Ahmed Karrim raised to 3,500 and Max Deveson called. Marc Grune pushed all-in for a short stack on the button and it folded back to Deveson, who called and mentioned "I am pretty sure I am behind".
Marc Grune: A♠7♠
Max Deveson: A♣J♦
The board ran out K♦J♠5♠J♥4♠ and Grune flushed on the river. Karrim said he had folded a seven, while Diane Walker in the small blind mentioned she folded the 7♥7♦.
"Wow, so all sevens were gone ... I run so bad," Deveson joked.
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.
The field size has received a minor boost as of lately with now up to 126 entries of which 46 players remain. They are all on a scheduled 15-minute break with one further level of late registration available.
Clive Berman raised to 4,500 and was called by Simon Solomon, Werner Smit also defended the big blind. The A♥3♣2♦ flop was checked to Berman and he bet 6,500. Both opponents folded and Berman won the pot. He has a very healthy stack along with several others at the table but Jedd Kossew tops them all.
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".
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.
