Players are on their last 20-minute break of the day. There are currently 79 players remaining, and here are some of the updated chip counts from the notables remaining.
Neel Murthy was on the button and opened to 14,000. Liang Xu defended his big blind.
The flop was and Xu check-called Murthy's bet of 11,000.
The turn was the and Xu check-called a bet of 26,000 this time.
The river was the and Xu paused for a couple minutes before firing out a bet of 38,500. Murthy tanked and eventually laid down his hand sending Xu a very nice pot.
Neel Murthy was in the cutoff and raised to 14,000. Chris Moorman called on the button and Yevgeniy Timoshenko defended his big blind.
The flop was and everyone checked to the turn which was the .
Murthy bet 19,000 and Moorman folded but Timoshenko paused a minute before moving all in for 47,000. Murthy tanked for a minute and then laid down his hand sending Timoshenko some very important chips as the players approach the bubble.
The field is only five eliminations away from the money and the action has slowed right down. "Clock" is being called at nearly every table, and even on multiple players at one table. All the short stacks are looking to get into the money, while the bigger stacks keep applying pressure
Chris Moorman is coming off his first WSOP gold bracelet win in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Six-Handed event and is feeling confident as ever now. Having the rail cheering so loudly for him on that final table felt so good, he wants to get back to another one right away. He is building a chip stack in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Turbo event right now, well on his way to making the money and hopefully break through for another final table.
Moorman raised to 11,000 from early position and the action was folded around to the big blind who moved all-in for around 46,000. Moorman asked for a count and then quickly called. It was a race situation with Moorman showing vs his opponent's .
The board ran out and Moorman was able to hit an ace to eliminate his opponent.
Ivan Luca from early position raised to 8,000 and there was one caller before the action was on Loni Harwood. She moved all-in from the button for 72,000 and the action was back on Luca. He thought about his decision and eventually put out the chips to call. The other opponent folded and the cards were tabled.
Harwood:
Luca:
The board ran out and Harwood's over pair to the board was good enough to earn her a double up.
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and Xu check-called Murthy's bet of 11,000.
and Xu check-called a bet of 26,000 this time.
and Xu paused for a couple minutes before firing out a bet of 38,500. Murthy tanked and eventually laid down his hand sending Xu a very nice pot.
and everyone checked to the turn which was the 
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vs his opponent's 
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and Moorman was able to hit an ace to eliminate his opponent.
and Sands got the elimination sending us down to under 90 players remaining.
and Harwood's over pair to the board was good enough to earn her a double up.
. Mermelstein showed 
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