With the board reading , Yue Du was all in and at risk against Andy Spears, who was on the button.
Du was ahead with , but Spears had flush outs with . He hit one of those outs on the turn, making his flush, and the river couldn't save Du. He was eliminated and Spears is one of the big stacks in the room with 300,000 chips.
Mike Watson opened to 3,500 in middle position and Benjamin Grise made it 9,000 on the button. Mark Radoja went into the tank in the big blind, and after the clock was called and the floorperson came over, Radoja folded.
Watson then moved all in and Grise shook his head and folded.
With over 60,000 in the pot and the board reading , Steve Sung had a bet of 36,000 in front of him in the cutoff. Action was on Joshua Gibson in middle position. He thought for awhile and called.
Sung tabled for top pair, top kicker and Gibson sent his hand to the muck. Sung collected the pot and is now among the chip leaders as the field is two away from the money.
Annette Obrestad was in the hijack and raised to 3,200. Vanessa Selbst defended in the big blind.
The flop was and Selbst check-called 3,600. The turn was the and Selbst check-folded after Obrestad moved all in for 26,700.
A few hands later Selbst was in the cutoff and raised to 3,700. Jeff Coddington was on the button and called as well as David Ormsby in the big blind.
The flop was and Selbst bet 5,300. Coddinton called and Ormsby folded. The turn was the and both players checked to the river which was the . Selbst bet 8,500 and Coddington called. Selbst said, "Nice call," and tapped the table after showing . Coddington showed and took it down.
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.
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.