Chun Law opened from early position and Mikal Blomlie three-bet from the cut-off to 22,000. Law responded by moving all in for 150,000. Blomlie took a short while to decide and then called.
Law with the and for Blomlie.
The board ran out and the sixes held to double Law up.
Jonathan Wong raised to 12,500 from under the gun and Jack Maskill shoved for around 60,000 from middle position. The action folded to Ricardo Cuerda Cuartero in the small blind and he moved all in. Wong called off for his last 140,000 as well and a three-way all in emerged.
Jack Maskill:
Jonathan Wong:
Ricardo Cuerda Cuartero:
The board ran out and Cuartero knocked out two opponents to boost his stack to more than double the average.
After defending out of the blinds, Jonathan Willis got Alexios Zervos all in and at risk on a flop of . Zervos had for the over pair only to see Willis turn over for the flopped straight. The turn and river were of no help for the Greek and he was eliminated.
Soon after at the same table, Lucy Gamble was all in for 62,000 with against the of Chun Law. The board of was quite scary to say the least, but ultimately Gamble doubled up.
The remaining field is almost exclusively in the main tournament area and just one table remains next to the bar. That one features James Mitchell, Sander Sol and [Removed:16]. Sol was somewhat involved in the latest casualty as he was in the big blind, but folded after the action before him and said he had pocket sevens.
What had happened? Adam Harsanyi opened to 17,000 and Matous Houzvicek in the cutoff shoved for 150,000. Harsanyi reluctantly called and flipped over the superior of two small pocket pairs.
Matous Houzvicek:
Adam Harsanyi:
The board came and Harsanyi bumped his stack to almost half a million.
Sally Stephens raised from late position and Pavlos Katsikidis moved all in from the cutoff for 62,000. The action folded back to Stephens and she called with . Katsikidis had the and lost the flip on a board of .
Kathryn Lindsay was also waiting nearby at the payout desk after having run out of chips as well.