Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The 16 remaining players are going on a 10-minute break. The day will conclude when 13 players remain.
Michael Klein opened from under the gun, and a player shoved for around 180,000 from middle position. Klein, who barely covered his opponent, called.
Opponent: 9♠9♥
Michael Klein: 10♠10♦
The 5♣6♣5♠7♦J♦ runout kept Klein's pocket tens in front to win the hand and send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
With the board reading 9♠8♠6♥, a player was all-in from under the gun for over 200,000, and up against the covering stack of Richard Smith in the small blind.
Under the gun player: K♠J♠
Richard Smith: 8♦7♥
Smith had top pair and an open-ender, while his opponent had two overcards and the second-nut flush draw. The board ran out Q♣5♣, giving Smith a straight to score yet another elimination and extend his lead over the rest of the field.
Meanwhile at another table, Liam Schmidt was recently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Richard Smith opened from the cutoff, Russ Dunlevy shoved for around 50,000 from the button, and Smith called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Russ Dunlevy: A♣9♠
Richard Smith: 8♦5♦
"You're way ahead" Smith told his opponent before the cards hit their backs. The board ran out 4♦5♥10♠2♦10♣, giving Smith a pair of fives to send Dunlevy to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
635,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
380,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
340,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
276,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
|
267,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
260,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
235,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
190,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
185,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
184,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
165,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
70,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
47,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
A player from under the gun shoved for around 50,000, and a player in middle position re-shoved for around 175,000. Keith Becker called from the button with his stack of approxiamtely 115,000, putting himself at risk.
Under the gun player: A♠J♦
Middle position player: 8♣8♥
Keith Becker: K♦K♠
The 7♥9♣9♥Q♣Q♦ runout kept Becker's kings in front to send one opponent to the rail and leave the other short-stacked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
89,000
|
89,000 |