No-Limit Hold'em
As was explained by the players at the table:
Anthony Zinno moved all-in under-the-gun for 18,500 and Juha Helppi made the call while the rest of the table folded.
Anthony Zinno: 
Juha Helppi: 
The board ran out 
and Zinno was the official bubble.
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11,800
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11,800 |
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The tournament director has instructed dealers to stand up at the completion of each hand and to not let any player that busts out of the tournament walk away, signifying the official bubble and the beginning of hand-for-hand play.
Pot-Limit Omaha
In a three-way limped pot the action checked through on the 
flop to see the 
on the turn, Paul Hofer checked, David Moses checked behind and Philip Clarke bet out 12,000, Hofer quickly folded and Moses called.
The 
fell on the river and Moses checked once again and Clarke bet out 10,000. Moses' cards hit the muck relatively quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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231,000
124,000
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124,000 |
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115,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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53,500
28,000
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28,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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267,000
119,000
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119,000 |
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239,000
127,500
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127,500 |
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230,000
66,900
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66,900 |
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217,000
121,400
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121,400 |
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215,000
177,300
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177,300 |
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206,000
9,500
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9,500 |
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205,000
87,800
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87,800 |
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126,000
61,000
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61,000 |
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85,000
67,300
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67,300 |
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79,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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68,500
31,200
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31,200 |
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49,500
12,700
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12,700 |
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36,500
74,800
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74,800 |
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30,000
3,900
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3,900 |
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20,000
86,400
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86,400 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
No-Limit Hold'em
David Mzareulov raised in early position to 7,500, Jesse Chinni called in the cutoff, David Miguel Santarelli folded the small blind and Ryan Hughes folded the big blind.
The flop came 
and Mzareulov led for 8,000 which Chinni called. The turn 
and river 
got checked through and Chinni tabled 
. Mzareulov mucked his hand and the pot was awarded to Chinni.
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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196,500
61,300
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61,300 |
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193,000
168,700
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168,700 |
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63,500
4,500
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4,500 |
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57,500
232,500
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232,500 |
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Eddie Blumenthal was just seen with a stack of approximately 715,600 with a few minutes before the second break of the day.
"You should probably hear about this hand," and "it was a very interesting hand" were some comments from other tablemates. Blumenthal chimed in and was more than happy to recount the hand, agreeing it was a very interesting one.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Blumenthal over-limped on the button and was part of a four-way hand that went to the flop of 
. Everybody checked to him and he bet 13,000. The two players across the table from him folded and the player to his direct right intended to call. However, he accidentally threw in an extra T$5,000 chip in and his call was ruled to be a minimum raise to 26,000.
Blumenthal then came over the top to 70,000 and his opponent called. The turn fell and went check-check.
The river was and Blumenthal's opponent checked. He fired a bet of 115,000 into the middle and his opponent check-raised all in for around 240,000.
Blumenthal happily called, citing his hand of 
for quad nines with the nut spades and now finds himself with a stack of over 700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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715,600
529,300
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529,300 |
No-Limit Hold'em
Martin Kozlov raised to 6,000 from middle position and Paul Hendee defended the big blind.
On the flop of 
Hendee check-called a 5,500 bet from Kozlov. The turn was a 
and Hendee check-called once again, this time for 9,000.
The river was the 
and Hendee fired out a bet of 25,000 which Kozlov snap-mucked to.
Hendee tabled the 
and said, "Nine-high!", and proceeded to joke, "I walk off and instantly hustle your a**es when I come back. I am going to walk off again, I'll be back when the money bubble bursts." Hendee did just that and left the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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376,600
900
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900 |
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187,200
69,600
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69,600 |
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