Timothy Wilson was in the big blind when the under-the-gun player went all in preflop. Wilson made the call.
Under The Gun: A♦J♣
Timothy Wilson 7♣8♠
The board ran out 3♦9♦6♦2♣7♥. Wilson managed to dodge the flush draw and pair his seven on the river.
Craig Varnell was hopeful with five mystery bounty pulls in a row up on the big screen. He was made to sweat, with the first two seeing him receive $1,000, but he was pulled up to the main stage for the third.
He opened a $50,000 envelope, and headed back to his table. But with two more bounties still to come, would he be retracing his steps?
Unfortunately for Varnell, his remaining two pulls were $1,000 — $54,000 from five pulls? Not a bad result!
Under the gun moved all in for his last 1,000,000 chips. Action folded around to Richard Collins in the big blind who made the call.
Under the gun: A♠K♣
Richard Collins: 7♠6♠
The board ran out K♠5♠7♥Q♥3♠ and Collins made his flush, sending his opponent to the rail.
Mike Ruter opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and Xiaohu Liu shoved all in for 555,000 from the button. Sandeep Mathai then reshoved from the small blind, and Ruter made the call which put two players at risk.
Xiaohu Liu: A♦9♥
Sandeep Mathai: A♠Q♥
Mike Ruter: K♥K♦
An all-club flop of 2♣9♣7♣ didn't change much but Liu did pick up some extra outs as he paired his nine. The 7♥ turn put Ruter one step closer to a double elimination but the A♥ river meant Liu tripled up and Mathai managed to survive to end the hand with around the same as he started it with.
They had to wait for the first Gold Chest pull after the break, with Juan Martin Rodriguez in a hand once his name was announced.
Eventually, he arrived to pull a $50,000 prize — there are only two of those left in the mix!
Action folded around to John Riordan in the cutoff who moved all in for his 430,000-chip stack. Only the small blind made the call and players went off to a full board.
John Riordan: K♦5♦
Small blind: Q♠10♠
A board of K♥2♦J♠10♦7♦ peeled off and Riordan doubled.
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Three more $25,000 bounties were awarded before the break to the following players:
Mouselly was the last one before the break and said the following: "If it's a milly, I'm not coming back from the break," with a big smile but was a bit disappointed to see the $25,000 appear.
Remaining Big Bounties in the Chest:
| Number of Bounties | Bounty Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 |
| 3 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
| 3 | $50,000 | $150,000 |
| 19 | $25,000 | $475,000 |
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