Players are heading off on another 15-minute break. Alexander Lynskey appears to have taken over the lead with 347,000 chips as players head for another break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
347,000 |
Only seven tables remain in the orange section as the field gets thinned out further. Severin Schleser busted yet another player to move up in the counts and other recently spotted big stacks include David Lambard and Sampath de Silva.
Lambard sent a short stack to the rail when his 
won a flip for 35,000 against 
, the board came 
to give Lambard a set. The next hand, de Silva defended his small blind and check-raised a flop of 
. De Silva and his opponent had already engaged in table talk when the hand started and he check-raised from 2,000 to 5,000.
"You don't have the five," the initial raiser said and reluctantly folded. De Sliva had a big smile under his blue superman hat and eventually flashed the 
for trips.
Below are further assrted counts from the section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000 | 172,700 |
|
260,000 | 55,000 |
|
240,000 | 10,000 |
|
200,000 | -16,000 |
|
190,000 | 99,600 |
|
185,000 | 5,000 |
|
175,000 | 30,000 |
|
106,100 | 34,100 |
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David Williams opened the action for 2,700 and got calls from the player in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop was 
.
Checked to Williams he bet 4,200 and got calls from both players.
The turn card was the 
which got checked around to see the 
complete the board.
The player in the small blind took his time before leading out with a 4,200 bet. He then kept a beady eye on the player who also took his time before calling.
Williams was seemingly engrossed in a game he was playing on his tablet but looked up from it long enough to raise to 14,200.
The player in the small blind quickly threw his cards away while the remaining player seemed torn. The call was for not an insignificant portion of his stack and it was a wet board. In the end, he folded and Williams gathered the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
Ben Yu is back in it and just chopped a pot to up his stack slightly while Dutch Boyd has been eliminated.
Yu raised from under the gun to 3,300 and was called three ways to see a flop of 
. It checked to the player on the button, who bet 6,000 and just Yu called. Yu check-called another bet of 6,000 on the 
turn before moving all in for more than 22,000 on the river.
His oppponent called with 
and Yu chopped it up with the .
One table over, Dutch Boyd had just been moved to a new seat when Justin Young raised to 2,700. Severin Schleser three-bet to 8,200 and Boyd four-bet to 25,000 with around 22,000 behind.
Young folded, but Schleser moved all in to see Boyd call it off with pocket jacks. Schleser had ace-king and spiked an ace on the river to eliminate the three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | 85,000 |
|
187,000 | 48,100 |
|
46,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
Pocket aces have been getting passed around today and showing up quite often. Luckily, they have been holding up for most players. Kristen Bicknell was holding the strongest starting hand in poker and was facing a raise of 2,800. Bicknell put in a three-bet to 10,700 and the action folded back around to her opponent who piled his remaining 63,000 chips in the middle. Bicknell quickly called and was up against the pocket kings of her opponent. The board ran out 
and Bicknell scooped a big pot.
Merely seconds later, just two tables away, Mike Leah opened from middle position to 3,000. His opponent moved all in for around 25,000 and the action was folded back to Leah. He said to his opponent sitting beside him, "I've only looked at one card, do you want to sweat with me?". The two were friends, so they agreed to look at the second card together. It just so happened that Leah was holding pocket aces as well and quickly made the call. His opponent held 
and was drawing dead by the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 248,700 |
|
167,000 | 25,000 |
|
155,800 | 57,300 |
There was an open to 2,500 from a player under the gun before Niall Farrell three-bet to 7,700. The rest of the table got out of the way and the original raiser came back with a raise to 18,500 putting most of his stack in. Farrell moved all in and got a call.
Farrell: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
The board completed a straight for Farrell who felted his opponent and collected a hefty pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | -44,200 |
After a raise to 3,100, Aylar Lie moved all in from the small blind and the initial raiser called and tabled his 
. Lie was ahead with and flopped two pair on . "Well, that's a good start," her opponent said and the turn and river changed nothing anymore.
Lie doubled for 25,000 and said, "I started with a good stack today, but everything went wrong."
Another player at the table remarked, "Now you have a second chance," while Lie was busy stacking the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | -24,200 |
Maurice Hawkins opened from early position for 3,300 and got one caller on the big blind.
The flop was .
Checked to the raiser, Hawkins quickly bet 2,200 and got a call.
The turn was the and a bet of 5,000 from Hawkins got another call.
The river was the and a bet of 10,000 from Hawkins saw his opponent give it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 20,000 |
Some players have been chipping up throughout the day, while others have hit the rail and looking for their next tournament. Here is a look at some more notables and how they are doing:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 | 73,400 |
|
|
98,500 | 8,500 |
|
61,800 | -10,000 |
|
49,700 | -10,300 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Ben Yu has dropped back to less than the starting stack while Darryll Fish and Felipe Ramos grinded their way back up to two or even three times of that. Two tables over, Connor Drinan and Guiliano Bendinelli are no longer in their seats, having joined a long list of casualties for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | 50,200 |
|
55,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
16,000 | -9,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
