Emmanuel Sebag appears to be the current chip leader by quite a margin as he has already accumulated around two million in chips. Among the big stacks is also Ben Lamb, who sits in the top five with more than one million in chips.
Further assorted counts and casualties can be found below.
Three ways to the flop, Dmitrii Perfilev bet 45,000 when checked to by David Coleman and Emmanuel Sebag. Only Coleman called and opted to check again the on the turn. Perfilev now fired a bet worth 262,000 for the size of the pot and Coleman sigh-folded with just shy of that behind.
In a bloated pot to the flop, Erle Mankin pushed all-in for 195,000 in the big blind. Tommy Ly went deep into the tank and used all of his remaining time banks while not making any decision yet.
"Sir, when it reaches three minutes your hand is dead," the dealer told him and other players confirmed to Ly that he was about to run out of time.
The last time bank extension vanished shortly after and Ly folded while Jeremy Ausmus called all-in for the 52,000 he had behind on the button.
Jeremy Ausmus:
Erle Mankin:
The turn was of no help yet for Ausmus but he got there on the river to secure the pot.
With about 70,000 in the pot on a flop, Josh Arieh checked in the big blind and Stephen Chidwick checked on the button. On the turn, Arieh led for 30,000, and Chidwick called.
The completed the board and Arieh check-folded to a bet. Chidwick collected the pot against Arieh, although lately, the former's count has been trending down while the latter's count has been trending up.
With roughly 100,000 in the pot on a board, Chris Brewer had 65,000 over the betting line in middle position and was facing a decision for the rest of his chips after Duarte Baptista raised in the hijack. Brewer thought about it and called.
Chris Brewer:
Duarte Baptista:
The completed the board to send Brewer to the rail, while Baptista moved over a million in chips.
On a flop of , Daniel Negreanu checked his option out of the big blind and then called a bet worth 130,000 by Stephen Hubbard on the button. The duo headed to the on the turn on which Negreanu checked once more.
Hubbard announced a pot-sized bet of 510,000 and that covered Negreanu by a very small margin while Hubbard had around 140,000 behind. Only a few seconds of consideration passed and Negreanu then tossed his cards into the muck.