The starting field has been reduced to just 29 as the remaining players head off on the first 10-minute break of the day.
The starting field has been reduced to just 29 as the remaining players head off on the first 10-minute break of the day.
On the last hand before break, Matthew Riffel moved all in for 192,000 on the button and Thanh Bui called in the small blind.
Matthew Riffel: A♠4♣
Thanh Bui: 10♣10♦
Bui was ahead with his tens as the board came J♦7♣8♣K♦, leaving Riffel a card away from elimination. The river, though, brought the A♦ to give Riffel top pair and the double up.
Daniel Hamm moved all in from the button and Stefan Kegley called for 90,000 in the big blind.
Stefan Kegley: A♣Q♥
Daniel Hamm: A♠7♠
Kegley had Hamm dominated, and the 9♦6♥4♥2♥6♦ board kept him in the lead to earn him a double up.
At another table, Prathik Kanidmalla had opened to 24,000 in middle position and Rohan Aggarwal called on the button. Mark Fink then shoved for 140,000 in the big blind, and only Aggarwal called.
Mark Fink: 3♠3♣
Rohan Aggarwal: 7♠7♥
Fink was crushed by Aggarwal's sevens and found no help on the 9♥2♣4♠K♥10♣ board as he was sent to the rail.
Shelby Burton raised to 31,000 in middle position and Viwodh Subramaniyan called in the cutoff. Robert Renaud then moved all in for 137,000 in the small blind and Burton reshoved for 350,000. Burton stood up and began filming the action as Subramaniyan tanked for a few minutes before folding.
Robert Renaud: K♠J♦
Shelby Burton: 10♠10♣
Renaud took the lead on the K♣8♦7♦ flop with top pair, and the rest of the board ran out 7♥9♣ to earn him the double up.
With around 120,000 in the pot on a board of 6♦K♦A♣J♥, Mark Fink bet 65,000 from the cutoff before Todd Hyder raised to 180,000 on the button. Fink called, and the 5♣ fell on the river.
Hyder then moved all in for 170,000, and Fink quickly folded.
Kenneth Coy three-bet to 100,000 in the small blind and Jon Maras called in the hijack. Coy then moved all in for 147,000 on the 6♣10♦9♣ flop, and Maras quickly called.
Kenneth Coy: 9♥9♦
Jon Maras: 6♠6♦
Maras turned over a set of sixes, but Coy had flopped a set of nines. The board ran out K♦4♣ and Coy doubled up, leaving Maras on a short stack.
Lucas Drummonds raised to 25,000 under the gun and Dustin Helmuth three-bet to 75,000 in the hijack. Mark Homan then moved all in for 400,000 on the button and Drummonds folded, but Helmuth snap-called. "You got me," Homan said even before the cards were turned over.
Mark Homan: Q♠Q♥
Dustin Helmuth: A♦A♠
Homan had run his queens right into Helmuth's aces with a massive pot at stake, and the 2♣4♣2♠10♥J♠ board kept Helmuth in the lead as he scored the knockout to climb over 1,000,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Samuel Hawley raised to 30,000 under the gun, Nemanja Petrovic moved all in for 120,000 on the button, and Hawley snap-called.
Nemanja Petrovic: A♠Q♥
Samuel Hawley: 10♣10♥
Petrovic needed to survive the flip to keep his tournament hopes alive, but he missed the J♠6♥7♥K♣9♣ board and Hawley's tens stayed in the lead to earn him the knockout.
James Mullin raised to 22,000 in middle position and Thanh Bui called on the button. Taylor Howard then moved all in from the big blind, Richards called for 118,000, and Bui got out of the way.
James Mullin: 9♦9♣
Taylor Howard: A♦K♣
Mullin was racing for his tournament life, and the Q♦3♠8♠Q♣2♣ board kept him in the lead with his nines to earn him a double up.
At another table, Seth Frederici and Kevin Watson tangled in a blind-versus-blind pot where Frederici got in his last 220,000 before the flop.
Seth Frederici: A♦K♦
Kevin Watson: A♠Q♠
The flop came 10♦10♣8♠, but Watson picked up a flush draw on the 6♠ turn. The river, though, was the 7♥ and Frederici held on to double up.
"That was a sweat right there," Frederici said.