The last hand before the break saw Somar Al-Darwich raise to 130,000 from early position, then Danard Petit reraised all in for 1.025 million from late position. It folded around and Al-Darwich called, turning over to Petit's .
Petit needed help, but the flop wasn't a promising start. But then the next streets brought the and , and Petit had made a runner-runner straight to survive.
Two levels of play are complete on Day 6 of the Main Event. After 12 eliminations during the first level, 10 more were sent to rail during the past level. There are now only 46 players remaining.
J. C. Tran vaulted to the upper tier of the leaderboard as well. He won a big, all-in confrontation with Jorn Walthaus after Tran flopped a set to beat Walthaus’s pocket rockets. The hand put Tran above eight million in chips. He has since built his stack to over nine million, and entered the break as the chip leader.
The break is schedule for 20 minutes. We’ll have updated chip counts from every table for you soon, and we’ll be back with live updates when players return to the tables.
Sergio Castelluccio raised to 160,000 from middle position and got a single caller in Dan Owen in the big blind. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn then brought the and another check from Owen. Castelluccio fired 200,000 this time, and Owen called.
The river was the . Owen checked again, and when Castelluccio bet 600,000, Owen let his hand go.