The dealer knocked on the table in front of Guofeng Wang to indicate that it was his turn to act. He was engrossed with something on his phone and wasn't paying attention to the action. A player had already opened to 6,500 from early position and Wang was on the button.
Wang put his phone down, looked at his cards, and pushed all in. His opponent quickly called.
Wang:
Opponent:
The board ran out and the jacks won, eliminating Wang from play before the money.
On a flop of , Carlos Garcia Sarmiento checked from the hijack to Kahle Burns who bet 7,500 from the button. Sarmiento called and the turn was the . Both checked and the river was the . Both checked again and Sarmiento showed . Burns revealed to win the pot with the better pair.
Ping San Chan raised to 6,500 from the hijack seat and Wu Huihan called in the big blind. The flop came .
Huihan checked and then called a bet of 8,000 from Chan. The turn was the and he checked again. Chan bet 16,000 and Huihan quickly folded. With that pot, the two players are matched in chips.
On the verge of hand-for-hand play for the money bubble, the Main Event has gone on a 15-minute break with 106 players remaining. Play will resume with Level 15 and levels will now last 90 minutes throughout the rest of the day.
Sai Wu just lost some chips to Fabrice Soulier when they both had top pair but she was outkicked. She then shoved it all in from the small blind for her last 40,000. Levan Karamanishvili called in the big blind.