Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The 69 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
The bubble is expected to resume around 8:15 p.m. local time.
Three ways limped preflop to the 8♥5♥4♣ flop, Maximilian Schindler in the small blind and Barrett Threadgill in the big blind checked. Hani Mio on the button bet 60,000 and Schindler was the only caller.
After the A♦ turn and J♣ river, both players checked and Schindler announced jack-eight for two pair. Mio had that beat with the A♥Q♦8♠2♥ for aces and eights, and got shown Schindler's Q♥J♥8♠4♥.
"Always happy to check that one down," Schindler said and added he didn't like the ace.
"Hearts would have gotten us in trouble," Mio replied in the final hand before the dinner break.
Geoffrey Mooney pushed his last 91,000 into a pot of 135,000 from the big blind on the K♥7♦3♠ flop, being up against Joni Jouhkimainen in middle position.
Geoffrey Mooney: K♠Q♣9♦8♥
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♥7♥5♦4♠
Jouhkimainen turned two pair on the 4♣, which remained enough to knock Mooney out when the river came the J♦.
Mooney took a few moments to process his exit, then stood up to leave the tournament area as the $25k PLO High Roller was left on the stone bubble.
In a pot worth 340,000, small blind Phillip Mighall, Tom Vogelsang under the gun, and Kristopher Tong on the button all checked the 6♣10♦3♥9♣ turn.
The K♣ river then completed the board. Mighall fired a bet of 175,000, and the eight other cards in play swiftly hit the muck.
In a three-way limped pot to the A♦Q♦5♦2♠ turn without any betting action until then, Sergio Martinez Gonzalez bet 45,000 in the small blind and Ka Kwan Lau folded in the big blind. Lou Garza called in the cutoff and they went heads-up to the 5♣ river.
Martinez Gonzalez now made it 100,000 to go and Garza raised to 350,000 for half of his stack. The chip leader from Spain eventually called and Garza announced two pair, but never really showed his cards as Martinez Gonzalez claimed the pot with the A♠J♦4♦2♣.
Soon after that, Philip Marsico led the A♠9♣6♦ flop for 75,000 from late position and Eelis Pärssinen called on the button. The 2♥ followed on the turn and Marsico asked for the pot size, then made it 180,000 to go into 290,000 with Pärssinen sticking around.
Marsico slowed down to check the 5♦ river and now it was up to Pärssinen to inquire how much was in the middle. The Finn bet 480,000 into 650,000 and Marsico sent his cards into the muck.
With 220,000 in the pot, and a board dealt to a 9♥7♦4♥8♣ turn, Robert Cowen bet 160,000 from middle position, and Juha Helppi called in the cutoff.
Cowen continued for a smaller bet of 55,000 on the 6♣ river, but this time Helppi elected to raise, making it 300,000 to go. Cowen took a moment to decide, but opted to fold, seeing more chips flow to Helppi.
With half of his stack already in the middle preflop, Benjamin Juhasz was all in for 248,000 on the K♣3♥2♠ flop and looked up by David Benyamine. They had to wait until all other tables were finished before they ran the showdown.
Benjamin Juhasz: A♠A♣K♥7♥
David Benyamine: 8♣7♣5♦4♠
The 8♦ turn and 2♣ river kept Juhasz ahead with the pocket aces while Daniel Negreanu said he had folded pocket kings preflop and would have improved to a full house, even apologizing to the other tables.
In a pot of about 90,000, Scott Seiver pushed in his last 68,000 from the big blind on a 3♠10♥10♣ flop. Tom Vogelsang called in the hijack to put him at risk.
Scott Seiver: K♦K♣9♠9♦
Tom Vogelsang: A♠A♣K♠7♣
Seiver needed a king or nine to survive, but the 2♣ turn and 4♦ river appeared instead, sending Seiver to the rail.