Matthew Kramer moved all in preflop for his last 700,000 and was called by Timothy Niles after the rest of the table folded.
Matthew Kramer: 8♦8♠
Timothy Niles: Q♠J♣
Although Kramer was in the lead to start, the runout of 4♠A♦6♦Q♥K♣ gave Niles a pair of queens on the turn and Kramer was eliminated in 15th place.
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/75,000
Ante: 75,000
The remaining players are now on an extended 30-minute break and will return to action shortly.
On a heads-up flop of 10♦8♥A♠, there was already around 400,000 in the middle when Wilson Chan led out for 100,000.
Yousef Salameh then set out to raise to 500,000, but the stack of chips he placed was a dirty stack and the bottom chip was actually a 5,000 chip instead of a red 100,000 chip like the rest.
The bet was then confirmed as 405,000 after a little confusion but it didn't seem to matter as Chan made the fold anyways.
On a multi-way flop of A♦6♦9♠, Donald Helmig led out for 300,000 from under-the-gun but then Tony Barrera moved all in from the button to cover. Ralph Smith moved all in behind for less and Helmig put the rest of his chips in there as well and all the cards were tabled.
Ralph Smith: 9♣4♣
Donald Helmig: K♦3♦
Tony Barrera: A♥Q♠
Barrera was in the lead with his pair of aces, but still needed to fade a lot of cards to keep it that way. The turn A♠ improved him to trip aces to take Smith out of the equation, and the river 5♣ was a brick for him to scoop the entire pot, eliminating both opponents.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | Joe Nguyen | 2,300,000 | 46 |
| 21 | 2 | Tony Barrera | 2,150,000 | 43 |
| 21 | 3 | Ralph Smith | 1,650,000 | 33 |
| 21 | 4 | Hong Moon | 1,850,000 | 37 |
| 21 | 5 | Donald Helmig | 1,800,000 | 36 |
| 21 | 6 | Alan Bittikofer | 500,000 | 10 |
| 21 | 7 | Miralem Mujkic | 3,100,000 | 62 |
| 21 | 8 | Borui Zhang | 3,350,000 | 67 |
| 21 | 9 | Yousef Salameh | 1,950,000 | 39 |
| 22 | 1 | Joseph Quaile | 950,000 | 19 |
| 22 | 2 | Yahor Yuzefovich | 1,050,000 | 21 |
| 22 | 3 | Wilson Chan | 2,500,000 | 50 |
| 22 | 4 | Anthony An | 1,650,000 | 33 |
| 22 | 5 | Rifki Yazid | 1,920,000 | 38.4 |
| 22 | 6 | Jeffrey Griffiths | 700,000 | 14 |
| 22 | 7 | Matthew Schumacher | 1,600,000 | 32 |
| 22 | 8 | Jagdeep Bal | 3,100,000 | 62 |
| 22 | 9 | Thomas Morris | 2,850,000 | 57 |
| 23 | 1 | Timothy Niles | 950,000 | 19 |
| 23 | 2 | Pedro Rodriguez | 1,780,000 | 35.6 |
| 23 | 3 | Matthew Kramer | 1,550,000 | 31 |
| 23 | 4 | Matthew Boddorf | 1,300,000 | 26 |
| 23 | 5 | Charlen Aseberos | 1,925,000 | 38.5 |
| 23 | 6 | Phatseluck Yang | 1,975,000 | 39.5 |
| 23 | 7 | Daniel Evans | 2,000,000 | 40 |
| 23 | 8 | Albert Sanchez Jr | 1,175,000 | 23.5 |
| 23 | 9 | William Pinheiro | 1,300,000 | 26 |
On a completed board of 4♣2♠3♣8♦7♥, Charlen Aseberos led out for 120,000 but was then raised to 350,000 by his heads-up opponent, Donald Helmig.
Aseberos thought about it for a few seconds before tossing out the call and was shown 3♦4♦ by Helmig for just a pair of threes. Crazily enough, a pair of threes was good as Aseberos flashed K♣2♣ for an inferior pair of deuces before he sent it into the muck and Helmig was awarded the pot.
On a heads-up completed board of 4♠9♣4♣A♠8♥, there was already 500,000 in the pot when Timothy Niles led out for 200,000.
The action was then on Anthony An who went into the tank to review his options.
After 30 seconds or so, he made the call but was shown A♥J♠ for aces and fours, jack kicker by Niles. An checked his hand one more time and tossed it into the muck, admitting that he was outkicked as the pot was pushed over to Niles.
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