Billy "The Croc" Argyros just made headlines over on table 35 along with plenty of laughter coming from his opponents. The banter came after Argyros had received a walk in the big blind to make a whopping 2,000 chips and then showing kings and ace three, double suited. It was the first walk of the day.
The two remaining tables have switched into limping mode and no big pots were played yet in the new level. Buck Rabie then raised the pot for most of his chips on 
and enforced folds all around, flashing the 
.
The three shortest stacks can be found below.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
40,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
35,000
-16,800
|
-16,800 |
Nível: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
In the first two hours of play, the field has been reduced to 15 players and they are all heading into a 15-minute break.
Hun Wei Lee raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and Jiajun Luo called from the small blind before Buck Rabie then clicked it to 28,000 with 6,000 behind. Lee folded but Luo called to see a heads-up flop of 
. The rest of the chips went in and Rabie was in rough shape.
Rabie: 
for fours and deuces
Luo: 
for fives and fours
The 
turn didn't change much, but the 
river gave Rabie a full house.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
75,000
12,200
|
12,200 |
Until the 
turn, a pot of 48,000 chips had emerged. Jiajun Luo had lass then that behind and got his stack of 39,000 chips in with chip leader Hun Wei Lee making the call.
Luo: 
for a set of tens
Lee: 
for a flush
The river improved Luo to a full house and he doubled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
126,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Michael Zowie limped from early position and Martin Kozlov raised to 14,500 from the button before Zowie then raised the pot to put Kozlov at risk for what looked like 40,000. Kozlov called and was at risk of elimination:
Kozlov: 
Zowie: 
The board ran out 
and that was it for Kozlov, who fell just short of the top 12 spots paid.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
Daniel Laidlaw raised from the button and then four-bet shoved his last 29,600 with the 
. Hun Wei Lee looked him up from one seat over in the small blind, holding the dominating 
. However, Laidlaw got there on a board of 
and doubled.
Over on the other table, Michael Zowie also doubled. The cards of his opponent were already rushed away but Zowie had made quads on the board 
with the .
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
95,000
63,400
|
63,400 |
|
|
63,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
Ali Khouiss found himself all-in pre flop holding 
, up against Hun Wei Lee with . The board ran out 
giving Khouiss a flush, but also completing a full house for Lee, sending Khouiss to the rail.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
Eliminado |
On a flop of 
we found the action with Konstantin Buecherl all-in for his tournament life against Xen Xenofontos.
Buecherl had for an overpaid of Kings.
Xenofontos showed 
for top set.
The turn and river 
bricked both players and Buecherl was sent to the rail.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Eliminado |
