Ralph Perry had made a three-bet preflop over a raise from Timothy Chang.
Chang shipped it over the top for a four-bet jam. Perry considered it for a while before he called. He smacked the table when he saw the bad news as Chang turned over the which was crushing the of Perry.
The board ran out and Chang boosted his stack substantially.
Late last level, Dylan Linde lost most of his stack after doubling up Jesse Sylvia.
Upon returning from break, it didn't take long for Linde to get his last 90,000 all in preflop from middle position. Philip Shing was in the big blind and had an easy call.
Dylan Linde:
Philip Shing:
The board ran out and Shing locked it up on the turn to eliminate Linde in 40th place for $57,952.
In the last hand before the break, the biggest pot of the tournament thus far went down.
It began when Ari Engel, who last night was the winner of a memorable straight-flush-over-straight-flush hand, raised to 50,000 from early position only to have Toby Lewis three-bet to 175,000 from late position.
Action folded back to Engel and he pushed back to the tune of 525,000. Lewis, who started the hand with around 2.3 million paused for a few beats before five-bet jamming and Engel considered is for about 30 seconds before tossing in a chip, signifying that he was calling off for approximately 1.75 million.
Ari Engel:
Toby Lewis:
Lewis had the goods and Engel was looking to get lucky. That didn't happen though as he watched helplessly when the board ran out .
Salim Admon opened for 50,000 from the cutoff and Hyon Kim just called from the small blind. Tony Sinishtaj then three-bet jammed for around 350,000 from the big, Admon got out of the way, and Kim snap-called.
Tony Sinishtaj:
Hyon Kim:
Sinsihtaj was in a world of trouble and failed to get any real sweat as the board ran out an ace-less .
Action folded to Kevin Eyster in the cutoff and he moved all in for his last 13 big blinds. Ilyas Muradi was in the big blind and called after looking down at the grandaddy of all hands.
Kevin Eyster:
Ilyas Muradi:
The flop left Eyster looking for another king, while the on the turn meant he could also catch a four to win. Unfortunately for him, neither appeared as a blanked on the river.