A player under-the-gun opened to 3,700 and was called by his opponent in the small blind and David "Doc" Sands in the big.
The flop came and it was checked over to the original raiser, who fired 5,200 into the middle. It was folded back over to Sands, who cut out a raise to 11,700 and pushed it into the middle. His opponent made the call and the turn brought the . Sands then pushed all in for approximately 34,000 and his opponent gave his hand up after some thought.
Victoria Coren opened to 3,600 from middle position and directly behind her, a player went all in for his last 8,000. Action folded back around to Coren, who made the call to put him at risk.
Coren:
Opponent:
The kept Coren's opponent in the lead and he doubled through her.
Coren is still in good shape, however, with 64,000.
Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air! Congratulations to all of our remaining players, who will take home at least $2,864 for their efforts.
After four hands of no one busting during hand-for-hand play, an astounding six people busted on the last hand, which means they will split the prize money for places 324th through 319th. We were able to catch five of the six players who shared the titled of 'bubble boy.' They include Klein Bach, Joe Serock, Shane Sigsbee, Ian Broen, Sumanth Reddy and Charbel Azzi.
Action folded around to Mark Rose who raised from the cutoff. Tim Miles pushed out a three-bet from the small blind and when action came back to Rose he decided to four-bet to 18,700.
It was back on Miles and he sifted through his chips before moving out a five-bet to 30,200. Just like that Rose was once again in the hot seat, pondering his next move. Rose six-bet all in for 72,700 and Miles took a deep breath and called. Miles had 74,300 in chips and just barely had him covered.
Miles:
Rose:
Miles was way ahead and stayed that way on the flop. The anticipation was building throughout the room as players from adjacent tables leaned in to see the action. The came on the turn and Rose was looking for just one of the three remaining aces in the deck to stay alive.
The dealer tapped the table and the suspense reached its peak. The final card was produced.
The .
A spasm of shock erupted through Miles' body as he realized that his opponent spiked the card. After several counts of the players chips, the mountainous pot was pushed toward Rose and Miles was left absolutely crushed.
We're four hands into hand for hand with 325 players remaining and still have not seen a bust. That being said some pretty gruesome hands have been taking place. Updates on those hands will follow after the bubble bursts.