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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,046,440
535,054
|
535,054 |
|
446,850
446,850
|
446,850 |
|
|
208,148
120,088
|
120,088 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Not far away from the money bubble, Simon Higgins got it in with the 
and "final_table" looked him up with the 
.
The board came 
and the kings held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
593,902
593,902
|
593,902 |
|
540,845
-83,944
|
-83,944 |
|
|
339,304 | |
|
312,238
44,170
|
44,170 |
|
212,376
212,376
|
212,376 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
389,785
178,548
|
178,548 |
|
235,124
91,212
|
91,212 |
|
||
|
|
187,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,200
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
664,966
44,254
|
44,254 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Marvin "TheCrippler" Tay clashed with table neighbor "Jesseonboss" in a battle button versus cutoff as both players turned over pocket pairs.
Marvin "TheCrippler" Tay:
"Jesseonboss":
The board ran out 
as Tay dodged straight outs and ultimately improved to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
251,718
211,718
|
211,718 |