The player in the early position raised to 1,600 and Alec Friedman shoved for 9,100 in the late position. The player in the hijack called and action folded back to the initial raiser who folded.
Alec Friedman: 
Hijack: 
The board ran out 
for Friedman to hold and more than double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,100 |
The player in the late position raised to 1,500 and Brenda Persian shoved her last 5,600 into the pot from the hijack. Action folded back to her opponent who made the call.
Brenda Persian: 
Late Position: 
The flop came 
for Persian to hit a pair of eights.
The turn was the for Persian to improve her hand to trips and the river completed the board with the as a formality as she doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
56,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
55,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
36,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
34,000
23,800
|
23,800 |
|
|
34,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The player in the early position raised to 1,500 and action folded to Jay Jin in the big blind who opted to defend it.
The flop came 
, Jin check-raised the 2,000 continuation-bet of his opponent to 5,200 which was more than enough to get a fold and add more chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 |
Kunal Gawande has just doubled up in a cutoff versus late position situation where he held 
and his opponent had 
.
The board read 
by the time all the cards were out and Gawande stuck around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,300 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jeremy Bittan raised to 2,100 from the button and the player in the big blind called.
The flop came 
, the big blind check-called the 3,000 continuation-bet of Bittan.
The turn was the , the big blind took over the initiative and led out for 5,000 which Bittan called.
The river completed the board with the 
and the player in the big bllind bet another 5,000. Bittan decided to raise to 25,000 which sent his opponent into the tank. Bittan decided to put his head down, not facing his opponent until he decided to fold.
"Got away with one!" Bittan said and then showed the 
for the bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
86,000 | |
|
||
|
80,000 | |
With 161 players showing on the tournament clock, they have all been sent for their second 15-minute break of the day.
