First Sean Jazayeri spiked a five on the river of a board with pocket fives to eliminate a player, who slow-played on flop and turn before getting it all in after the final community card. The WPT champion also spiked a set of fours on the flop, an opponent with picked up a flush draw on the turn and went broke without improving anymore.
Two other notable players on tables nearby have been crushing their competition as well and built up decent stacks.
With the bubble fast approaching and a mix of stack sizes on most tables, there has been very little post flop play in the last half hour.
Shove or fold is the main move in the remaining player’s armoury as they get it in with what they hope is the best hand and cross their fingers it holds.
We have been losing players in light speed and only 181 remain according to the screens. The dealers have now been advised to freeze the action after their current hand is completed in order to verify the exact number of players remaining.
It was a decent sized pot that caused a roller coaster of emotions for the opponent of Mark Wahba, who was at risk for his last 22,600 chips on the turn. Mark Wahba only flat called his min-raise and then the check-raise from Dom Fernandes on the flop to push all in after the turn.
Fernandes held the best starting hand in Texas Hold'em with the , but Wahba improved with the on the turn. The river completed the board and Wahba lost about 20% of his stack.
A French opponent asked Joe Ebanks after the river if he had called when he would have moved all in. Ebanks shook his head and then raked in the chips with as winning hand. Another player on the table asked "You really bet on that flop?" Why not, he had a gutshot.
Keith Ferrera ran into a bit of resistance on the last couple of hands. On a flop of Ferrera bet 1,700 and got called by seat one in the cut-off. They both checked the turn and on the river Ferrera checked and folded to a bet.
On the next hand he opened for 1,600 and the same player called in position again. The flop was , another paired board. Ferrera bet 2,400 this time but folded to a raise from seat one.
Ferrera decided not to make it a hat trick of raises and folded the next hand.
We currently have 216 players left and 171 will be in the money. At the pace we are losing players at the moment, the bubble should be reached towards the end of level 10 or early in level 11. Once we are in the money, it is very likely that the floodgates will open to see a plethora of eliminations for a min cash.
A short stack moved all in for 11,600 and Laurence Grondin called that out of the small blind with another 10,000 behind. In the big blind, Mark Wahba moved all in and the Canadian called off with . The short stack had and Wahba had that both beat with . Nobody hit anything on a dry board and Grondin has been eliminated whereas Wahba shoots to the top of the chip counts.
board with pocket fives to eliminate a player, who slow-played 
picked up a flush draw on the turn and went broke without improving anymore.
, but Wahba improved with the 
on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Wahba lost about 20% of his stack.
river if he had called when he would have moved all in. Ebanks shook his head and then raked in the chips with 
Ferrera bet 1,700 and got called by seat one in the cut-off. They both checked the turn 
Ferrera checked and folded to a bet.
