It didn't take long for the field to be reduced further and there are only 87 players remaining with around three hours left of play.
It didn't take long for the field to be reduced further and there are only 87 players remaining with around three hours left of play.
Kevin Gerhart raised preflop from middle position before Filippos Stavrakis three-bet the button. Gerhart called to create a pot of 300,000 chips.
The flop fell 7♠8♣J♠, on which Gerhart led out for 155,000. Stavrakis jammed all in for 385,000 as a response, and Gerhart mucked his cards after concluding Stavrakis must have had "spades with his aces."
On a flop of Q♣10♠8♣, Raj Vohra checked in the small blind and Joshua Adkins bet 55,000 on the button. Vohra then check-raised the pot and Adkins reluctantly folded while flashing just one card.
"What did you have?" Vohra asked on the other side of the dealer and Adkins replied "jack of clubs ... what a dumbass bet".
Level: 18
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
In a duel button versus small blind, a pot of around 320,000 had emerged to the 10♠3♦2♣ flop on which Kahle Burns bet 140,000 from the small blind. Stephen Chidwick on the button called and they headed to the 6♣ on the turn.
Burns now moved all-in for 397,000 and Chidwick asked for an exact count before opting to fold.
Cuba Levenberry raised to 42,000 under the gun and was called by Shawn Stroke on the button and Rudolph Sawa in the big blind.
Levenberry then jammed all in for 61,000 on the 5♠6♦Q♦ flop and was called by both opponents. On the Q♠ turn, Sawa checked to Stroke, who put him all in.
Sawa folded and the other two players showed down.
Cuba Levenberry: A♥K♦6♠6♥
Shawn Stroke: A♣K♥Q♥2♠
The river came an inconsequential 9♣ and Levenberry raked in his triple-up.
Erik Perez and Krzysztof Magott got a pot-sized raise into the middle to see a flop of K♦Q♥J♦, on which Perez bet the pot. Magott sigh-folded and was shown the K♠Q♠ for the top two pair.
Benny Glaser raised the pot to 42,000 with a stack of around 130,000 and Eric Liu in the small blind then potted to 138,000. After some consideration, Glaser called all-in.
Benny Glaser: []AhKc5s2c]
Eric Liu: A♦A♣9♠4♦
The aces held on a board of Q♦10♣8♦2♥3♥ and Glaser was the second casualty in quick succession on his table, as Ka Kwan Lau had vanished a few minutes earlier.