Zigmas Pekarskas is approaching 500,000 chips after coming off best in a raising war with Daniel Chutrov.
Pekarskas opened with a raise to 16,000 from middle position and Chutrov responded with a three-bet to 45,000. Pekarskas, kneeling on his seat, four-bet to 105,000 and it was enough to get Chutrov to lay down his hand.
Ninib Messo was under the gun with only 71,000 chips and he committed these to the pot with an all-in bet. The players folded in turn to Damian Porebski on the button and after almost 60-seconds of weighing up his options, Porebski called. Both blinds passed and the cards of the active players revealed.
Messo showed and Porebski the .
"OK, make it quick," said Porebski as the dealer got to work fanning the flop. The flop was followed by the turn and the river, doubling Messo and leaving Porebski with a still healthy 345,000.
We raced to Table 3 when we heard some commotion and discovered Brian Taylor all-in for more than 200,000 chips and Daniel Chutrov calling. Chutrov's was a sold enough hand for such a situation, but the entire table were astonished to see taylor's holding, the lowly .
The "Big Slick" of Chutrov remained the best hand as the board ran and a disappointed Taylor stormed out of the tournament area, leaving Chutrov with over 450,000 chips.
Chen Wenbin raised to 20,000 and Daniel Chutrov, who was seated to his immediate left, called. One player folded and Zoltan Boszormenyi squeezed all-in for 134,000. Wenbin reshoved and Chutrov went deep into the tank and looked set to call before folding; he later claimed to have held .
Wenbin's was flipping against the of Boszormenyi. The flop was good for those jacks, but Wenbin still said:
"Hold the backdoor!"
The dealer put the onto the turn amidst groans from the table as he hadn't held the backdoor" because Boszormenyi could now hit a flush. The river was black but the wrong suit, the leaving Wenbin's hand as best and sending Boszormenyi for an early lunch.
Dennis Lindmark has doubled up on the bubble after cracking Paul van t Veer's kings.
van t Veer raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Lindmark called from the big blind. A flop reading saw Lindmark check, van t Veer continue with a 25,000 bet and Lindmark seemingly go into the tank. Lindmark had been stalling on the bubble so this seemed like normal procedure until he moved all-in for 76,500 in total, a bet that van t Veer snap-called.
van t Veer:
Lindmark:
The turn and river were the and and van t Veer handed over almost half of his stack.
With 25 players remaining and only 24 of those receiving prize money, we are on the money bubble. Play remains hand-for-hand until the 25th place finisher is determined.
and Porebski the 
.
flop. The flop was followed by the 
turn and the 
river, doubling Messo and leaving Porebski with a still healthy 345,000.
and a disappointed Taylor stormed out of the tournament area, leaving Chutrov with over 450,000 chips.
was flipping against the 
of Boszormenyi. The 
flop was good for those jacks, but Wenbin still said:
leaving Wenbin's hand as best and sending Boszormenyi for an early lunch.
and Milne led for 20,000 which promoted a fold from Pekarskas who was shown the 
from Milne.
and 
and van t Veer handed over almost half of his stack.
