Emilien Pitavy open-jammed the button for 143,000 and Bruno Alava went all-in over the top out of the small blind. Szymon Bujok rubbed his hands before glancing at the cards but then instantly folded to forfeit his big blind.
Emilien Pitavy: 4♠4♦
Bruno Alava: A♠K♥
The flip went to Alava on a board of A♦K♦8♠10♦5♠ as Pitavy fell behind against the two overcards.
Diogo Franco defended the big blind and then got it in after the 9♥8♦5♦ flop with four big blinds behind, which Cook called.
Diogo Franco: J♣10♠
Ethan Cook: A♦2♦
Cook was ahead with the ace-high and nut flush draw. Franco whiffed the 2♣ turn and the 6♦ river only improved Cook to the nut flush.
Pedro Garagnani opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Ethan Cook three-bet to 50,000 from middle position. Rui Sousa then moved all in for 162,000 from the big blind, forcing a fold from Garagnani while Cook made the call with a covering stack.
Rui Sousa: J♠J♥
Ethan Cook: Q♣Q♦
The board ran out 9♣10♥4♥A♣10♦. Cook held with the bigger pocket pair to take down a healthy pot while sending Sousa to the rail.
Another table breaks as the field has been whittled down to just 116 hopefuls, all aiming to reach the 99 spots that will guarantee the min-cash. David Williams, Gavin Andreanoff and Igor Picone were among those to bow out.
Darko Svesko was all-in for 77,000 before the flop with the A♥K♠, facing the small pocket pair of Chris Hunichen with the 3♣3♥.
The board ran out J♠J♣5♦5♣9♥ and the mighty pair was counterfeited for Svesko to survive.
Moments later, Phillip Nagy re-appeared in the tournament area after he had been called out by floor staff. His stack had been blinded out while he was busy playing cash games. Nagy still has nine big blinds at his disposal with 111 players remaining.
Bryce Yockey opened to 20,000 from under the gun and David Ganim three-bet to 55,000 from middle position. Dennys Ramos then moved all in for 248,000. Yockey got out of the way and after a minute to consider his options Ganim folded as well conceding a decent pot to Ramos without the latter having to see a flop.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Michal Procner checked out of the big blind on the 10♦7♣3♦6♦ turn and then called a bet worth 60,000 by table big stack Ratharam Sivagnanam on the button.
Procner checked again the 9♥ river and Sivagnanam made it 160,000 to go for nearly half of the remaining stack of his opponent. The reluctant fold by Procner followed and Sivagnanam raked in the pot without showdown.
Floor staff has instructed the dealers to stop after the current hand in order to verify the number of remaining players. As it stands, there are 102 hopefuls still in the mix and 99 of them will advance.
With two players seeing a board of K♥2♠10♣6♦5♠ and roughly 250,000 already in the middle, Bryce Yockey checked from the small blind and Maria Ho bet 140,000 from middle position. Yockey moved all in covering Ho's remaining stack of roughly 160,000.
Ho thought about the decision for about a minute before making the fold and Yockey took down a colossal pot without showdown just three eliminations away from the money bubble,
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