Paul Michaelis lost a 360,000 pot with against the of Roman Bláha and the next big pot was about to emerge on table 3.
Aleksandr Nemcov flat-called a raise by Marko Ilicic and Goran Curic then moved all in. Ilicic isolated and moved all in himself with Nemcov calling all in for around 100,000.
Ilicic:
Curic:
Nemcov:
The board ran out to give Ilicic a straight and bust two opponents just prior to the end of the level.
Players are now on 15 minute break. The field is now 96 players with 80 making the money. Blinds will be at 3,000/6,000 when play resumes with a 1,000 ante.
Pierre Mothes, who finished third in the Super High Roller two days ago, more than doubled his stack without showdown as per quick conversation in the break. "I have a good image, nobody wants to play with me."
Hossein Ensan also walked by and reported about his new count as well, which can be found below.
As we get closer and closer to the bubble breaking, only one woman is remaining in the WSOP Circuit King's Casino Main Event - Italy's Lyudmila Rudova. Rudova may need a double up to make it past the bubble as she has a small stack of 45,000 chips, which represents under 8 big blinds.
Franz Doblinger moved all in for 52,000 from the button with the and had picked an unfortunate timing, as Marek Uharcek had the in the big blind. Lady luck came to the rescue on the board and Doblinger doubled. Uharcek had 20,000 left and those vanished shortly after.
Ten more players before the bubble breaks with 90 players remaining and 80 getting paid at least a minimum cash of €2,545. Among the most recent casualties were Frank Prüfer, Lulzim Gajraku, Jose Antonio Ponze, and Martin Meciar.
The money bubble is only 10 spots away and Pavel Binar just open-shoved to claim the blinds and antes. Binar, usually a high stakes cash game player, flashed the and has less than 10 big blinds remaining.
Play is slowing down on most before the bubble breaks, and some of the players with the biggest stacks are taking advantage of their opponents looking to. Steven Stephan who has been among the chip leaders since entering the tournament, is one such player doing just that, and has accumulated 936,000 chips according to our last count.