The players are now on their first 22-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.
A total of 921 players have registered so far for this event, and approximately 900 remain.
During the break, Anthony Hu was collecting a pile of chips after cracking another player's pocket aces.
Hu opened to 800 from under the gun and was called by a player in late position. Tamer Alkamli then three-bet to 4,200 from the big blind and only Hu called.
Hu called bets of 3,600 and 9,500 for the final board to read
Alkamli put in his last 26,000 on the river and was snap-called.
Alkamli tabled for top set but Hu had the for the seven-high straight. Alkamli looked less than impressed when he exited the room.
At the live streamed table, Alexandra Botez limped from the hijack with and Jamie O'Connor three-bet from the button with to 1,400. Botez added the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of and Botez check-called a bet of 1,100 from O'Connor.
On the turn, Botez led out for 3,000 and O'Connor called.
The completed the board and Botez continued for 5,000. O'Connor raised it up to 16,300 with ace-high, and Botez went deep into the tank, then called, claiming the pot with queens and eights.
WSOP Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker is setting himself up for another deep run as he just busted Sergio Coutinho in a massive cooler.
Coutinho was seen getting up from his seat with his face-up against the of Moneymaker with the board reading as Coutinho found himself on the loosing end of the cooler.
Robbi Jade Lew opened to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by both of the blinds. The flop came and the action checked to Lew who bet 2,000. The small blind called and the big blind got out of the way.
The turn was the and the small blind led out with a bet of 2,000. Lew called and the on the river put four spades on the board. The small blind made a small bet of 1,400 and Lew countered with a raise to 3,000. Her opponent quickly called and Lew turned over for the best hand.
2019 PCA champ Chino Rheem found himself in a tricky situation in a three-way pot against Adrian Vinuela and Mike Meskin on a board of .
Vinuela and Meskin both checked on the river and Rheem bet 5,500. Vinuela called and Meskin check-raised to 15,000, sending Rheem into a deep tank and extended monologue with several cameras hovering overhead.
"He's never f***ing bluffing here," Rheem groaned. "What can I beat that you check-raise for value? I can't beat anything but one single hand. Well, a couple hands ... He limps under the gun... Nine-ten suited, maybe. Tens I think he'd raise, nines I think he'd raise."
Rheem landed on a call while Vinuela got out of the way.
"Give me the money!" Meskin said before tabling for just a pair of tens, which was no good against the of Rheem for sevens full of nines.
"I thought for sure I was losing when you said, 'Give me the money,'" laughed Rheem.
Also at the table is television star David Costabile. The Breaking Bad and Suits star sits slightly above starting stack with a stack of around 65,000.
From winning $500,000 playing against the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan to rubbing shoulders with fellow Platinum Pass winners at the PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship, it's been an incredible journey for Twitch chess sensation Alexandra Botez.
"I'm just gonna try and do my best, try to learn and pay attention while I'm at the table," she said. "I'm going to be vlogging and creating content while I'm there because after all, that's my job!
"But if I do my job well and I enjoy the experience. That's all I can ask for."
Kevin Rabichow was in a heads-up pot against Gregory Armand on a board of and committed his remaining 11,500 to be at risk.
Kevin Rabichow:
Gregory Armand:
Rabichow was ahead against his opponent's straight draw, but the river then brought the to give Armband a better pair to send the poker coach to the rail.
2019 PCA Main Event champ Chino Rheem is no more as he was eliminated by Fabiano Kovalski in a classic preflop cooler.
According to those at the table, Rheem held to be flipping with the of Kovalski. The flop was clean for Rheem but an ace on the turn put him behind and he couldn't improve on the river to end his PSPC run.
David Costabile, better known as Gale Boetticher on Breaking Bad and Daniel Hardman on Suits, was in position in a three-way pot.
Action checked to Costabile on the flop and he bet 1,500. Only Aguirre Azcoitia called. Azcoitia checked on the turn and Costabile sized up to 3,000. Azcoitia again called.
The river completed the board and Azcoitia led out for 8,000. Costabile gave a laugh that sounded like he knew he was beat but he called. Azcoitia tabled for a rivered straight and the TV star mucked before telling his opponent "nice hand."
After the hand, Costabile playfully punched Azcoitia on the shoulder and told him that he had an overpair.