The players are now officially in the money after Andrew Puhacz busted the 19th place player. Puhacz woke up with queens and got a short-stacked player all in with pocket sevens. Puhacz flopped a set and held through the turn and river to leave the field at 18.
On the flop of a board, Joe Catalano raised a bet of 18,000 by his heads-up opponent to 45,000 only to see his opponent three-bet shove. Catalano snap-called, putting himself at risk.
Catalano saw his opponent table the which was a relief as Catalano turned over the . A clean run out gave Catalano a massive double up.
After a brief negotiation between the two tables, the money bubble has been avoided. Each player has taken $5 out of their pocket for the next player eliminated.
Mike Nguyen and a heads-up opponent created a prize pool of 41,000 before seeing the turn card on a board. Nguyen bet 19,000 on the turn and his opponent check-called.
The completed the board and his opponent checked once more. Nguyen moved all in, having his opponent covered, and got a fold.