Kitty Kuo was in middle position, and she was all in. The board read 
.
Mikhail Rudoy and the player under the gun were heads up on the side, and they both checked the 
turn and the 
river.
Kuo had 
for a pair of fives on the river, but Rudoy's pocket sevens were good. Kuo was eliminated, and Rudoy collected the pot.
According to the table, Jeff Coddington got it in with two pair against Craig Varnell for heaps. Varnell had 
, and Coddington had 
. The total action on the hand is unclear, but Varnell had lost a decent-sized pot against Vanessa Selbst just prior to this hand. Coddington is now the new chip leader in the field and has amassed over 450,000 chips.
Meanwhile Varnell, who had been the Day 1 chip leader, has to settle for a min-cash.
With the board reading 
and over 5,000 in the middle, Craig Varnell checked from the small blind and Vanessa Selbst bet 2,500 from the big blind.
Varnell called and the river was the 
. Varnell checked, Selbst bet 4,500, and Varnell called.
Selbst had 
for two pair on the river, good enough to take down the pot.
The money bubble has burst, meaning that all the remaining players are guaranteed a minimum of $4,509.
Lucas Blanco was under the gun and raised to 14,000 with 2,700 behind. Mike Watson was on the button and called.
The flop was 
and Blanco check-called Watson's bet of 2,700.
Watson tabled and Blanco showed 
. The board ran out and the 
giving Blanco the Broadway straight and the crucial double-up.
On another table Pascal Hartmann and Craig Varnell got it all in preflop. Hartmann tabled 
and Varnell showed 
. The board ran out clean for Hartmann, coming 
and he also survived the bubble as it burst on another table on the same hand on hand-for-hand play.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The field is still two away from the money and with the next elimination, they will be hand-for-hand on the bubble. But for now, players are heading on a 15-minute break.
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