The UK's Ben defended the big blind and got it in with K♦9♠ on a flop of 9♦8♠2♥ with top pair. Dylan Wilkerson happily called holding the K♠K♥ and remained ahead throughout the 7♥ turn as well as the 3♥ river. Their table broke right after as the field dropped to only 36 hopefuls.
Diane Walker was eliminated when her A♥J♦ could not improve against the A♣K♠ of Jaron Kavnat, who then added a few more chips to his stack soon thereafter.
Richard Barnard opened to 6,000 and Max Deveson called from the small blind, as did Kavnat in the big blind. The K♠Q♥4♥ flop was checked by Deveson, Kavnat bet 10,000 and took down the pot.
In a preflop raising war, Colin Horgan got it in against Gareth Fourie and had a mountain to climb in order to avoid his elimination.
Colin Horgan: 5♥5♠
Gareth Fourie: K♣K♥
The dominated pair found no help on the Q♦8♣8♦K♦9♥ board, instead, Fourie turned kings full to lock up the pot. Both stacks were briefly counted but Fourie covered without a doubt.
Diane Walker, Ahmed Karrim and Max Deveson limped in. Jehan Richards jammed for 27,000 in the small blind and Karrim was the only caller.
"I have aces," Karrim declared with a sheepish smile on the face. Richards showed his A♥3♥ first and Karrim then exposed the 3♦3♠. "I know you had a three, so it's like aces," he said.
"The hearts will come," Richards replied and the table burst out in laughter when the flop fell K♥J♦4♥. Karrim was hiding the runout from Richards as the rest of the table gasped to build up suspension. The 2♦ turn brought a gutshot and the 5♠ indeed came on the river.
Marc Grune then got it in against Karrim with A♣6♣ versus A♠7♠. They were chopping until the Q♦10♥8♠A♥ turn but the 6♥ river gave Grune the double, too.
Karrim then sucked out with 7♥6♣ against the 10♦9♣ of Alan Jung on a board of Q♠J♠4♣6♠3♥ and avoided losing a third all-in showdown in a row. Jung was left short and busted thereafter.
Wesley Blom raised to 4,500 from under the gun and Lissa Szymonowicz then three-bet to 12,000 in the cutoff. Out of the small blind, table chip leader Divan Le Roux squeezed to 140,000 and Christopher Dean in the big blind jokingly asked how much Le Roux had started with, used a time bank and folded.
Blom also folded and then flipped over his A♣Q♣ for a moment when Szymonowicz called all-in.
Lissa Szymonowicz: 7♦7♠
Divan Le Roux: A♦K♣
The K♦5♥4♠6♣10♥ board improved Le Roux and Szymonowicz joked "I gonna win it back on blackjack now".
A short stack got it in preflop and Divan Le Roux went all-in over the top to force out Wesley Blom.
The at-risk player showed Q♦10♦ and Le Roux flipped holding the 9♥9♠ for the underpair. The pair fell behind on the J♦10♣6♦ flop, picked up a gutshot on the 7♣ turn and got there with the 8♣ river.
Blom sighed, mentioned he had folded the K♣Q♣ and declared "I would have called you," pointing to the player next to him that had just busted.
Wesley Blom from under the gun clashed with Max Deveson in the big blind and they got the chips in after the K♠7♥5♥J♣ turn. Blom's A♦A♠ needed help as Deveson had that beat holding the K♦J♦ and the 4♠ river was a blank.
The table was short handed after Deveson had apparently cleaned up, and he also won the next hand by three-betting an open raise by Diane Walker. She folded and was shown the K♦. "What's the other card?" Walker asked and Deveson replied "also a king" without showing.
Blom re-entered to table 11 that itself also had lost several players.
"I needed that one, now you have something to write about," Justin Cohen joked. He had a minor heart attack when Keenan Pienaar joked that there was a straight on the board but that didn't actually happen.
Long story short, Janno Cazemier got it in with K♥J♥ which flopped a flush draw on 10♣7♥5♥ and was up against Q♦Q♣. The 7♦ turn and 9♣ river bricked off and Cohen raked in the pot.
