Andrew Hulme is the first casualty of the day. Fans of Hulme can blame Billy Chattaway.
Chi Zhang opened the action with a bet of 35,000 from under the gun, Chattaway called from two seats away from Zhang, and Hulme moved all-in for 289,000. Joe Townsend looked to be considering call, but folded. Zhang also folded but Chattaway called.
Chattaway:
Hulme:
The five community cards ran and Hulme exited the tournament area.
Townsend said he had pocket nines and would have flopped a set.
Ben Vinson is the second player out of the door, again it is Billy Chattaway who plays the role of executioner.
Vinson open-shoved for 240,000 and Chattaway looked him up from the big blind. It was another big hand for Chattaway in to the of Vinson. The latter improved to a pair on the flop and stayed ahead on the turn. However, the river improved Chattaway to the best hand and resigned Vinson to a 17th place finish.
Craig McCorkell with and then called when Lukas Dimsa moved all-in for slightly more than 200,000 with what turned out to be . Neither player improved on the board and Dimsa became the 16th place finisher.
Philip Hepburn raised to 36,000 from the hijack and was three-bet to 85,000 by Dominic Cullen in the cutoff. Iaron Lightbourne, on the button, moved a pile of chips over the betting line and made it 185,000 to go. Hepburn smiled to himself before folding and Cullen called after around 40 seconds of deliberation.
Both players checked the flop and Cullen bet 145,000 on the turn. Lightbourne called and both players checked the river.
Robert Davies raised to 35,000 from under the gun and was called on the button by Dominic Cullen. Iaron Lightbourne squeezed to 118,000 in the small blind only for Davies to ship in his entire stack. Cullen snap-folded and Lightbourne folded, flashing as he did so.
and Hulme exited the tournament area.
to the 
of Vinson. The latter improved to a pair on the 
flop and stayed ahead on the 
turn. However, the 
river improved Chattaway to the best hand and resigned Vinson to a 17th place finish.
and then called when Lukas Dimsa moved all-in for slightly more than 200,000 with what turned out to be 
. Neither player improved on the 
board and Dimsa became the 16th place finisher.
turn. Lightbourne called and both players checked the 
and Russell Betts made the call from the small blind with 
to put Mitchell at risk of elimination.
board, sending Johnson home in 15th place.
