With the elimination of more players including Arnaud Enselme, the tournament has come to the hand-for-hand stage as there are 371 players left in the field.
With the early bird feature in this tournament, this means that if a player gets knocked out now before the money, and they registered before the start, they will get their buy-in back.
During the first hand of the bubble, "nadeco_JP" raised to 20,000 from under the gun and "BrasletHunt" three-bet shoved for 115,484 from the early position for the rest of the table to fold while "nadeco_JP" made the call with the bigger stack.
"BrasletHunt": 
"nadeco_JP": 
The board ran out 
for "BrasletHunt" to flop the higher pair and river the Broadway but for "nadeco_JP" to hit the flush to bust "BrasletHunt" in 371st place.
At the same time, "Tuc_Ker" and Caio "shadow97" Mayrinck also busted but the latter held the shortest stack to become to actual bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
822,795
822,795
|
822,795 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,250
"Fox News" opened for most of their stack with a raise to 82,048. Action folded to Mats "lockdownmode" Ullereng in the small blind, who shoved and had the remaining few chips of "Fox News" covered.
"Fox News": 
Mats "lockdownmode" Ullereng: 
The flop of 
gave "Fox News" the early lead. The 
turn was no help to Ullereng, but the came through and the aces knocked "Fox News" out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
551,202 | |
|
Busted |
"Mr_Shred" raised to 20,000 from under the gun and "hohoyypo" three-bet shoved for 55,309 from the hijack. Chih Wei "FanChihWei" Fan four-bet jammed for 267,834 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to "Mr_Shred" who made the call with the bigger stack.
"hohoyypo": 
Chih Wei "FanChihWei" Fan: 
"Mr_Shred": 
The board ran out 
for "Mr_Shred" to hold with the pair of nines for the higher two pair than "hohoyypo" to bust them and Fan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
998,531 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Steven "mearrrrl" Filipovic raised to 25,000 from the early position and Andrejs "Testosterone" Zukovs called for his last 224 from the middle position. "Ace1984" called from the button but Jonah Silverstein three-bet to 200,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded but Filipovic four-bet jammed for 723,526 which Silverstein called with the bigger stack.
Andrejs "Testosterone" Zukovs: 
Steven "mearrrrl" Filipovic:
Jonah Silverstein:
The board ran out 
for Silverstein to flop top pair to eliminate both opponents and take the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,703,294
684,700
|
684,700 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
With the field being reduced to 255 players, this means that more than 100 players have already been eliminated which included the following players:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Action folded to "Nautilus11" for a 27,599 raise on the button. Brandon "TryLSD" Sheils three-bet to 94,918 from the small blind and "Nautilus11" moved all in for a quick call from Sheils.
"Nautilus11": 
Brandon "TryLSD" Sheils: 
The board of 
had no improvement for Sheils and the kings of "Nautilus11" held for a big double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
945,962 | |
|
|
709,627
709,627
|
709,627 |
Luis "Xapilskinha" Assuncao Garla raised to 24,000 from the button and "LeeFeng" three-bet shoved from the big blind for 312,345 which Garla called.
"LeeFeng":
Luis "Xapilskinha" Assuncao Garla:
The board ran out 
for "LeeFeng" to flop two pair immediately to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,021,022
120,738
|
120,738 |
|
642,690
20,681
|
20,681 |
