated too.
The entire action is unknown, but Mihaita Croitoru just shipped over his stack of half a million preflop to Muhamet Perati. The latter had found the perfect timing for , as Day 1a chip leader Croitoru only had . The board came and that was it for the PokerStars qualifier from Romania.
Out of the small blind, Shantanu Banerji open-shoved for around 230,000 with the and Paul Skipper in the big blind called with . The flop took away some outs for Banerji, and the turn and river completed the board. Skipper's flush took down the pot and sent Banerji to the rail.