The action remains very fast-paced. Just now both Yan Shing Tsang and Ryan Miller joined the list of early casualties to reduce the field to 25.
Tsang was all in before the flop with the and Tommy Le had him dominated with the . After a board of , Tsang was eliminated and headed to the rail.
At the same time, a big pot was developing one table over. John Racener raised to 46,000 from the hijack and Chris Lee three-bet to 168,000 from the cutoff. Ryan Miller called with 265,000 behind on the button while Racener folded.
On a flop of , the remaining chips of Miller went in and he showed for kings and a flush draw. Lee had and faded the flush draw thanks to two blanks on turn and river, stopping Miller's tournament run.
With about 300,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Scott Clements checked from middle position to his lone opponent, Murat Tulek in the hijack, who checked behind.
The fell on the river and Clements bet 125,000. After a few moments of thought, Tulek raised to 277,000. Clements came over the top for 800,000 and Tulek quickly called.
Clements instantly flipped over for the jack-high straight flush. Tulek showed for the king-high flush and Clements took the pot to put himself firmly in the chip lead.
Murat Tulek is no longer a big stack over on Table 609. On the contrary, the German just slipped to below average status after losing a hand against Tommy Le while Scott Clements has taken over the lead.
On the turn, Le bet 110,000 and Tulek called. The river was checked by both, then Le showed for a straight and Tulek mucked.
On a flop of , Andjelko Andrejevic got his stack in after a bet of Michail Karapanos and the latter called to put Andrejevic at risk.
Andjelko Andrejevic:
Michail Karapanos:
The turn didn't change anything, but the river gave Karapanos a flush to eliminate Andrejevic in 25th place. All remaining players will now redraw to the last three tables and move rooms.
After all players racked up their chips and moved over to the Brasilia room, the action has just recommenced with about 20 minutes left on the level and until the first break.
Hani Mio and Eoghan O'Dea chipped up before the move with O'Dea scoring a double on a double flush draw thatz got there against Aleksei Altshuller. Tommy Le is another player on the rise while Brian Jordan is among the shorter stacks.
Michael Kamran raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Johnny Lodden was on the button and pushed his entire stack into the middle, but the most he could make it was 180,000, which left him with approximately 80,000 chips behind. The blinds quickly got out of the way and Kamran went into the tank. Ultimately, he folded, and Lodden took the pot.
The Nguyen got all 80,000 of his remaining chips in before the flop from middle position against Hani Mio in the big blind.
The Nguyen:
Hani Mio:
Nguyen had the preflop advantage but Mio caught up on the flop when he made a flush. However, the on the turn gave Nguyen queens full of sixes, leaving Mio in terrible shape, and after the fell on the river Nguyen took the pot to double up.
On a flop of with 240,000 chips already in the middle, Scott Clements bet the pot from the small blind into his lone opponent, Cyrus Partow on the button. Partow went into the tank for nearly a minute before he folded face up and mucked his other two hole cards, and Clements took the pot to put his stack over the 3,000,000-chip mark.
and Tommy Le had him dominated with the 
. After a board of 
, Tsang was eliminated and headed to the rail.
, the remaining chips of Miller went in and he showed 
and faded the flush draw thanks to two blanks on turn and river, stopping Miller's tournament run.
fell on the river and Clements bet 125,000. After a few moments of thought, Tulek raised to 277,000. Clements came over the top for 800,000 and Tulek quickly called.
for the jack-high straight flush. Tulek showed 
turn, Le bet 110,000 and Tulek called. The 
river was checked by both, then Le showed 
, Andjelko Andrejevic got his stack in after a bet of Michail Karapanos and the latter called to put Andrejevic at risk.
flop when he made a flush. However, the 
on the turn gave Nguyen queens full of sixes, leaving Mio in terrible shape, and after the 
fell on the river Nguyen took the pot to double up.
face up and mucked his other two hole cards, and Clements took the pot to put his stack over the 3,000,000-chip mark.