All the chips went in the middle preflop between Daniel Wagner, at risk for his last 91,000 and holding 9♠8♠,a nd his opponent who held 7♣7♠.
The flop first gave a set of sevens to Wagner's opponent with 7♥9♥Q♦. However, a 9♦ turn and Q♣ river gave a better full house to Wagner who took down the needed double up.
There was a 70,000 pot brewing between Nicholas Rigby and his opponent. The board was dealt up until the turn and read 7♠K♥10♣6♦. Rigby added another 35,000 to that via a bet and sent his opponent into the tank.
After a while, the player reluctantly folded his hand and shipped another pot to Rigby, who is making good use of his large stack in this stage of the tournament.
On another table, six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings was among the unlucky souls to depart from the Main Event before the money had been reached.
Debbie Lee opened to 13,000 from early position and a player in the cutoff put in a three-bet to 45,000. Lee responded by moving all in with a covering stack, putting her opponent deep into the tank with the bubble looming.
After about three minutes, the cutoff slid his hand into the muck with a pained expression on his face and Lee scooped the pot uncontested.
A player opened to 15,000 from early position and action folded around to a player in the small blind who three-bet to 45,000. Chak Lam Tsang then moved all in for his last 84,000 with the original raiser not taking long before re-jamming his stack of 175,000. That sent the small blind deep into the tank as he pondered a call. Another player not involved in the hand called the clock and the small blind allowed the countdown to expire without acting, killing his hand.
Chak Lam Tsang: A♥A♣
Early Position Player: Q♠Q♦
Tsang held a commanding lead and managed to hold on the 2♦2♠2♣K♦9♥ runout to score a late double to keep his tournament hopes alive.
A player in middle position raised to 13,000 before Niall Farrell three-bet to 55,000 from the big blind. His opponent called and they went heads-up to a 2♦9♠7♠ flop.
Farrell continued for 60,000 and his opponent tanked for a few minutes before calling. The turn came the J♣ and Farrell checked.
His opponent quickly checked back and the K♣ fell on the river. The action was again checked through and Farrell turned over Q♣Q♦ to win the pot.
"Bad runout for queens," a tablemate told him.
"I was like, I can beat jacks, then a jack. Well, I can beat ace-king, then a king," Farrell replied.
Robert White moved all in for 52,000 under the gun. Action folded around to Jake Lowery, who called from the big blind.
Robert White: K♥K♣
Jake Lowery: A♣9♣
White survived the 5♣10♥9♥K♠3♣ board and doubled up as the bubble continues to approach.
Chris Moneymaker raised under the gun to 13,000. The player in the big blind elected to defend off of their short stack.
The flop of 5♦10♠J♦ checked through to the 7♦ on the turn. The big blind checked once again and Moneymaker fired out 17,000 into the middle. Moneymaker's opponent tossed their cards into the muck and he claimed this pot.
A player in early position raised to 12,000 from early position and the hijack made the call. Dylan Linde sat waiting for his turn in the big blind, and when the action came around to him he put in the three-bet to 56,000.
The player in early position quickly folded and the hijack followed after a minute or so in the tank.
Connor Drinan opened and got called by the button and Kostantinos Papanikos in the big blind.
The flop gave 6♦3♣Q♦ and it checked to Drinan who bet 16,000. Only Papanikos made the call. On the 9♥ turn, Papanikos check-folded after Drinan put 55,000 in the middle.
On a heads-up flop of 2♦3♠K♠, Daniel Dzian bet 17,000 after a check from Andrew Peplinski, but then Peplinski put in the check-raise to 62,000.
Dzian kind of gave him a look and quickly made the call to see the 8♥ on the turn.
Surprisingly, Peplinski checked once more and Dzian showed no fear of the double check-raise and bet once more for 70,000.
Peplinski supposedly decided to give up and quickly mucked his cards as Dzian flashed Kx8x for two-pair.
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