Thomas Roach was all in on one table with pocket queens against an opponent's pocket jacks. Unfortunately, his opponent hit a jack and Roach was eliminated.
Fortunately for Roach though, Ben Lefew was all in on another table with the 
and lost to Bhakta Rizal's 
to bust on the same hand. That meant the two would split 243rd-place money and not go home empty handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
You can't walk around the floor here in the Amazon room without hearing "all in", "seat open", and "good luck everybody". Now that all remaining players are in the money, short stacks are moving all in and being eliminated quickly.
Players are dropping like flies, and a couple of players we noticed no longer in their seats are Lauren Kling, Jon Aguiar, Victor Ramdin, and Isaac Haxton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
146,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
130,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
117,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
103,000 | |
|
98,100
100
|
100 |
|
||
|
86,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
86,000 | |
|
80,000
69,500
|
69,500 |
|
50,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
48,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
27,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Walking around we noticed a new players in Randy Lew's and Derek Lerner's seats. We can only assume they have been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
127,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
97,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
50,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
While scouring the room we came across a massive chip stack sitting in front of one Thomas Roupe. Roupe holds around 240,000 and possess a quite intimidating mountain of chips. Racked in stacks of 50, Roupe's chips take up a giant portion of his seat. Its a wonder he even has room to look at his hole cards.
Play has certainly slowed down now that we getting farther and farther away from the bursting of the bubble. Players are still dropping off, but now at a far less chaotic rate. 178 players now remain, all of which have a lot of poker ahead of them if they want that gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | |
|
132,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
86,000
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
51,000 | |
|
35,000
19,400
|
19,400 |
|
|
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A player in early position opened for 4,000 and Rob Perelman three-bet to 8,600. A 
flop was exposed after the early-position player made the call. It was here on the flop that Perelman's opponent moved all in for 20,700. After a few moments of contemplation Perelman made the call and was in for a treat.
Perelman: 
Opponent: 
Perelman had his opponent dead to a queen or running straight cards, and looked to be in great shape when the fell on the turn. A 
on the river, though, shattered any dreams of taking the pot down and Perelman's opponent stole the hand.
Picking up the action on the 
flop, Chris Bolek checked to Dave Dalesandro. Dalesandro fired 4,400 and Bolek check-raised to 10,800. Dalesandro made the call.
The turn card was the 
and Bolek fired 13,400. Dalesandro stood tough and made the call to see the 
fall on the river. Bolek bet 23,200 and Dalesandro tanked. After a minute or two, Dalesandro finally called. Bolek let him know it was a good call and Dalesandro tabled the 
. Bolek mucked and Dalesandro won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000 | |
|
|
35,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
