Erik Cajelais shoved in middle position, Qing Liu for less with in the cutoff, and he was racing against . The board left everyone sweating a spade, and the was safe for Liu.
Cajelais was left with a few blinds but he did secure a ladder as Paul Fontan busted from the big blind at another table with against the of Chino Rheem.
Ben Palmer jammed for about 130,000 and Marius Heiene isolated in the small blind and showed . That was fine by Palmer, who held a pair with . Unfortunately for him, the board was all Heiene as it came .
At another table, Justin Saliba also busted. That means with 24 left the remaining players will draw for new seats and everything will move to a specially set up lounge for the final playdown.
Ben Palmer shoved in the cutoff for just over 100K with and was at risk against the of Eric Afriat. The board ran an eight-high straight for Palmer to chop.
At another table, Justin Saliba was all in under the gun with against Chris Moorman's dominating . The board two-paired for another chop.
James Anderson wasn't so lucky as he busted at another table.
There was about 400,000 in the middle between Vlastimil Pustina under the gun and Will Failla in the big blind. The board read . Pustina had moved in and Failla was in the tank for his last 300,000. Finally, he placed some chips in the middle.
Pustina pounded the table in submission and showed . Failla showed his .
Pustina had just 65,000 left and busted it the next hand from the big blind.
Jeff Trudeau was heading to payouts right after the level change. According to Scott Stewart, that's because he defended his big blind with and check-raised all in on a flop against Ray Qartomy, who had opened under the gun. Qartomy called with and ran backdoor clubs to make a winning flush.
Sung Hyun opened in middle position and called a three-bet out of the cutoff that came from James Anderson. Hyun checked the flop then raised all in when Anderson bet 110,000.
Anderson quickly called with . Hyun had a flush draw and overcard with . The missed him but the river gave Anderson a set he didn't want. He sent 305,000 over.