The screens show 127 players left and the dealers have been asked to freeze their action, as hand-for-hand mode will commence once all current hands are completed.
Oliver Gill took a coin flip close to the money with against the of Travis Rawlins and the latter had two over cards as well as a gutshot straight draw after a queen-high flop. The river made the straight and Gill headed to the rail. Rawlins is among a few other players that are close to a quarter million in chips.
It was a four-bet to 48,000 and Wayne Brindley stuck around against Ferenc Riech to see a heads-up flop of with two spades. Both players checked and then Brindley check-called a bet worth 9,600 on the turn. On the river, Brindley check-called 40,000 with just the but that was good enough to rake in the massive pot.
In the first level of play, Gerald Karlic four-bet jammed for 57,900 with and cracked the pocket aces of Jessica Liang. The trend of both players continued in the same direction as Karlic ran good and Liang was forced to play very careful with her short stack. Close to the bubble, Liang is down to a mere few blinds while Karlic is thriving.
After the hand was over, two players claimed they had folded pocket fives respectively pocket threes. Russell Thomas moved all in for 19,500 with the and was called by an opponent with . The board came and Thomas doubled.