Action folded to Georgios Sotiropoulos on the button who raised. Christopher Heafner three-bet out of the small blind and Ray Villaman called for the rest of his chips in the big blind. Sotiropoulos made the call to send the three players to the first draw.
Heafner stood pat while Villaman drew three and Sotiropoulos one. Heafner bet and Sotiropoulos called to generate a side pot.
On the second draw both Heafner and Villaman stood pat. Sotiropoulos took one. Heafner led out for a second time and was again called by Sotiropoulos.
The final draw saw Heafner stand pat for a third time and both Villaman and Sotiropoulos take one card. Action checked through and Heafner showed . Sotiropoulos mucked as did Villaman, who just missed out on making the final three tables.
During the same hand on another table Patrick Moulder exited to setup the final three table redraw for the remaining 17 players.
Action folded to Yufei Zhong in the small blind who raised enough to force Adam Friedman in the big blind all in. Friedman made the call for his tournament life.
On the first draw both players took two cards. The second draw was no different, though Friedman did expose a discarded ace. During the final draw Zhong took one and showed . Friedman discarded one card and revealed he held . Drawing very much live, Friedman peeled the last card. It was a , giving Friedman an unwanted straight and sending him to the payout desk in 16th.
The remaining 15 players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, limits will be 20,000-40,0000 and play will continue for two more 60-minute levels before ending for the night.
Georgios Sotiropoulos moved all in from under the gun and was called by Yufei Zhong and Richard Bai. Zhong drew three, Bai drew four and Sotiropoulos drew two.
Action checked through and Zhong drew two, Bai drew three and Sotiropoulos stood pat.
Action checked again and Zhong and Bai drew two while Sotiropoulos stood pat again. Sotiropoulos won with to triple up.
Sotiropoulos tripled up again the next hand. Again Zhong and Bai were the opponents. Zhong raised and both Bai and Sotiropoulos called in the blinds. Bai drew two while Sotiropoulos and Zhong drew three.
Bai bet and Sotiropoulos moved all in. Both players called.
Bai stood pat while Sotiropoulos drew one and Zhong drew two. Bai bet and was called by Zhong.
Bai stood pat, Sotiropoulos drew one and Zhong drew pat. Action checked after the final draw. Zhong showed but was beaten by Sotiropoulos, who tripled up again as he showed