The 51 remaining players are now on a short 15-minute break.
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In a preflop betting frenzy, four players got all of their chips into the middle, with Hanibael Saneh covering.
Gerald Grogan: A?10?
Jerome Kline: Q?Q?
Brett Roberts: Q?Q?
Hanibael Saneh: 10?10?
The runout of 2?8?K?A?9? meant Grogan won the main pot with his pair of aces while both Kline and Roberts practically doubled through Saneh in the side pot with their queens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brett Roberts | 4,800,000 | |
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Hanibael Saneh | 2,300,000 | |
Gerald Grogan | 1,600,000 | |
Jerome Kline | 1,050,000 |
Feng Qian moved all in from the button for around 675,000 and got a single call from the big stack at the table, Guilherme De Castro.
Feng Qian: Q?J?
Guilherme De Castro: 8?8?
Qian was hoping to hit to keep him alive, but missed the 6?9?A? flop.
Things didn't improve for Qian on the 7? turn or 7? river, and he left the tournament with around 55 players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Guilherme de Castro |
8,525,000
8,525,000
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8,525,000 |
Feng Qian | Busted |
When it folded to Brett Roberts in the hijack, he announced all in for around 2,500,000. Everyone folded except for the player in the big blind who put in the call for his remaining 100,000.
Big blind: 3?5?
Brett Roberts: K?K?
Roberts improved to the nut flush on the board of Q?A?2?3?6?. Eliminating an opponent and adding to his chip stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brett Roberts |
2,700,000
2,440,000
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2,440,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Grande | Busted | |
Victoria Murphy | Busted | |
Thierry Morel | Busted | |
Agustin Naranja | Busted | |
Donald Hahn | Busted | |
Robert Ramos | Busted | |
Andre Bryan | Busted | |
Hung-Wei Shiue | Busted | |
Koray Aldemir | Busted | |
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Jacob Mulhern | Busted | |
Dale Robinson | Busted | |
Peter Ng | Busted |
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Dylan Wilkerson opened to 325,000 from early position. Jamel Ghizaoui was the only caller from middle position.
The two players saw a flop of 5?2?Q?. Wilkerson checked, and Ghizaoul fired out a bet of 440,000. After a bit of tanking, Wilkerson folded his hand and Ghizaoul showed A?Q? for top pair top kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jamel Ghizaoui |
4,900,000
1,360,000
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1,360,000 |
Dylan Wilkerson |
3,000,000
300,000
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300,000 |
Jamie Robbins open-shoved for 875,000 and the action was then on Daniel Hirose who took some time before he made the call. The rest of the table quickly got out of the way to let the two players duke it out.
Jamie Robbins: 6?6?
Daniel Hirose: A?A?
"Sorry, I wasn't trying to slow roll, I wanted to get someone else to call," Hirose explained apologetically.
"No, it's fine, I'm good at these!" Robbins replied optimistically, but unfortunately could not get there on the 5?9?3?J?2? runout and was sent to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Hirose |
4,750,000
1,650,000
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1,650,000 |
Jamie Robbins | Busted |
Wai Kit Lo raised from an early position to 250,000 and Timothy Smyrk moved all in for around 1,085,000 from the big blind.
Lo went into the tank, before making the call and the players flipped their cards.
Timothy Smyrk: A?5?
Wai Kit Lo: A?9?
Another player at the table said Lo made a "nice call" as he was ahead of Smyrk before the flop was dealt.
Smyrk missed the J?J?4? flop, and the 8? 10? turn and river, and he was knocked out of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Wai Kit Lo |
2,500,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
Timothy Smyrk | Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000