Jordan Cristos opened a couple of times way above the normal bet sizing and then folded to three-bets. In his last hand, he made it 2,200 to go preflop and Damian Salas called to see the flop. Salas called the 1,100 bet and then raised from 1,100 to 2,300 on the turn.
Another eight completed the river and Salas moved all in with . Cristos was unable to beat that and mucked his cards, being eliminated as a result.
John Hennigan is down to less than 10 big blinds after paying off the for top two pair of an opponent on the river.
Louis Laxineta had an opponent all in and at risk for 23,400 while putting him on . That would have been a flip for his pocket eights, but instead the opponent turned over . There was no help on the board and the hand cost Laxineta about one third of his stack.
The dealers have just been reminded to announce all seat opens immediately, which means that the bubble period isn't too far off. According to the screens, just under 500 players still have chips and the top 468 will get paid.
We missed the preflop action but seen laying in front of Salvatore Bonavena and a jack showing on the flop. Bonavena's opponent had mucked on the river and another pot was passed to the Italian.