There hasn't been too much action going on around the room, as everyone seems to be waiting for the bubble to burst. We're only four eliminations away from the money here and the mood is tense as each move that players make are critical.
Max Silver raised to 8,000 under the gun and received a call from Fung Cheung in the hijack. Sergii Baranov then three-bet to 24,000 on the button, both blinds and Silver got out of the way, and Cheung proceeded to move all in. Baranov gave it some thought and then slid in a call.
Showdown
Baranov: 
Cheung: 
Cheung was ahead with her pocket sixes, and that's where she'd stay as neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Baranov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
165,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
Jason Mercier raised under the gun to 8,500 and Elio Fox three-bet to 21,000. The action was folded back to Mercier who made the call.
The flop came down 
and both players checked. On the turn the 
hit and Mercier checked. Fox bet 24,000 and Mercier decided to raise up to 55,500. Fox tanked for a bit and called.
On the river the 
hit and Mercier fired out 87,000. Fox tanked for quite some time, but eventually laid his hand down. We are very close to the money, and last year's champion is still in the hunt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
378,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
Steve Dannenmann opened the action with a raise to 8,000 and Vadzim Markushevski moved all in for 86,500. It folded around to Nicolas Cieutat who moved all in over the top for 101,500 total.
Action folded back to Dannenmann and he mulled over the decision for a while before finally folding 
face up to the table. Markushevski and Cieutat rolled over their hands to show that Dannenmann made an excellent fold:
Markushevski:
Cieutat: 
The flop was 
and Cieutat's aces held the lead. However, the case king- - struck the turn and the entire table and rail let out a collective gasp. The 
finished the board and Markushevski was able to double thanks to a one outer. Cieutat, however, was crippled to 14,000.
Cieutat would bust the next hand after Kyle Julius opened and Cieutat moved all in. Bertrand Grospellier re-raised and Julius folded. Grospellier held to Cieutat's 
. The board came 
and Grospellier was able to finish off Cieutat with Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | |
|
132,500 | |
|
15,000 |
Scott Seiver opened for 8,000 under the gun and picked up three callers up to Eugene Katchalov in the small blind. The Ukrainian pro opted to three-bet all in for 65,500, three folds ensued, and then Emil Patel called from the button.
| Showdown |
Patel:  |
Katchalov:  |
The 
flop gave Katchalov a big lead, but the did give Patel a gut-shot straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
river would not complete it and Katchalov more than doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
160,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
||
We're not sure of the exact details, but we do know that Kristijonas Andrulis was recently eliminated holding by the 
of Stephane Girault. The two got it all in preflop, but two hearts on the flop and runner-runner hearts on the turn and river put an end to Andrulis' day in "heartbreaking" fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
Busted |
We are down to 49 players and that means hand-for-hand action is in play. There are eight minutes remaining in the level, and that means there will be a breaks soon. After this break we will continue in the current level until the bubble bursts.
Hand-for-hand play will resume in 20 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
632,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
593,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
592,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
560,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
540,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
530,000 | |
|
|
||
|
510,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
470,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
440,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
415,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
392,500
76,500
|
76,500 |
|
363,000
328,000
|
328,000 |
|
340,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
|
327,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
325,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
310,000 | |
|
307,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
||
|
290,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
275,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
261,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
244,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
240,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
237,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
|
213,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
The players will play another full level at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante as long as the bubble doesn't burst. When the bubble busts we will immediately go to the next level. There are still 49 players remaining as we are playing hand-for-hand!
