A player jammed for 48,000 from the hijack and Eric Bunch called on his direct left, while all subsequent action folded.
Hijack: 3♠3♥ 
Eric Bunch: K♠Q♣
It was a coinflip scenario until the Q♦J♦9♠ flop vaulted Bunch into the lead. Nothing changed on the 6♦4♦ runout with neither player holding a diamond, and Bunch added more to his growing stack.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The players are taking another 15-minute break with approximately 350 players remaining.
Action resumes in Level 13 with blinds of 2,000/4,000.
An early position player opened before the player on his left jammed for 43,000. On the button, Tiffany Michelle confirmed the count before she flatted. It folded back to the opener quickly jammed as the covering stack and Michelle snapped off her 88,000 stack.
Tiffany Michelle: A♠A♥
Middle Position: 9♠9♦
Early Position: K♥K♣
Michelle was the beneficiary of the most brutal of coolers, but she still needed her hand to hold. The board ran out J♠4♠2♥8♥8♣, leaving the aces best for Michelle to collect a massive pot.
Colton Blomberg opened from early position and then called after the button three-bet to create a pot of just over 35,000.
On the A♥Q♥2♠ flop, Blomberg check-called a bet of 15,000 from his opponent.
The 5♦ turn checked through to the 10♥ river which saw Blomberg block for 7,000. His opponent shrugged as he cut out calling chips and tossed them towards Blomberg, who tabled A♠J♠ for the winner. His opponent flashed KxKx before he mucked, as the magnets maintained their force once again for the kings.
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Mike Wattel opened from early position before Tiffany Michelle jammed for 35,000 on his left, and Wattel quickly called as the covering stack.
Tiffany Michelle: A♠K♠
Mike Wattel: Q♠Q♣
"Fair fight," tablemate Matt Hackney commented as the most classic of races was set to take place again.
The 7♥7♣2♠ flop offered no help to Michelle, but she found the K♦ on the turn to take the lead. She held through the 10♣ river to secure the double.
On a flop of J♥6♥4♣ in a single-raised pot, Chris Read bet 7,500 from early position before her opponent in the cutoff raised to 40,000, leaving just 11,000 behind. Read took some time before she opted to put in the call.
Her opponent mistakenly tabled Q♥J♦, forgetting that he had left some chips behind. He took his cards back and the hand continued.
On the 2♣ turn, Read quickly pushed a stack forward to ask for the remainder of her opponent's 11,000 stack, and he immediately folded the hand, face up once again.
Read windmilled Q♠J♣ in front of her, successfully getting the cutoff off of a chop, much to the delight of the entire table who laughed as Read scooped a confusing pot.
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