There were three all-in and call at the same time and another two pending showdowns that ended up in a tank-fold, and the field was reduced from 97 to 95 players to let the bubble burst before hand-for-hand mode went into effect.
Shay Aldorf was the first to fall with his for a set ran into the of Stefan Mital for the higher set.
Eli Molina then departed on a different table and last but not least, Georges Chehade avoided another bubble drama when he doubled through Walter Pflueger.
Pflueger had raised to 12,000 in the cutoff and was called by Dominique Potenza in the small blind. Chehade pushed for 89,000 in the big blind and Pflueger reshoved to isolate.
Patrick Kurfner raised to 15,000 from the cutoff and Thanh Le three-bet to 30,000 from the button. Kurfner stuck around with a call.
The flop came and Kurfner checked. Le moved all in for about 60,000 and Kurfner snap-called.
Thanh Le:
Patrick Kurfner:
Le had a pair of jacks but Kurfner was ahead with a pair of kings. The turn and river filled up the board and Kurfner took down the pot, sending Le to the exit three spots away from the money.
In a battle button versus big blind, Efstathios Komitas and Yaniv Kaldaron got their stacks in after the turn and one of the biggest pots of the day thus far emerged a few spots away from the money bubble.
Yaniv Kaldaron:
Efstathios Komitas:
Komitas needed the board to pair and he did so thanks to the river to boost his stack above half a million.
Petr Mifek raised to 11,000 from middle position and Mark Berman defended from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of and Berman checked. Mifek bet 7,000 and Berman check-called. The turn fell the and was checked through to the river. This time, Berman led out with a bet of 13,000 and Mifek gave it some thought, but chose to fold.