The action folded around to United Kingdom's BUBS26888 on the button who jammed all in for 3,502. The player in the small blind folded before Chris "888Moorman" Moorman called from the big blind.
BUBS26888 was in the lead holding and Moorman turning over . Moorman was unable to catch up handing a small pot off to his opponent after the board ran out .
The tournament has surpassed the six-digit prize pool barrier with 912 entrants and 123 rebuys creating a $103,500 prize pool. Exactly 100 players are already eliminated from the tournament after losing all their chips and choosing not to rebuy.
888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman recently joined the field and has increased his stack to 18,170. Moorman is perhaps online poker's most successful tournament player with $13,755,550 in online tournament cashes, the most by any player tracked by PocketFives.
Romania's grandesica26 just took the chip lead after a clash with Monaco's m0ntecarlo13.
The action began with m0ntecarlo13 raising to 900 from mid position and the players on the button and the small blind calling before grandesica26 also called from the big blind.
The players in the blind checked after the flop came before m0ntecarlo13 bet 2,200. The player on the button and the small blind folded before grandesica26 jammed all-in for 38,947 which more than covered his opponent.
His opponent called and turned over for a set while grandesica26 was drawing to both a straight and a flush. the was of no help to grandesica26, however, the spiked the river to give him a flush and a huge pot of 55,732.
The field has grown to 826 players of which 38 have opted to rebuy to create a $86,400 prize pool, surpassing the $80,000 guarantee slapped on the event.
With still more than two hours left in late registration, the prize pool should easily exceed six-digits.