The clock is paused as the remaining 55 players are now on the direct bubble.
The clock is paused as the remaining 55 players are now on the direct bubble.
Christian Pedersen kicked things off from middle position with a raise to 30,000. Mario Diaz Quilez, in the hijack, made the call, but no one else joined the party.
On the K♥5♥2♠ flop, Pedersen check called Quilez’s 30,000 bet.
Both players checked the 10♣ turn.
The 7♣ completed the board, and Pedersen led out for 130,000. Quilez let his hand go, conceding the pot.
The action is slowing down as the players are now close to the bubble.
Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The pot stood at around 250,000, and the board showed J♣3♠Q♠10♥. Scott Bohlman, first to act in the small blind, bet 150,000, and Mike Watson in the cutoff made the call.
The 6♥ completed the board, and Bohlman used a time bank card before checking to Watson. Watson then moved his stack of greens into the middle for about 500,000, and Bohlman quickly let his hand go, conceding the pot.
Samuel Ju was sitting in early position when he moved all in for 140,000. Action folded to Julien Sitbon in the small blind, who also went all in to set up a heads up showdown.
Samuel Ju: A♦K♠
Julien Sitbon: Q♠Q♦
The board ran out 7♦3♥6♦4♠, looking clean for Sitbon all the way to the river. But the A♣ peeled off on the end, giving Ju top pair and the double up.
In the first hand, Johan Guilbert clashed with Rui Figueiredo on a board of 5♠10♥3♣9♥3♠. Guilbert held A♣Q♥ and Figueiredo had A♦K♣. Figueiredo doubled up, leaving Guilbert with less than 200,000 behind.
In the very next hand, Guilbert found himself all in again, this time against Michel Molenaar. Guilbert again had A♠Q♦, while Molenaar held A♥3♣ and improved to two pair on the 7♠A♣3♦K♠8♥ board, leaving Guilbert with crumbs.
A few hands later, Guilbert was all in once more, this time against Scott Bohlman. Guilbert had Q♦7♦ and Bohlman 8♥7♥. The board ran out 5♠K♥J♠3♣6♦, and this time the queen fell in Guilbert’s favor, securing him a double up and giving him another chance in the tournament.
A few hands later, he busted.
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The remaining 72 players were sent on their next 15-minute break.