Gerald Cunniff has just eliminated a pair of players, as his flopped trip threes on a 
board had his opponent's and 
destroyed.
With the win, Cunniff is the first player to cross 1,000,000 chips.
Meanwhile, Lee Hurst, Arlie Brandvold, and Dave Sanderson were also eliminated.
After the elimination of Michael Campbell in 56th place, bubble play did not last long as Patricia Baumann found herself all-in preflop for about 100,000 and called by Jeff Heiberg.
Patricia Baumann: 
Jeff Heiberg: 
Baumann's ace was dominated, and the board of 
brought no help to Baumann, who bursts the bubble and guarantees the remaining 54 players at least $2,202.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The tournament clock now shows 56 players with the latest eliminations.
Hand-for-hand play will begin at 55, with the final 54 making the money.
Before today's event, Matt Kirby was presented his MSPT Hall of Fame trophy, then he began his day in the tournament quickly chipping up over 500,000.
However, Patrick Rachow just threw a small wrench into Kirby's start in a recent hand.
With over 100,000 in the pot already on a flop of 
, Kirby led for 40,000 from the small blind, which Rachow called.
On the 
turn, Kirby checked and Rachow moved all in for approximately 150,000.
After a couple of minutes in the tank, Kirby folded 
face up to cede the hand to Rachow.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
After Shane Steinhour four-bet him all-in prefop, Henry Gingerich called off to put his tournament life at risk.
Henry Gingerich: 
Shane Steinhour: 
The board came 
giving Gingerich a full house and a double-up to almost 300,000.
2019 South Dakota State Champion Sergio Mireles has scored the first knockout of the day after calling Andrew Hilleren's 60,000 chip all-in.
Andrew Hilleren: 
Sergio Mireles: 
The board came 
, pairing Mireles' queen and sending Hilleren to the rail.
Meanwhile, Mark Ihringer eliminated Alan Curl at an adjacent table, bringing the field down to 64 players.
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