Paul Michaelis with queen-jack busted short stack Arin Youssefian holding pocket threes to get the match heads up — the first table to get there.
Michaelis from Germany has a significant advantage over his opponent Erle Mankin from the United States with over a 5:1 lead.
There was an open to 5,500 before Timothy Chang three-bet to 13,500 and David Machowsky moved all in for 45,000.
The original raiser folded and Chang called with 
and was against Machowsky’s ace-king.
The flop delivered a spade flush draw which duly got there to bust Machowsky and give Chang a healthy lead over the other five players at his table.
“I had the perfect chip stack,” Chang said smiling as he referred to his call. The rest of the table didn’t seem to be enjoying his good fortune as much.
The tournament is on a 15-minute break.
There are still several tables with six and seven players remaining, but Table 725 still has eight players with chips.
Benjamin Geisman and Toby Boas are the players who have busted, and it is Timothy Chang who has the lead at the table with 240,000 while Alexandru Masek heads the chasing pack as the second break approaches.
The players below took $4,837 home:
The first table to get down to three players is Table 723 which has been dominated most of the day by Matthew Haugen, but Ben Maya is on his heels with Chris Bell the man in the middle looking to make some hands soon.
All three are from the United States.
Hand #1: Xavier Rios raised to 4,500 in the cutoff and was called by James Cappucci in the big blind. They both checked through the 
on the flop and the 
on the turn. The 
on the river completed the board, Cappucci opened to 5,500, and Rios folded.
Hand #2: Chris Brand raised to 4,500 on the button, Cappucci three-bet to 16,500, and Brand folded.
Hand #3: Action folded to Tirza Sanders in the small blind. Sanders completed, Rios raised to 5,000, and Sanders called. The flop came 
, Sanders checked, Rios opened to 6,000, Sanders shoved all in, and Rios called.
Rios: 
Sanders: 
Sanders had top pair and Rios middle pair. The turn gave them the 
, but the 
on the river gave Rios a higher pair in the end.
Hand #4: Cappucci raised from the cutoff. Robert Kuhn three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind and was called. The flop came 
, Kuhn opened to 10,000, and Cappucci folded. Kuhn showed .
The table is now four-handed.
Derek Wolters is the clear chip leader on Table 720 with around 300,000 while Joe Cook has just scooped a pot to get to over 160,000.
Jonathan Borenstein and Michael Cooper hope some cards come their way soon.
Hassib Younan moved all in on the turn of a board reading 
and Matas Dilpsas called.
Younan: 
Dilpsas: 
The river bricked out to score another knockout and reduce the number to four remaining on Table 729 with Dilpsas sitting pretty on around 270,000.
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