The field is now eight spots off the bubble, although its effect is somewhat diminished in the PKO-format. Big names were among the recent ones to fall, including Nick Petrangelo and Rainer Kempe.
In back-to-back hands, Artur Martirosian collected bounties by taking out both Pablo Navarro and Krasimir Yankov.
Navarro was the first to fall to the Russian when Martirosian open-shoved on the button with . Navarro called all in for about 19 big blinds in the big blind holding but didn't pair any of his paint to leave before the money.
In the next hand, there was postflop action between Yankov and Martirosian. After a raise and a call, Martirosian bet 27,522 on an flop and Yankov called. Martirosian shoved all in on the turn and Yankov called for a little over a 100K.
Krasimir Yankov:
Artur Martirosian:
It was a bad turn for Yankov, who caught an inferior two pair. The river was the and Martirosian shot up to nearly 900K.
Michael Addamo fired five bullets into this event but hasn't been able to get anything going thus far. Down to just 117,460 in chips, he moved all in after Jack Salter had opened, with the Brit snapping him off.
Michael Addamo:
Jack Salter:
Addamo found a much-needed double-up on a board to get back up over 20 big blinds.