A player in early position raised to 350,000, the cutoff called and Ronan Nally defended in the big blind.
The flop came 5♥2♥5♣. Nally checked and the original raiser continued for 400,000. The cutoff folded but Nally chose to reraise to 1,100,000. The original raiser folded and Nally started to close in on the 9,000,000 mark.
Just after peeling an envelope worth $25,000, Patrick Liang found himself back up on the main stage looking to improve on his previous score. After he revealed that the first number in the envelope was a one, he had locked up at least $100,000 but had a 50/50 shot to grab the final $1,000,000. That is precisely what happened as, jumping in the air with a few fist pumps mixed in, he held the sheet of paper confirming his huge payday aloft. When asked what he will spend his newfound wealth on, he responded in a charitable manner that the first order of business would be to give everyone at his table $1,000.
Although the top bounties are now gone, the remaining players still have a lot to play for with a $250,000 bounty still up for grabs and $1,000,000 awaiting the eventual tournament winner.
Pokernews caught up with Joseph Salvaggi who gave us the scoop on a big hand that had just went down. There was an early position open to 360,000 and next to act jammed for 1,400,000. Salvaggi then rejams for 3,700,000, the big blind flats the 3,700,000 and the original raiser folded. The players are off to a runout three ways with the cards on their back.
First Raiser: KxQx
Joseph Salvaggi: J♥J♦
Big Blind: AxKx
The 8♣2♦2♥ flop landed and Salvaggi stayed in the lead. The 9♠ turn and 10x river are clean and Salvaggi scored a bounty and a huge boost in chips.
Another five $25,000 bounties have been claimed by the following fortunate players:
- Joao Barroso Valli
- Shahaf Nacson
- Baptiste Ozenne
- Carmen Raiche Marsden
- Patrick Liang
Below are the recent chip stacks of bigger stack players as well as their names.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
The remaining 189 players have been sent on their first official 15-minute break of the day. They will return to blinds of 80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 big blind ante.
Joseph Salvaggi drew the attention of PokerNews to the big screen as he said "I got back-to-back pulls. Watch this!". Salvaggi gestured to the screen as the bounty was drawn, sure enough, a golden chest was revealed giving Salvaggi an opportunity to pull for the remaining grand prize. Though his concerns seemed elsewhere as he commented "It's my big blind!" as he headed to the stage.
On Salvaggi's walk a fellow player shouted "Win the million!". Unfortunately, it was not to be as Salvaggi opened a $25,000 bounty. In addition, he received a $1,000 in succession.
A player limped in the small blind and Chris Hunichen checked his option out of the big blind.
The small blind led out for 120,000 after the 10♦7♦2♦ flop and was called by Hunichen.
The Q♥ turn saw the small blind fire again, this time making it 210,000 to call. Hunichen responded by raising to 650,000 and, after some thought, his opponent relinquished his holding.
Just after the $50,000 envelope was pulled out of the bounty chest, Kevin Towler managed to get his hands on the third one to lock up a sizable payday.
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