The players are back in their seats and cards are in the air for the final six levels of the day. Registration is now officially closed with the tournament drawing 1,216 entries. Last year's tournament attracted 799 players so field size is up by 417 entries.
Manig Loeser late registered during the dinner break and started the action with a raise to 4,200. He got called by the cutoff and the button player before the big blind decided to three-bet to 16,200. Loeser and the two remaining players made the call to create a big pot.
The flop came and after the big blind player checked, Loeser pushed all in for 13,600. The cutoff reshoved and the other players folded.
Holding , Loeser had a flush draw, facing in his opponent's hand for a set of sixes, but didn't hit when the rest of the board fell and he got eliminating from the tournament.
Joao Vieira had a short tournament after the dinner break, busting out in a three-way all-in situation. Vieira was playing and the board was . Vieira was playing against two opponents who were holding and .
Vieira's set of kings didn't hold up and the Portuguese player was sent to the rail.
The button player opened and Upeshka De Silva chose to pot from the big blind for 19,600, with 10,400 chips left behind. The button called and both checked on the flop .
The turn fell a and De Silva pushed all in, snap-called by his opponent to create the following showdown:
Upeshka De Silva:
His opponent:
The board was completed by a , giving the winning hand to De Silva's opponent with the kings and eliminating the recent winner of the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Bounty online Event.
Mike Matusow raised to 2,500 from middle position and his neighbor called from the hijack. Alan Lau called from the big blind to make it a three-way pot as they wen to the flop.
The first three community cards were and all three players checked their option. The was added to the board and Lau took over the betting, firing for 5,000, and that got both opponents out of the way for him to pick up a small pot.
Tony Miles and Christopher Frank busted from their tables and are now officially out of the tournament as late registration is closed.
Alex Foxen was involved in a big three-way pot where he lost a big chunk of his stack.
The player on the button raised to 3,000 and the small blind called. Foxen three-bet to 12,000 and the player on the button immediately put his entire stack in the middle. The bet was ruled as 39,000 and he had 8,500 behind. The player in the small blind had a total of 21,600 to start the hand and he put it in the middle.
Foxen tanked for a little while before he put his chips in the middle and button called for his tournament life.
Alex Foxen:
Button:
Small blind:
The board ran out and the player on the button took it all.