In the blink of an eye, the remaining few minutes prior to the next scheduled 6-minute break reduced the field to just 296 contenders as the min-cash of $1,061.08 was paid out already. A pay jump is in sight as the 269th place finisher will take home $1,182.94.
There was a three-way all-in on the bubble as three pocket pairs clashed and Brazil's "mjunior" had the best of it heading into the showdown.
"EL PAGANO":
Anibal "ChiquiPlum" Andres:
"mjunior75":
The board ran out and the aces prevailed to burst the bubble. Since "EL PAGANO" had fewer chips, they became the bubble boy as Andres was the first to cash.
Suddenly, half a dozen players bowed out and among them was also the elimination of Germany's "DTOpadawan". He got it in good with against the of "DonaldTurnip" from the UK who got there on a board of with running two pairs.
"DTOpadawan" was one of two players who earned their buy-in back thanks to the bubble protection for tournaments with a buy-in below $1,000.
In the meanwhile", "Tr1pTripM" has taken over the lead after winning a big all-in and then earning another two pots without showdown.
As the field had raced down towards the money bubble with dozens of casualties as of recently, the time banks are suddenly activated on a lot of tables as 339 hopefuls remain and 332 will make the money.
Below are notables that failed to make the cut and busted recently.
The UK's "DazRath" jammed his short stack with the and Erwann "AlorPeutEtre" Pecheux reshoved with to get everyone else out of the way. The board came and Pecheux avoided a major setback.
Just before the blinds had gone up, Pedro "mrsweets29" Madeira raised to 16,800 and Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka jammed the button for 219,277. "Trust27" called out of the big blind for 136,108 total and Madeira folded.
"trust27":
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka:
The board ran out and Lapka held with his set of jacks.
In a battle of the blinds, "Gladiator20" shipped it in with the and was instantly called by Erik "Koi8888" Seidel who flipped over the in the big blinds.
No glimpse of hope appeared on a board as Seidel earned the next bigger pot.