It folded to Yuri Dzivielevski who shoved in the small blind for 80,000 and Jesse Lurie made the call in the big blind for the following showdown:
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
Jesse Lurie: 
Dzivielevski was in bad shape for the double up but managed to find a board 
to give him two pair.
Dmitry Yurasov opened to 12,000 and Renan Aziz three-bet to 36,000. Alex Keating, in the big blind, shoved for 77,000 and Aziz made the call after Yurasov let it go.
Keating had 
offsuit and was facing 
suited for Aziz. The board brought no surprise and Keating double up right at the bubble.
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Action was picked up when Benjamin Ector opened to 12,000 from under-the-gun and Daniel Custodio moved all in from the button for 490,000. Ector made the call putting himself at risk for his remaining 210,000.
Benjamin Ector: 
Daniel Custodio: 
Ector was in great shape preflop but when the board ran out 
it was the set of nines for Custodio that knocked out Ector one away from the money bubble.
Johan Schumacher shoved for 77,000 and it was called by Harrison Gimbel next to him, who had slightly more chips than him.
Shumacher held 
while Gimbel had and didn't find any help on a dry board to concede the double up to Schumacher.
John Zipperer opened the action from middle position to 12,000 and it folded to Matt Affleck in the cutoff who moved all in for 55,000. Zipperer made the call.
Matt Affleck:
John Zipperer:
The board ran out 
and the aces of Affleck held up just before the money bubble.
Nicolas Noguera shoved for his last 29,000 and got called by Ioannis Angelou Konstas for the following showdown:
Nocolas Noguera: 
Ioannis Angelou Konstas:
The board brought some outs to Konstas with 
but a 
fell on the river to secure the double up to Noguera before the bubble.
With the tournament field quickly whittled down to 299 players for 297 places in the money, the tournament director instructed the dealers to complete the hand they were on and to hold up for hand-for-hand play.
The board already showed 
when Rafi Elharar fired 80,000 into the pot. After some consideration, John Perry opted to call.
The river brough the 
and Elharar took a minute and announced all in for 190,000. Perry ended up calling with but only to see 
in Elharar's hand who took down the nice pot.
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