While action was paused at the other tables for the redraw, one hand was still in play that saw the tournament drop to 26 players before the 27-player redraw could be completed.
Gary Sewell got it all in preflop against Ray Foley.
Sewell:
Foley:
The sixes needed help, but none came on the board. Sewell was escorted to the cashier to collect $13,953.
In the very last hand before the break, Jason Johnson checked a flop and then raised the turn from 20,000 to 55,000. His opponent called and then quickly check-called the 80,000 by Johnson after the river.
The opponent mentioned after the call and getting shown for a nicely hidden full house, that "he found the flop check and turn raise suspicious." He did show the before shipping over the chips.
There have been three eliminations just minutes before the ultimate break of the day.
First Talesh Patel moved all in with after a raise and got called by to join the rail after a board.
Then Brandon Ageloff cracked the of Kanzuki Ikeuchi with for 175,000 in a preflop all in situation by spiking the set on the board.
Last but not least Todd Rodgers moved all in with pocket nines and got called by to see his luck fade away on the board.
We will return with 28 players left and once one more player gets eliminated, a full redraw takes place. Furthermore, we will then update all chip counts of the remaining players as well.
Jason Johnson, the chip leader coming into the day, has maintained a commanding stack throughout play. Now he's added more chips to his collection once again.
He three-bet preflop from the small blind and the initial raiser in the hijack seat pushed all in. The words were barely out of his mouth when Johnson replied "call."
Johnson:
Opponent:
The board ran out with no help for the king-jack: . Both players made a flush, but Johnson's was better.
"Your aggressive image really paid you off there," a player at the table commented. Johnson just smiled and continued stacking chips.