The 172 remaining players have just gone for their last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they will have to play three more levels of 45 minutes each.
Thomas White raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, Achraf Ben Salah three-bet to 4,500 from the button and was called by both Andreas Hildebrand in the small blind and White.
The flop came , both Hildebrand and White checked. Ben Salah bet 4,500, Hildebrand raised to 13,500 and White shoved for about 60,000. Ben Salah thought about it for a while and then called. Hildebrand folded.
Thomas White:
Achraf Ben Salah:
White had flopped a set of eights and Ben Salah had two pair, aces and kings.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river and White earned a big double-up.
Ahmed Al-Barwani eliminated Stephen Ayres earlier with quad aces and was now all-in from the button and was called by Rolf van Brug in the small blind with the bigger stack.
Ahmed Al-Barwani:
Rolf van Brug:
The board ran out - Van Brug hit quads aces on the turn to eliminate Al-Barwani from the tournament.
At the top of the chip counts leaderboard is Andreas Hildebrand who can't seem to do anything wrong today as he has already accumulated 215,000 chips. Trailing behind him with 165,000 is "Igna Poker" who is also having a pretty good day up till now.
Richard Webster limp-called the raise of Nometiembla in the small blind.
The flop came , Webster called the bet of Nometiembla.
The turn brought them the , Nometiembla bet again and Webster called.
The river completed the board with the , Nometiembla bet 13,600, leaving about 10,000 behind. Webster shoved and Nometiembla tanked. The clock was called on him, he got 30 seconds to make a decision. When the floor started counting down and was at the 1, Nometiembla called.
Webster tabled for the rivered straight and Nometiembla threw his into the muck.
Stephen Ayres had just four-bet shoved all in for 6,600 after a player had raised and Ahmed Al-Barwani had three-bet the initial raiser. The initial raiser folded and Al-Barwani called.
Stephen Ayres:
Ahmed Al-Barwani:
The board ran out , even though Ayres flopped two pair, Al-Barwani turned trip aces. But to finish it off in style, he rivered the quad aces to deal the final blow to Ayres.