The action was picked up with Ray Henson all in and at risk against Kenny Hallaert on a board reading the on the turn with Hallaert only having him slightly outchipped.
Ray Henson:
Kenny Hallaert:
The river came the and Hallaert said "Good game guys," before nearly tossing his hand into the muck, believing he had lost the hand.
Henson caught his hand before it went there "What are you talking about you made a full house?"
Hallaert had thought Henson made a better full house than him, but Henson had no full house and had only a straight, meaning it was no good against Hallaert's full house. Henson wished the table luck and left the tournament.
A player in early position raised to 4,500 and from the button before Ole Schemion jammed for 30,000. The small blind came in over the top for his final 65,000 in chips and the early position raiser folded.
Ole Schemion:
Opponent:
The flop went Schemion's way as it improved him to both top pair and a flush draw. The turn completed the flush and left the opponent only drawing to the nut flush. the river was the and Schemion found the double.
Registration closed with 846 entrants creating a total prizepool of $1,129,410. A total of 127 places will be paid out, with a min-cash of $2,414 and a first place prize of $209,716. Tournament clock currently reads 288 players left.
Action picked up heads up on the flop reading with 8,500 chips already in the middle between Benny Glaser and an opponent. Action was on Glaser and he checked and the in position opponent bet 2,500 which Glaser called.
The turn of was checked through and the river saw Glaser lead out to the tune of 5,000. The opponent thought about it briefly before folding, giving Glaser the pot.
Phil Hellmuth went all-in from early position for 16,000 and a player from the button reshoved for 64,500. Action folded around and the cards were tabled.
Phil Hellmuth:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Hellmuth wished his tablemates good luck as he left the tournament area.