Niall Farrell is among the chip leaders in the tournament. In this hand, he raised from the hijack to 11,000. Only Dong Chen called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♦3♦3♠ and both players checked. The turn brought the 9♦, and Chen checked. Farrell then bet 8,000 and Chen folded.
Farrell, who had just been moved to this table, told the players "I'll give you an idea of how my day has been going", before turning over the A♥A♣.
Four-way on a flop of 2♣7♥3♣, John Ripnick in the small blind bet 12,000 but Frank Funaro in the big blind raised to 28,000. Francois Pirault in the hijack and Ludovic Uzan in the cutoff folded, but Ripnick made the call.
Funaro fired a second barrel of 35,000 on the 7♣ turn. Ripnick check-called then went deep into the tank after Funaro bet 182,000 on the 10♠ river. After a long moment, Ripnick eventually folded.
Natasha Mercier just entered the field at the start of the day but has continued to build her stack throughout, sitting among the chip leaders as the money bubble approaches. Facing a raise to 12,000 from Ezequiel Waigel in the hijack, Mercier just flat-called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of K♥10♦2♦ and both players checked to the 10♠ on the turn.
Waigel tossed in a bet of 27,000 and Mercier called to see the 2♠ on the river. Both players tapped the table again and Mercier flipped over 9♠9♣ for the best hand.
Ayaz Mahmood called from the small blind, and also called the 20,000 chip raise from Jesse Lonis in the big blind.
The flop came 9♣8♦7♣ and both players checked.
Mahmood bet 16,000 on the A♠ turn. Lonis called.
Both players checked once again on the 4♦ river.
Mahmood showed Q♦8♦ which was good.
Just prior to the break, Jonathan Little was all in for roughly 80,000 and was up against Dong Chen who had him covered.
Jonathan Little: 8♥8♣
Dong Chen: A♠K♠
The flop came Q♦9♠2♣ and Little's pocket eights were still in the lead. The 5♦ on the turn was safe but the K♥ hit the river to give Chen a pair of kings and bust Little.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
230 players reached the end of Level 13 and are now on a 20-minute break.
With close to 300,000 in the middle, and the board reading 7♦3♣2♥2♦8♦, Richard Dixon bet 4,000 from the big blind. Taylor Paur raised all-in for slightly under 300,000 from under the gun.
Dixon uneasily made the call. Paur showed J♦J♥, which was no good against the K♦K♠ from Dixon.
The action was picked up on a board of J♠A♥8♥Q♣ with roughly 90,000 in the pot. Ezequiel Waigel bet 68,000 in the cutoff and Richard Dixon under the gun check raised to 171,000.
Waigel went deep into the tank for several minutes, counting his stack and checking his cards multiple times.
He eventually chose to fold A♣Q♦ for two pair face up and made the right decision as Dixon revealed 10♠9♠ for a straight hit on the turn.
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