With now 153 entries and around 100 players remaining, the final 15-minute break of the night has been reached. Two levels of 60 minutes each remain until bagging and tagging.
Justin Bonomo joined the action half-way through Day 1 but hasn't been able to capitalize on his late registration just yet as he is down to 15,000.
Bonomo, Michael Gathy, and Michael McKenna were in the hand as the flop read and all three players went to the turn of the . Bonomo, who was under the gun, checked and Gathy bet which both his opponents called.
On the river, Gathy once again bet after being checked to, and only Bonomo made the call. Gathy tabled for the nut flush, and Heads-up Championship winner Bonomo mucked.
Jean-Robert Bellande called down bets of Andrey Zhigalov from fourth to seventh street and the Russian announced aces up before rolling over aces and jacks to scoop the pot.
Roland Israelashvili:
Cory Zeidman:
One table over, Roland Israelashvili was all in after fifth street with a pair of fives showing and needed some help against the pair of queens of Cory Zeidman. Israelashvili spiked the on sixth to hit two pair, while Zeidman got a blank with the .
The on seventh changed nothing for Israelashvili, while Zeidman failed to deal the final blow when his final card was the .
Katja Thater bet from fourth to seventh street and picked up a quick call by Richard Bai prior to the final street, which required further consideration by Bai. He carefully checked his stack and sighed before tossing in a single T-5,000 chip for the call.
Thater rolled over for a pair of aces and an eighty-six to scoop the entire pot.
Shaun Deeb was on the button and saw his bet called by David Benyamine with the flop reading . Small blind Benyamine decided to call bets on the turn and river as the players showed down their hands.
Shaun Deeb:
David Benyamine:
Deebs's pair of deuces was enough to swoop in the pot in this battle of bracelet winners.
Robert Campbell defended his big blind against a raise by Shaun Deeb and ended up check-calling the turn before betting the on the river. Deeb called and was shown the for a missed straight draw by Campbell, claiming the pot with the .
One hand later, Ashish Gupta raised on the button and Tony Cousineau defended the big blind. Both opted to check the flop and Cousineau check-called a bet on the turn. The river was checked once more and Cousineau's for a flush with the six ended up winning the pot. However, Cousineau remains at around half the starting stack right now.