Joey Weissman was all in for a mere 6,000 from the cutoff and Mazin Khoury reshoved the small blind.
Weissman tabled the 
and Khoury held 
.
"Easy hold, ace of spades," Sam Grafton said. The board came 
and Weissman doubled to six big blinds. However, he was ousted shortly after and busted a few spots off the money after coming into the day second in chips.
While many players have dropped into the danger zone, Franz Ditz, Matthias Eibinger and Bob Bounahra have increased their stacks significantly.
Max Lehmanski raised to 6,500 in middle position, Felipe Pantoja three-bet to 21,000 on the button and Lehmanski called. On the 
flop, Lehmanski checked and Pantoja bet 16,000. Lehmanski cut out 47,000, put his hand before his mouth and stuck the chips in.
Pantoja wasn't backing down just yet and put in a three-bet to 100,000, which was met by a snap-fold from Lehmanski. Pantoja flung 
open for a king-high airball.
"Ooh yeah!" Rajesh Vohra shouted. "That's my boy!" he cheered.
Sherif El-Messiri moved all in, on the cutof, for his last 22,000. Alexander Kharkov, in the big blind, called.
Sherif El-Messiri: 
Alexander Kharkov: 
The board ran 
and El-Messiri got his much needed double up.
Six places off the money, Bryn Kenney raised to 7,000, Andjelko Andrejevic called to his left and Randy Lew jumped in from the big blind. On the 
flop, Lew and Kenney checked to Andrejevic who bet 10,000. Lew folded and Kenney check-called. The 
on the turn got checked by both players.
The river was the 
and Kenney checked a third time, Andrejevic bet 30,000, but Kenney had a trick up his sleeve and check-raised all in, putting Andrejevic to the test for almost 110,000 more. Andrejevic gave it up after quite some thought.
Kenney revealed the 
with a grin and Andrejevic smiled as well.
Among the big names to bust before the money was also 2016 PCA Main Event champion Mike Watson, joined by other notables as Scott Seiver, Francois Billard, Bartlomiej Machon, Kyle Julius and Dominik Nitsche.
There are only 133 players remaining with 127 spots getting paid, and the money bubble may well burst before the upcoming dinner break at the end of the current level.
Alexander Kharkov opened to 6,000 from early position. Ben Yu, on the cutoff, called, along with Patrick Quinn in the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 
. Quinn checked. Kharkov bet 7,000. Yu called. Quinn folded.
The turn came the 
and Kharkov continued with another bet of 11,000. Yu called again.
The 
filled up the board and Kharkov fired 22,000. Yu raised to around 70,000 and Kharkov snap-folded.
About one dozen spots away from the money, Eli Ross defended his small blind against a raise by Ben Yu and ended up all in with the 
on a 
flop. Yu called with the 
for top two pair and the 
turn and river completed the board to give Ross a winning flush.
Andrew Chen had a little over 10 big blinds left and shoved those from early position with 
. Franz Ditz looked him up with 
and had an easy hold on 
to eliminate Chen.
Chen was shortly followed out of the door by Brian Yoon, who had shoved all in for 25,000 on the button with . Felipe Pantoja, who has been meditating on the tournament floor during the breaks, called from the small blind with 
.
Once again, the best hand held up on a 
board and the field was brought down to ten before the money.
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