Miguel Cieri was all in for 66,500 with 
facing Anthony Marquez' 
.
The board 
was harmless for the higher pair and Cieri scored a dab.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000 | 73,000 |
|
140,000 | -105,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The 53 remaining players are now leaving the tournament area as the floor staff announced a 60-minute dinner break. PokerNews will be back with the live updates when play gets underway.
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As we were walking around updating stacks, we came to the table where Andy Spears and Arash Behnam were still active in a hand. They were the only players still left in the room and a sizeable pot pay between them.
With a quick glance at the pot, there seemed to be about 200,000. The board read 
and Spears had moved all-in for 90,000. Behnam took several minutes before eventually laying down pocket queens and begging spears to reveal his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
307,000 | 266,400 |
|
251,000 | 225,600 |
It has been previously reported that Toby Lewis and Corey Zedo went into a poker war. They just had another round, playing in a heads-up pot on the 
flop. Zedo was in the worse and also passive position. He checked to Lewis, who bet 29,000. Zedo accepted.
Both players then tapped the 
turn and Zedo also checked the river. Lewis had other plans, announcing his bet for 80,000. Zedo double-checked his cards but he didn't find there anything worth calling. Lewis raked in the pot and carefully sent his hole cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 238,000 |
|
240,000 | -85,000 |
When we got to the table we saw Bruno Politano packing his stuff and walking to the payout desk. We also saw that Jeremy Joseph was moving all of Politano's former chips to his own stack. We asked him what happened.
"All-in pre-flop, Aces vs Kings" Joseph said.
The last hand before the break Joseph was sitting in the small blind and Ilkin Amirov in mid-position. Amirov raised to 9,000, Joseph called.
The flop brought the 
. Joseph checked, Amirov opened to 11,000. Joseph raised to 30,000 and Amirov called.
On the turn the 
came on which both players checked.
The 
on the river completed the board, Joseph bet 50,000 and Amirov snap-called. Joseph showed the 
for two pair but Amirov showed the 
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000 | 318,000 |
|
480,000 | 92,000 |
|
Busted |
When we got to the table, we could see that three players were involved in the hand and the 
was flop being dealt.
Kristijonas Andrulis in the small blind bet 5,000. Bruno Politano in the big blind called, and Men Nugyen on the button raised to 13,000. Andrulis folded and Politano called.
The turn was the and Politano checked to see Nguyen going all in.
"How many chips have you got in a stack?" Politano asked Nguyen.
Nguyen refused to count, the rest of the table tried to guess but, in the end, Politano asked for the floor to come. The dealer explained the situation to the floor. The floor eventually took one of the stacks and counted them.
"Twenty-four in a stack," he said. Andrulis asked the floor what the rule was exactly as he thought that it was a rule to have 20 chips in a stack. The floor confirmed that stacks don't need to be in stacks of 20 but do need to be easily identifiable.
In the end, Politano called. Nguyen showed the 
for a flush but Politano had the 
for a full house.
The on the river didn't make any difference as Nguyen was drawing dead anyways.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
292,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A giant pot between Demosthenes Kiriopoulos and Robert Hankins determined who would be pacing the remaining field.
With the board reading 
, Kiriopoulos bet what looked to be 42,000 in position and Hankins called.
The river was the and Hankins checked to Kiriopoulos again. Kiripoulos, who will add only his second WSOP cash after collecting his prize from this tournament, put in one of the biggest river bets the tournament has seen so far. He made it 130,000 and while it was a huge sum, Hankins wasted no time calling. Hankins was shown for a flopped set, and he couldn't beat that.
The question was answered, Kiriopoulos now covers anyone in the tournament with nearly 700,000 lying at his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000 | 602,800 |
|
165,000 | 97,000 |
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 67 | Paul Vacchio | $4,136 |
| 68 | Mitchell Towner | $4,136 |
| 69 | Alexandre Fradin | $4,136 |
| 70 | Mark Soik | $4,136 |
| 71 | Aditya Agarwal | $4,136 |
| 72 | Griffin Malatino | $4,136 |
| 73 | Amit Makhija | $4,136 |
| 74 | Pharhara Wongwichit | $4,136 |
| 75 | Artur Rudziankov | $4,136 |
| 76 | Dustin Bush | $4,136 |
| 77 | Darren Elias | $4,136 |
| 78 | Jonathan Hanner | $4,136 |
Steve Gross opened the button and Justin Bonomo shoved on him from the big blind. "I call," said Gross with an innocent simplicity as he turned over 
. Bonomo had so Gross was mainly hoping for a non-ace board.
He got one as the 
community cards earned him a double. Bonomo had to reward Gross with 90,500 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 140,000 |
|
165,000 | -120,000 |