Bets of 5,400 and 12,500 were already placed on a board of and it was then Tony Hartmann who bet the river for 20,000 out of the big blind. Michael Chow was in the tank on the button and eventually released his cards into the muck.
The late registration remains open until the start of Day 2 and Jake Schwartz was among the latest entries, along with Brayden Gazlay. Jon Turner and John Monnette were eliminated with the latter sending over his last few chips to Nacho Barbero.
In a preflop all-in contest, John Racener ended up at risk against Anatolii Zyrin. He tabled the for kings and eights while Zyrin had the for a set of jacks. Racener drew the as his last card and was eliminated while Zyrin's were exposed for just a short moment.
"Write that down in the report. Mike is above the starting stack for the first time in four events," the remark by Mike Matusow came as he had just clawed his way to more than what he started with.
Right after, Joao Vieira raised and Matusow three-bet in this limit variant. Matusow bet the flop and the turn, both of which Vieira called. They checked the on the river and Matusow announced one pair. He then tabled the for a pair of kings and Vieira mucked.
Eight levels have been completed and the players are colouring up the black T-100 chips before heading into the last scheduled 15-minute break of the night. Another two levels will be played and the field size currently stands at 86 entries.
While the screens had increased from 85 to 86 entries during the break, it took a few minutes into the new level to reveal who entered the fray. German mixed game specialist Johannes Becker sat down over on table 429 and will aim to run up a stack in the final two hours of the night.