Malaysia's "airbnb" three-bet jammed for 115,758 when facing a min-raise by "RioSanti" and big stack "luiz1002" called out of the small blind, as did "RioSanti." The two remaining active players checked down the board and "airbnb" tripled up with versus and .
In a battle button versus small blind, Jans Arends clashed with "Daizen Maeda" and was the player at risk but held the superior hand in the following showdown.
Jans Arends:
"Daizen Maeda":
Arends remained ahead on the flop and , the kept the Dutch poker pro in contention some 20 spots away from the money.
As the field was trimmed down by the second, hand-for-hand play was announced and "HowdyTeeexas" received his buy-in back thanks to the bubble protection. Only moments later the min-cash was secured for the remaining 278 players as "OnTheFlow" from Argentina ended up as the bubble boy.
The first few players already headed to the rail without the need to collect their min-cash at the payout desk and there are 265 players remaining out of a field of 2,007 entries. Expect that number to decrease rapidly in the next few hours to come.
One of the big names left in contention was just spotted on his way out as Conor Beresford failed to come from behind in order to claim a pot of 807,124.
Conor Beresford:
"luiz1002":
The board came and it was all over for the Brit on the turn already.
and "airbnb" tripled up with 
versus 
and 
.
flop and 
, the 
kept the Dutch poker pro in contention some 20 spots away from the money.
against "danmiku1" with the 
.
turn and 
river.
for bottom pair and a flushdraw as "stems73" looked them up holding 
flop. Both the 
turn and 
and it was all over for the Brit on the turn already.
and that spelled the end for the player from China.