The board read , and Ka Kwan Lau decided to make a move with . Lau pushed all in for his remaining 232,000, and Alexey Rybin didn't take much time to call. Rybin tabled for a jack-high flush and eliminated Lau.
With the recent elimination of Ka Kwan Lau, there are just 32 players remaining. That means the last four tables in play will be hand-for-hand until the next elimination.
Play is still hand-for-hand on the money bubble. These are the eight biggest stacks in the room, and the only players above the 1,000,000-chip mark at the moment.
Max Silver and Alexey Rybin are at the top of the counts, both just above 2,000,000 chips.
With the board reading , Eddie Ochana checked in the big blind and Esther Taylor bet 60,000 in the cutoff. Ochana called and the turn was the . Ochana checked, Taylor bet 110,000, and Ochana called.
The river was the and Ochana checked again. Taylor cut out a bet of 300,000, a little less than Ochana's total stack, and he folded his cards as the players were heading for their final break of the night.
Players are on their last break of the day. The bubble has not burst yet, therefore, when play resumes the blinds will remain at level 18 until there is one more elimination.
Max Silver raised to 56,000 from middle position and Eddie Ochana called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. Ochana bet 75,000 and Silver raised to 300,000. Ochana put his remaining 322,000 into the pot and Silver couldn't help but call.
Ochana:
Silver:
The river was the to give Silver a set of sevens but Ochana's set of jacks was still the best hand.
After several confrontations between these two on the bubble, Konstantin Bucherl and Dan Smith went at it again. It was blind versus blind and the flop came . Smith bet 60,000 from the small blind and Bucherl called. The turn paired the board and Smith bet 150,000. After a long pause, Bucherl called.
The river was the and Smith bet the pot. That was enough to put Bucherl to an all-in decision for his remaining stack of right around 400,000. Bucherl thought it over for about a minute and moved his stack forward to call.
Smith tabled for twos full of threes, and Bucherl's was briefly tabled and mucked.
Bucherl is the bubble boy, and Dan Smith takes the chip lead. The remaining 31 players are in the money and will receive a minimum payout of $37,776.
There were three players left in the hand on a board reading with around 240,000 in the pot. Dimitar Popov checked and Anson Tsang shoved all-in for 230,000. Iraj Parvizi quickly raised to 600,000 and Popov laid his hand down.
Parvizi tabled while Tsang needed to hit a flush with . The turn was the and the river brought the sending Tsang to the rail.