Helena Wong had a flip for her tournament life and she was up against Yixian Wang with the covering stack.
Helena Wong: J♦J♥ 
Yixian Wang: A♠K♣
The jacks remained ahead on the Q♠6♥4♣ flop but the K♠ turn improved Wang, the 9♠ river then changed nothing anymore.
Picking up the action on the 4♦4♣3♥ flop, Naz Sibaei pushed all-in and Sarah Bilney instantly called for around 140,000.
Sarah Bilney: A♠K♠
Naz Sibaei: J♥J♦
The 5♥ turn and 7♥ river brought no help to Bilney and she was sent to the rail.
Following a button raise to 32,000, William Lim called in the small blind. Jyrki Hilakari then jammed for more than half a million in chips and the action folded back to Lim. He grabbed towards his stack and started pushing it forward before fully committing to the call.
William Lim: A♠K♣
Jyrki Hilakari: A♦Q♦
The K♦J♥10♠ flop gave Hilakari broadway and the J♦ turn added a royal flush draw, while Lim had some more outs to stay alive. However, the river was the blank 8♥ and both stacks were counted. Lim had 392,000 and was covered to head to the payout desk.
Matthew Wakeman had been chipped down towards the money bubble and survived to reach the money before clashing with fellow short stack Minh-Hai Tran.
Matthew Wakeman: A♣7♦
Minh-Hai Tran: 6♦6♣
The Q♦10♣6♥ flop gave Tran bottom set and Wakeman needed running cards to stay in contention. It was all over with the 7♣ turn to make the 4♦ river a formality.
Katy Lo opened to 32,000 in early position, and Nickolas Oiberman three-bet to 95,000 in the cutoff. Darryl Gassali moved all in from the small blind for his last 50,000, and Nektarios Dimitrakis called Oiberman's three-bet. Lo got out of the way, and the 9♣7♥J♥ flop was fanned out.
Dimitrakis announced all in, and Oiberman let his hand go.
Darryl Gassali: Q♦5♦
Nektarios Dimitrakis: J♠J♦
Dimitrakis revealed his flopped set of jacks, with the K♥ turn and 8♠ river completing the board and confirming Gassli's exit.
The first few players to bust in the money to collect the min-cash included Idris Hassan and Martin Finger, among others, as the field has been cut down to the last 85 hopefuls.
There were two hands going the distance at the same time but only one of them brought an all-in and call. With the turn showing A♠10♦7♦5♣, Wei Han check-called all-in for 57,000 against the shove by Jeison Berdugo. Once all other tables were finished, they ran the showdown as follows.
Wei Han: A♦5♦
Jeison Berdugo: A♣10♠
Han had flopped top pair with the nut flush draw and turned two pair, yet he was behind against Berdugo's top two pair. No diamond or five came on the blank 6♠ river and that let the bubble burst in the first attempt.
Joe Hachem raised and then got out of the way when Mario Doria and Dean Blatt got their chips into the middle, exposing pocket tens that were dominated by both his opponents.
Dean Blatt: Q♠Q♦
Mario Doria: A♥A♣
The A♦10♥9♥ flop left Blatt on very thin ice and it was all over on the 6♠ turn, the 5♦ river was a formality. There are now 90 players remaining and 89 will be in the money, once all tables finish their action they will continue hand-for-hand with 16 seconds left in the current level.
There were groans coming from table 25 when Chris Kokkinos was all-in and dominated by Joe Hachem in which turned out to be a roller coaster runout.
Chris Kokkinos: 9♥9♦
Joe Hachem: 10♥10♠
The 9♠7♠7♣ flop had propelled Kokkinos into the lead with nines full and Hachem needed running sevens or one of the two remaining tens. Sure enough, the 10♦ followed on the turn and the 6♠ river knocked out Kokkinos.
button in Safari
